C. Think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical
C. Think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical
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Readers' Theatre - Teaching Resource Pack
A comprehensive pack of 33 readers' theatre scripts, catering to a range of age groups and ability levels.
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Novel Study Activity Resource Pack
A comprehensive resource pack to use with your class when studying a class novel.
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Writing Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the narrative text type; specifically, how to write an engaging narrative text.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.
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Introduction to Historical Recounts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the historical recount text type to older students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of factual historical recounts.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan
This English unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualising and summarising to upper primary students, with a focus on literary texts.
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Summarising
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of summarising.
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Activating Prior Knowledge
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of activating prior knowledge.
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Visualising
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of visualising.
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Predicting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.
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Questioning
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.
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Making Connections
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of making connections.
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Narrative Poetry - Simple Ballads
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a simple ballad.
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Narrative Features - Building a Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to build a character.
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Narrative Features - Creating a Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to create a narrative setting.
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Figurative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate figurative language in poetry.
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Idioms
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some commonly used idioms.
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Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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Assessment - Experimenting with Poetry
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements of poetry by writing an ode and a ballad.
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Monitoring
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Humorous Poetry - Limericks
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a limerick.
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Forms of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some well-known and commonly used forms of fixed verse.
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Sound Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate sound devices in poetry.
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Historical Recounts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of historical recounts.
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Historical Recounts - Literary vs Factual
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the difference between a literary historical recount and a factual historical recount.