This is a 7-page unit from the Developing Comprehension skills and word knowledge series that covers:
Text
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning (ACELY1702)
Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1703)
Comprehension
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources (ACELY1703)
Word knowledge
Understand how to use knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words (ACELA1513)
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word (ACELA1514)
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences (ACELT1795)
Links to other curriculum areas
The Arts – Music
Explain how the elements of music communicate meaning by comparing music from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music (ACAMUR091)
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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