My Information Report Research Register

My Information Report Research Register

In this worksheet, students lay out the facts they discover during their research into categories to help them sort it later for draft writing.

It is part of a larger unit on information reports that was written to enhance students’ understanding and abilities in researching and writing information reports.

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Learning goals

  • 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.
  • We are learning to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources.
  • We are learning to use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information, comparing content from a variety of print and digital sources.
  • 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, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, language features and images for purpose and the audience.
  • We are learning to re-read and edit work using agreed criteria and to explain our editing choices.
  • We are learning to use software, e.g. MS Word or PowerPoint, learning new functions as required to create texts.
  • We are learning to analyse strategies authors use to influence readers.

Curriculum alignment

EN3-3A old Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies EN3-5B old Discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts EN3-2A old Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts EN3-UARL-02 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-UARL-01 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-HANDW-02 new Selects digital technologies to suit audience and purpose to create texts EN3-HANDW-01 new Sustains a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style EN3-SPELL-01 new Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words EN3-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language EN3-RECOM-01 new Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN3-VOCAB-01 new Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts EN3-OLC-01 new Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding

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

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