Weekend Snapshot
This template is a terrific resource to use if looking to extend some students and encourage more detail in the usual weekend recount.
When the class is recording a general weekend recount, use this worksheet in a small teaching group or as an independent task to extend those writers who are ready to add more detail to their writing through the use of adjectives.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise that texts have different features and purposes, e.g. recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain.
- We are learning to identify that texts serve different purposes and that this affects how they are organised.
Curriculum alignment
EN1-7B
old
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Use an alternative planner that allows for drawing/recording basic ideas.
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