This is a 7-page unit from the Developing Comprehension skills and word knowledge series that covers:
Text
Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience (ACELA1490)
Understand that Standard Australian English is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languages (ACELA1487)
Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech (ACELA1492)
Investigate how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech (ACELA1494)
Comprehension
Read different types of text by combing contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewing (ACELY1691)
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELY1692)
Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1690)
Word knowledge
Read and write a large core of high frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling (ACELA1780)
Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes (ACELA1828)
Links to other curriculum areas
Health and physical education
Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS036)
Each individual text type covers a number of content descriptions across the Language, Literature and Literacy strands of Australian Curriculum English. The detailed lesson plans save valuable planning time and allow for individual student differences. Use all, or some, of the ideas provided to cater to the needs of your class.
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