Talking About Books Prompts

communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations

plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers

recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts

thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts

responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences

communicates in a range of informal and formal contexts by adopting a range of roles in group, classroom, school and community contexts

responds to and composes a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own

recognises and uses an increasing range of strategies to reflect on their own and others’ learning

communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features

identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts

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

Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view

Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences, and present and justify a point of view or recount an experience using interaction skills

Understand that language varies when people take on different roles in social and classroom interactions and how the use of key interpersonal language resources varies depending on context

Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts

Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately, and using supportive props

Develop criteria for establishing personal preferences for literature

Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence, using appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume

Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships

Participate in informal debates and plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements

Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences

Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques