Judge A Book By Its Cover: What Is The Purpose?
Uncover the secrets of book covers in 'Judge a Book by Its Cover: What Is the Purpose?' This resource invites students to decipher text purposes from cover clues, enhancing their literary understanding in an engaging way.
Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise the meaning of symbols in everyday situations, e.g. signs, logos, emoticons.
- We are learning to identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts, i.e. what is real or imaginary.
- 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 identify some familiar texts and their purpose, such as symbols (exit signs, school crossings, badges), stories and informative texts.
- 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
AC9EFLY01
9
Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose
AC9EFLY03
9
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
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
ACELY1648
8.4
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
ACELY1654
8.4
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
ACELY1652
8.4
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
ACELY1651
8.4
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
ACELY1645
8.4
Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used
ENe-8B
old
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
ENe-7B
old
Recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways
ENe-3A
old
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
ENe-2A
old
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
ENE-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature read to them
ENE-HANDW-01
new
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
ENE-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
ENE-CWT-01
new
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
ENE-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
ENE-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
VCELY163
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
VCELY161
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
VCELY160
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
VCELY154
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
VCELY151
Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.