Styles/Genres Teaching Resources
With such a large number of different text types, it can be difficult for students to learn and remember the corresponding purposes, structures and language features for each one. Use this extensive text types collection to assist your students when working with the different text types. Some of the educational resources available include posters and display banners to visually represent text types in your classroom, as well as learning activities including worksheets, activities, games, unit and lessons plans and PowerPoint presentations.
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Figurative Language Flip Book
A flip book template for students to identify examples of figurative language.
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Informative Paragraph Starters - Topic Sentence Cards
20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.
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Procedure Text Topic Cards
A set of 20 procedure text topic cards.
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Narrative Text Structure Posters
A set of 8 narrative text structure posters to add to your classroom narrative writing display.
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Food Flavour Fryer – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Informative Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Weather
A fact file about weather and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Giza Pyramids
A fact file about The Giza Pyramids and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Time Jigger Remote – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Cupcakes
A fact file about cupcakes and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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Informative Texts Writing Task - Lions
A fact file about lions and scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an informative text.
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5 Informative Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets with an informative text focus.
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Informative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 3
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their informative writing.
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Informative Text Checklist - Structure, Language and Features
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their informative texts.
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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
6 jumbled informative paragraphs for students to sequence in the correct order.
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Novel Study - Points of View Worksheet
3 worksheets to help students analyse the points of view of opposing characters in a literary text.
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Informative Text Structure Sorting Task - The Apple iPad
A sorting task to help students learn about informative text structure.
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Novel Study - Character Map Worksheet
3 worksheets to assist with analysing characters in a class novel.
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Informative Writing Word Wall
A set of 36 vocabulary words related to informative texts and informative writing.
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Exploring and Building Narrative Characters PowerPoint
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching younger students about how to build a character for a narrative text.
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Topic Sentence Starter Cards
A pack of 32 narrative, persuasive and report writing sentence starter cards.
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Narrative Sentence Starter Cards
Thirty sentence starter cards for narratives.
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Healthy Lifestyle - Advertising Challenge
A fun advertising challenge to use in the classroom for students to persuade others to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Create and Write – Art Template
A template designed for students to display their writing and illustrations.
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Procedure Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the procedure text type, including an annotated example.
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Procedural Recount Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the procedural recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Information Report Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the information report text type, including an annotated example.
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Factual Recount Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the factual recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Factual Description Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the factual description text type, including an annotated example.
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Explanation Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the explanation text type, including an annotated example.
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Letter to the Editor (Family Fun Day) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 2).
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Literature Study - Upper Primary - Task Cards
A set of 14 literature study task cards for upper primary students to use when analysing children's literature.
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