Earth Watch – Drowning in Plastic Worksheet

  Australian Curriculum alignment

• ACELT1594

  Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasonsElaborationsreading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central character...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureLiterature and context
• ACELT1596

  Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with othersElaborationsdiscussing relevant prior knowledge and past experiences to make meaningful connections to the people, places, events, issues and ideas ...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureResponding to literature
• ACELY1691

  Read different types of texts by combining contextual , semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewingElaborationsreading new and different kinds of texts with...

  In EnglishYear 4LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACELY1692

  Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students’ own experience and oth...

  In EnglishYear 4LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACELY1702

  Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningElaborationsbringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge...

  In EnglishYear 5LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACELY1703

  Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...

  In EnglishYear 5LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACELY1712

  Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadingsElaborationsbringing subject and...

  In EnglishYear 6LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACELY1713

  Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students’ own experience or oth...

  In EnglishYear 6LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating