English Unit: Facts, Lists and Captions
This wonderful unit introduces students to writing lists, facts and captions. Students will engage in a variety of activities, including hands-on activities to explore the differences between these 3 short text types. Students will create short texts to demonstrate their understanding of the unit.
Learning goals
- We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.
- We are learning to edit texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops, for ourselves and others.
- We are learning to construct texts using software including word processing programs, e.g. MS Word.
- We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLY06
9
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
ACELY1651
8.4
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
ACELY1652
8.4
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
ACELY1654
8.4
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
ENe-2A
old
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
ENe-3A
old
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
ENE-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
ENE-CWT-01
new
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
ENE-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
ENE-HANDW-01
new
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
ENE-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature read to them
VCELY160
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
VCELY161
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
VCELY163
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.