Annotated Text Types

Annotated Text Types

Introducing a comprehensive resource for educators, encompassing annotated texts across various genres such as Information Reports, Procedural and Sequential Explanations, Personal and Factual Recounts, Reflections, Biographical Recounts, Autobiographies, Newspaper Reports, Letters, Expositions, Discussions, Advertisements and Narratives. This invaluable tool enhances teaching diversity, catering to a spectrum of writing styles, fostering a rich and engaging learning experience.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to use different language features and structures of a variety of text types relevant to their purpose.
  • We are learning to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, tense, language features, vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and images.
  • We are learning to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative, persuasive and multimodal texts with correct text structure, grammar, punctuation, language features, images and sound appropriate for the purpose and the audience.
  • We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
  • We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, language features and grammatical features and incorporating research from a range of sources.
  • We are learning to identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
  • We are learning to identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
  • We are learning to identify characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
  • We are learning to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text and to engage and influence audiences.

Curriculum alignment

AC9E3LA03 9 Describe how texts across the curriculum use different language features and structures relevant to their purpose AC9E6LY06 9 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual features AC9E5LY06 9 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation AC9E3LY06 9 Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words AC9E4LY06 9 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation AC9E3LY03 9 Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts through their use of language features and/or images AC9E4LY03 9 Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text AC9E5LY03 9 Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text AC9E6LY03 9 Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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