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Super 'W' Questions
1 2 3 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources English Examining Literature Creating Literature Interacting with Others Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating Creating Texts 1 Page

Super 'W' Questions

This classroom display features 5 super 'W' questions students should ensure they have answered when constructing texts.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
  • We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.
  • We are learning to retell or adapt familiar stories through performance, reciting rhymes, writing, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • We are learning to retell familiar texts through role play, reciting rhymes, drawing pictures or using technology.
  • 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.
  • We are learning to re-read and edit texts for appropriate meaning, structure, grammatical choices and punctuation.
  • We are learning to plan and deliver oral or multimodal short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence.

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 AC9E1LE03 9 Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories AC9E1LE05 9 Orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools AC9E3LY07 9 Plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume ACELY1677 8.4 Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence 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 ACELT1584 8.4 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts ACELT1586 8.4 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication
EN1-7B old Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts EN2-6B old Identifies the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, distinguishes between different forms of English and identifies organisational patterns and features EN1-3A old Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies 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 EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN2-HANDW-02 new Uses digital technologies to create texts EN2-SPELL-01 new Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts EN2-CWT-03 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-CWT-02 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting EN1-HANDW-01 new Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts 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-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions 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-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
VCELT192 Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication VCELY276 Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence, using appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume VCELY233 Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word processing programs VCELY231 Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure VCELT208 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts 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 VCELT193 Build on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary

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

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