Information reports are the same as Explanations! Watch the video to learn more
Watch the video about recounts
Watch the video to look at an example of a procedure
GAMES
Narratives: Writing a story
Story planning
Persuasive Texts:
Write a persuasive article for a museum about life on board. Choose a main argument and use texts and images to research your topic and find evidence to support your view. Organise your material and edit it for publication.
Persuasive texts: debates and arguments
Persuasive argument!
Argument/ persuasive text structure. Complete your own argument!
Poetry activity
Instruction/ procedure text
Maps and following instructions
Dictionary: Read the clue and then use a dictionary to guess the word in the box
Exploring newspaper articles
Edit a comic book story to make it more exciting and complete. Look closely at a narrative about an adventure where a couple driving home are trapped by a bushfire. Choose an ending. Improve the story by adding adverbs, choosing verbs and changing nouns to pronouns. Choose a title and image for the cover
Make the story more exciting by adding nouns and adjectives
Can you spot the type of text? Explore between descriptive (explanation), informative, persuasive and instructional (procedure) texts
Answer the questions about the information you see in the various text type examples displayed
Newspaper Articles:
Newspaper report (pronouns focus). Identify 2 different points of view for an incident that happened by listening to 2 witnesses. Arrange paragraphs for the newspaper report and select pronouns. Create a headline and choose a photograph
Newspaper assessment
Design an ADVERTISEMENT
Design a layout- MAGAZINE
Design a layout- MOVIE POSTER
Help a rescue crew to reach a sinking boat. Make a chart to guide the crew. Check the meaning of symbols, place them on a map and complete a key. Mark danger spots such as an oyster bed and submerged rock. Use the map to steer a safe course.
Edit a comic book story about a romance between two characters who have an argument. Look closely at the narrative to make it more exciting and complete. Choose an ending. Improve the story by adding similes and adverbial phrases, and by combining sentences using conjunctions. Choose a title and image for the cover