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Descriptive Writing Cards 2
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources English Interacting with Others Creating Texts 6 Pages

Descriptive Writing Cards 2

Use these charts to help guide students through descriptive writing or oral presentations, including Show and Tell. There is one chart for each of the following: size, colour, number and shape.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to create and deliver short oral presentations to peers.
  • We are learning to deliver short oral presentations to peers.
  • We are learning to create and deliver short oral and multimodal presentations to peers, which include an opening, middle and concluding statement, appropriate vocabulary, gestures, volume and pace.
  • We are learning to structure and make short presentations on familiar topics.
  • We are learning to create, re-read and edit short written and multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount an event using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling.
  • We are learning to create texts for a purpose that show our understanding of the connection between writing, speech and images.
  • We are learning to structure, rehearse and present short oral presentations on new and familiar topics.
  • We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive multimodal texts using text structures, language and grammatical features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
  • We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.

Curriculum alignment

AC9E2LY06 9 Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic-specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words AC9E1LY06 9 Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllable words AC9E1LY07 9 Create and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations on personal and learnt topics, which include an opening, middle and concluding statement; some topic-specific vocabulary and appropriate gesture, volume and pace AC9E2LY07 9 Create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations for familiar audiences and purposes, using text structure appropriate to purpose and topic-specific vocabulary, and varying tone, volume and pace AC9EFLY07 9 Create and deliver short spoken texts to report ideas and events to peers, using features of voice such as appropriate volume ACELY1671 8.4 Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose ACELY1667 8.4 Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics ACELY1661 8.4 Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams ACELY1647 8.4 Deliver short oral presentations to peers ACELY1657 8.4 Make short presentations using some introduced text structures and language, for example opening statements
EN1-3A old Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies ENe-1A old Communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction EN1-2A old Plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers EN1-6B old Recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them EN1-HANDW-01 new Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure EN1-PHOKW-01 new Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts EN1-SPELL-01 new Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose EN1-REFLU-01 new Sustains reading unseen texts with automaticity and prosody and self-corrects errors EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
VCELY195 Reread student's own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation VCELY197 Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing programs VCELY194 Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements VCELY175 Deliver short oral presentations to peers, using appropriate voice levels, articulation, body language, gestures and eye contact VCELY245 Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately, and using supportive props VCELY230 Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose VCELY231 Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure VCELY233 Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word processing programs VCELY211 Make short presentations, speaking clearly and using appropriate voice and pace, and using some introduced text structures and language

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

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