teaching resource

Detective Themed - Book Report Template and Poster

  • Updated

    Updated:  28 Jun 2023

A fun detective themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  5 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 6

Curriculum

  • VC2EFLE02

    Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters depicted <ul> <li>using drawing and beginning forms of writing to express personal responses to stories, poems or films</li> <li>discussing events and characters in texts, and connecting them to their own experiences</li> <li>sharing personal responses to ideas and events experienced through texts</li> </ul>

  • VC2E1LE02

    Discuss a range of literary texts and share responses by making connections with their own experiences discuss a range of literary texts and share responses by making connections with their own experiences <ul> <li>generating questions about characters, settings and events from books and sharing responses</li> <li>discussing a range of texts and offering opinions about how they reflect their own experiences</li> <li>expressing responses to characters and events in stories using drawing and role-play</li> <li>identifying who is telling the story in a range of texts</li> </ul>

  • VC2E2LE02

    Compare features of a range of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and share personal preferences <ul> <li>discussing preferences for stories set in familiar or unfamiliar worlds, or about characters whose lives are like or unlike their own</li> <li>discussing their feelings about the positive and negative behaviours of non-human characters, such as animals</li> </ul>

  • VC2E4LE02

    Describe the effects of text structures and language features in a range of literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions <ul> <li>sharing and discussing their understanding of the effects of literary techniques on their appreciation of texts</li> <li>sharing responses to texts, using appropriate language to talk specifically about grammar and literature, for example ‘The use of the noun groups to describe the character really helps to create images for the reader.’</li> <li>using language appropriate for a text, such as ‘flashback’, ‘tension’ and ‘resolution’, when sharing opinions about plot structure</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LE02

    Form and share opinions on a literary text, using metalanguage to describe relevant literary devices, text structures and language features in a range of literary texts <ul> <li>posing and discussing questions, such as ‘Should characters have behaved as they did?’ and ‘How did the author support or challenge your belief about the characters?’, and beginning to form views about the dilemmas characters face</li> <li>identifying language features such as use of dialogue and rich descriptive language, and presenting an opinion about their effect on readers</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LE02

    Compare language choices, modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, and topics, themes or plots in a range of literary texts <ul> <li>exploring texts on a similar topic by authors with very different styles; for example, comparing fantasy quest novels with realistic novels on a specific theme</li> <li>identifying differences in the use of narrator, narrative structure and voice, and language and visual features, between texts and determining how these influence readers or viewers</li> </ul>  

  • VCELT251

    Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others

  • Detective Themed - Book Report Template and Poster teaching resource
teaching resource

Detective Themed - Book Report Template and Poster

  • Updated

    Updated:  28 Jun 2023

A fun detective themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  5 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 6

A fun detective themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.

Use this teaching resource in the classroom as a fun comprehension activity.

Display the ‘What Mysteries Can You Find?’ poster above your classroom library. After reading a book, students use the detective themed template to record their review of the book and give it a rating out of five. Display the reviews with the themed poster to encourage students to value the opinions of their peers and to read a greater variety of texts.

This resource includes:

  • 2 x  posters
  • 3 x  book report templates to use with any age group.

Curriculum

  • VC2EFLE02

    Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters depicted <ul> <li>using drawing and beginning forms of writing to express personal responses to stories, poems or films</li> <li>discussing events and characters in texts, and connecting them to their own experiences</li> <li>sharing personal responses to ideas and events experienced through texts</li> </ul>

  • VC2E1LE02

    Discuss a range of literary texts and share responses by making connections with their own experiences discuss a range of literary texts and share responses by making connections with their own experiences <ul> <li>generating questions about characters, settings and events from books and sharing responses</li> <li>discussing a range of texts and offering opinions about how they reflect their own experiences</li> <li>expressing responses to characters and events in stories using drawing and role-play</li> <li>identifying who is telling the story in a range of texts</li> </ul>

  • VC2E2LE02

    Compare features of a range of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and share personal preferences <ul> <li>discussing preferences for stories set in familiar or unfamiliar worlds, or about characters whose lives are like or unlike their own</li> <li>discussing their feelings about the positive and negative behaviours of non-human characters, such as animals</li> </ul>

  • VC2E4LE02

    Describe the effects of text structures and language features in a range of literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions <ul> <li>sharing and discussing their understanding of the effects of literary techniques on their appreciation of texts</li> <li>sharing responses to texts, using appropriate language to talk specifically about grammar and literature, for example ‘The use of the noun groups to describe the character really helps to create images for the reader.’</li> <li>using language appropriate for a text, such as ‘flashback’, ‘tension’ and ‘resolution’, when sharing opinions about plot structure</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LE02

    Form and share opinions on a literary text, using metalanguage to describe relevant literary devices, text structures and language features in a range of literary texts <ul> <li>posing and discussing questions, such as ‘Should characters have behaved as they did?’ and ‘How did the author support or challenge your belief about the characters?’, and beginning to form views about the dilemmas characters face</li> <li>identifying language features such as use of dialogue and rich descriptive language, and presenting an opinion about their effect on readers</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LE02

    Compare language choices, modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, and topics, themes or plots in a range of literary texts <ul> <li>exploring texts on a similar topic by authors with very different styles; for example, comparing fantasy quest novels with realistic novels on a specific theme</li> <li>identifying differences in the use of narrator, narrative structure and voice, and language and visual features, between texts and determining how these influence readers or viewers</li> </ul>  

  • VCELT251

    Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others

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