English Year 1 Language Text Structure & Organisation

Explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain

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  • Unit Plan Year: F 1

    English Unit: Persuasive Texts

    This unit plan has been created to support your students to explore and create short persuasive texts using a growing knowledge of text stru...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Informative Texts

    This unit is progressive in nature and designed to introduce students to informative texts as well as the structure of information reports....

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Recount Writing

    This unit is a terrific way to introduce the structure of recount writing to your students. Students will learn about including the 5W’s in...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Procedural Texts

    This engaging unit provides students with many opportunities to delve into procedural texts to uncover the text structures and purposes of t...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Investigating Images

    This unit plan is a comprehensive resource for teaching images in texts in your Year 1 classroom. Students will learn how different types of...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Persuasive Texts - Presentation

    This interactive presentation has been designed to support your students to identify the purpose and audience of persuasive texts and to cre...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Investigating Informative Texts - Presentation

    This presentation is an excellent way to introduce Informative Texts and Information Report writing to your class. The progressive presentat...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Writing Recounts - Presentation

    This presentation is an excellent way to introduce Recount Writing to your class. The progressive presentation explains the features and str...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Procedural Texts – Presentation

    The Procedural Texts Presentation introduces students to procedural texts. It includes a definition with various examples. The presentation...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Fiction Text Features - Posters

    The Fiction Text Features – Posters set includes colourful, student-friendly visual explanations of key narrative elements, such as:Β  Β β€’Β Β Ti...

  • Resource Year: 2

    Match the Features - Non-Fiction

    This matching puzzle activity helps students connect titles, descriptions and examples of common non-fiction texts. It encourages understand...

  • Resource Year: 2

    Match the Features - Fiction

    These engaging puzzles help students match common features of fictional texts, such as characters, setting, dialogue and illustrations, with...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Text Feature Finders - Colour

    Encourage critical thinking with these vibrant magnifying glass templates! Teachers can print them on thick cards or let students cut them o...

  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Text Feature Finders - B&W

    This resource includes a checklist for fictional and non-fictional texts and printable B&W magnifying glass templates. Students assemble the...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Persuasive Power Pack

    This Persuasive Power Pack was designed to enhance persuasive writing skills and critical thinking in the classroom. This engaging pack incl...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Storytelling Cards

    The "Storytelling Cards" resource is a versatile tool designed to ignite creativity and enhance narrative skills in students. With a collect...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Storybook Passport

    The Storybook Passport, along with its adorable boarding passes, is your ticket to a world of imagination and exploration! This interactive...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Storybook Adventure Map

    Embark on a journey through the Storybook Adventure Map, a whimsical guide to the realms of storytelling. Navigate Character Cove, Setting S...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Persuasive Texts Quiz

    This fun and engaging quiz is the perfect resource to allow your students the chance to demonstrate their understanding of persuasive texts...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Persuasive Writing Checklist

    This is a simple checklist designed for younger students beginning their mastery of Persuasive Writing. It provides a very basic guide to as...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    My Persuasive Brain Dump

    Prior to your students writing a persuasive text of their own choice, they can complete one of these simple brainstorming worksheets to list...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Robot of the Year Project

    Are you looking for a creative and fun way to help your students learn about persuasive writing? With this project, your students will be in...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Planning a Persuasive Letter

    With letters being a simple way to practise persuasive writing, this template will assist your students with planning and organising their w...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Peek into Persuasive

    This worksheet has been designed to be used to study a persuasive mentor text that has been read in your classroom. Students will explore th...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Would You Rather?

    These fun, themed persuasive worksheets help to introduce your students to the concept of using their own opinion in their writing. Students...

  • Worksheet Year: 1

    For or Against? Cut and Paste

    This simple cut and paste worksheet will help your students to identify differing opinions about a shared topic. Students will simply cut an...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Persuasive Texts – Student Reference Card

    This student reference card gives your students a simple and clear understanding of the purpose of persuasive texts as well as providing a s...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Persuasive Text Template

    This persuasive writing resource has been created to provide students with a scaffold when writing persuasive texts. A great way for student...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Persuasive Texts Posters

    A great class display to have in your classroom when exploring persuasive texts. This Β display will support students to structure their pers...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Informative Text Assessment

    This Informative Text assessment asks students to identify between fact and fiction, before pasting the facts into the correct sequence of t...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Informative Text - Quiz

    This quiz allows students to revise and demonstrate their understanding of informative texts and the structure of information reports. Wh...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Animal Information Report Planner

    This planner aligns perfectly with the features shown in the Informative Text Presentation. Animal information reports are a terrific way to...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Animal Information Report Posters

    Use these display posters for your students to refer to when writing Animal Information Reports. The symbols complement the Animal Informati...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Australian Animal Information Report

    Use these cute Australian Animal Information Report templates to display your students’ writing. These templates complement the Animal Infor...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Information Investigator

    This basic Information Report planner template is useful when students are researching information for an information report on any topic. I...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Labelling Diagrams

    These worksheets introduce students to the Informative text feature of diagrams. Students will read the passage and then cut and paste the m...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Informative Texts - Student Reference Cards

    These Informative Texts Student Reference Cards give students a basic understanding that informative texts are factual, non-fiction texts an...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Information Report Poster

    Print and display this simple Information Report poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a clear example of...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Recount Assessment

    This recount assessment includes blank space for students to write their own personal recount and draw an accompanying picture. It includes...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Writing Recounts - Quiz

    This quiz allows students to revise and demonstrate their understanding of the structure of recounts including the purpose of the 5Ws, orien...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Holiday Recount Craft Templates

    These templates are a fun addition to use when publishing student holiday recounts at the start of each term. The summer holiday recount...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Weekend Snapshot

    This template is a terrific resource to use if looking to extend some students and encourage more detail in the usual weekend recount. Wh...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Roll a Random Recount

    This activity is a fun way to help students generate ideas to practise writing imaginary recounts while building their ability to follow the...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Recount Planners

    When teaching students the basic structure of recounts, these planning templates are differentiated to suit a range of abilities and assist...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Lucky Dip Recount

    Use this simple resource to give students a range of common experiences that they can choose to write a personal recount about. Print and...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Memories Recount

    Students will experience a basic recount planner by drawing pictures to represent Where, Who and What they did on the weekend, holidays or o...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    The 5Ws Recount Cut and Paste

    Students will cut and paste the mixed-up ideas for the recount to match the 5W category they belong to. Once complete they will use those id...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Roll and Share Recounts

    This is a fun game to use when introducing recount writing following a weekend, holiday, important event or a language experience. It will h...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Writing Recounts - Student Reference Cards

    These Writing Recounts Student Reference Cards give students a clear reminder of how to use the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When and Where) when...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Recount Word Wall Posters

    These colourful posters can be printed in a variety of sizes to use on a classroom word wall or as a student reference cards. They will give...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Recount 5W Prompt Posters

    These recount prompt posters are a colourful addition to your classroom to help prompt students to use the 5 W’s when writing recounts. U...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Writing Recounts Poster - Structure

    Print and display this simple Recount poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a clear example of a basic re...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Recounts Poster – 5Ws

    Print and display this simple Recount poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a clear example of a basic re...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Procedural Texts Quiz

    The Procedural Texts Quiz requires students to answer a range of questions stemming from the Procedural Texts Unit to cover both text struct...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3

    Lucky Dip Procedures Activity

    This lucky dip resource is a fun and engaging way for students to apply their newly learnt knowledge of procedural texts. Students will reca...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    How To Make A Bowl Of Cereal Procedure

    This cut and paste activity is a fantastic way to develop your students’ understanding of sentence-level grammar in writing steps for a proc...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Procedural Texts - Procedure Picture Sequence

    This cut and paste sequencing activity is a wonderful introduction to the sequencing of steps in procedural writing. Students are introduced...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Writing A Procedure – Student Reference Card

    This resource is to be used in conjunction with the Year 1 Procedural Texts Unit. It provides students with a point of reference when creati...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Procedural Texts – Poster v1 & v2

    These posters provide students with a simple explanation of procedural text structures with simple definitions and visual examples. There ar...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Christmas – Procedural Text Templates

    A cute set of Christmas-themed, blank templates designed to assist younger students in writing and structuring procedural texts. Also includ...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2

    Pancake Recipe - Unjumble

    This jumbled recipe for pancakes is perfect for consolidating knowledge of procedural texts. Once you have unjumbled the recipe, you might e...

  • Worksheet Year: 1 2

    Let's Make Pancakes Recipe

    This is aΒ simple classroom recipe to prepare for Pancake Day celebrations. Also a great resource for consolidating knowledge of procedural t...

  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +2

    How To Make Pancakes

    'How To Make Pancakes' is a visual representation of each step involved in making pancakes. Print this set of cards to use them as a class s...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Pancake Recipe

    This is aΒ simple classroom recipe to prepare for Pancake Day celebrations.

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