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    English Program Lisa McCallum

    Year 1 2010 Term 1

    Foundation StatementTalking and Listening s Reading s WritingStudents communicate with a wide range of people on familiar and introduced topics to achieve a variety of

    purposes.They interact effectively, adopting new speaking skills, in order to give confident oral presentations. Theylisten to instructionsand share ideas with peers to complete tasks. Students recognise that spoken language has a range ofpurposes andaudiences and use this knowledge when attempting to communicate effectively with others. They investigatthe differenttypes and organisational patterns of common spoken texts and recognise features within them.Students read and view short literary and factual texts, using an increasing variety of skills and strategiesincluding context,grammar, word usage and phonics to make connections between their own experiences and information intexts. Studentsread, interpret and discuss texts, including visual and multimedia texts, using a range of skills and strategies

    They exploreand identify ways texts differ according to purpose, audience and subject and understand that peopleproduce texts.Students recognise the basic structure and grammatical features of a limited range of text types.Students write simple literary and factual texts on familiar topics for known readers by planning andreviewing their writing.

    They write using basic grammatical features and conventions of punctuation, showing awareness of differenpurposes,audiences and subject matter. Students spell using knowledge of sight words, letter-sound correspondenceand otherstrategies. They write using letters of consistent size and slope in NSW Foundation Style and use computertechnology toproduce texts, recognising simple conventions, language and functions.

    OrganisationText Types

    In Year One, a variety of text types will be covered during the year. Each term, one or two specific text types will be taught in detail as focus. Other text types will be treated incidentally as they occur in the classroom.

    Text type writing occurs three times a week in the English block. During this time, the structure of the focus text type is thoroughly

    explored through a variety of modelled texts. During Term One the focus is Factual Description.

    Literature Focus

    Literature focus activities occur twice a week and are organised into the following categories: - whole class activities, small group and

    individual activities. The learning activities incorporate the skills of comprehension, grammar, text type writing and information,

    sequencing and designing activities.The focus texts chosen for this term include:

    Exhausted by Stephen Gard I Love Boats by Flora McDonnell

    Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone

    Minton goes home by Anna Fienberg & Kim Gamble

    Activities related to each book will be integrated with the Transport/Push/Pull theme throughout the term. The books will be used for

    weeks in each class based on a rotational system.

    Guided & Independent Reading

    Guided reading will be occurring in Year One on a daily basis. The children have been grouped according to reading levels and willparticipate in guided reading sessions with a teacher. A menu board/ learning centre activity base will run which will provide

    opportunities for the children to participate in reading, writing, oral language and handwriting games and activities.

    Year One will also participate in a daily individual reading session allowing for quiet reading.

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    Home Reading and Spelling

    The children will participate in a home reading program. Children will choose a new book to read to their parents each night based ontheir reading level. The children will also have a weekly spelling list which they are to complete each night. A spelling test will be

    administered each Friday to test their knowledge.

    Talk Time

    Students participate in Talk time once a week. Each child has been allocated one day in which they can talk to the class on a specified

    topic. Students are questioned after each child to ensure listening and comprehension.

    Outcomes and Indicators

    Values and Atttitudes

    V1 Enjoys creating a range of spoken and written texts

    V2 Enjoys experiencing and responding to a range of spoken and written texts

    V3 Experiments with different aspects of spoken and written language

    V4 Shows confidence in using language in a variety of contextsV5 Shows independence in using and learning language

    V6 Chooses to reflect on and share experiences of textsV7 Uses language to support and encourage others

    V8 Understands how language is used to include and exclude others

    Talking and Listening

    TS1.1 Communicates with an

    increasing range of people for a

    variety of purposes on both familiar

    and introduced topics in spontaneous

    and structured classroom activities

    Asks questions to seek clarification

    Gives a simple description of familiar people, places, things

    Listens to a range of different picture books read aloud, in different language

    varieties

    Gives personal recounts about familiar events

    Provides a brief retelling of a familiar story

    Recounts real or imagined events in logical sequence

    Listens to and follows a brief set of instructions

    Listens for information from a variety of sources Listens for and responds to information from a news event or classroom event

    Gives a brief, simple oral factual description on familiar topics

    Uses a comment or a question to expand on an idea in a discussion

    Expresses a point of view about texts read, heard or viewed

    Participates in a class discussion about school rules

    Engages in group discussion to solve a problem

    TS1.2 Interacts in more extended

    ways with less teacher intervention,

    makes increasingly confident oral

    presentations and generally listens

    attentively

    Is aware of how gesture and facial expression may show interest or lack of

    interest on the part of the listener in some cultures

    As a listener, usually maintains eye contact, if culturally appropriate, with

    speaker

    Follows instructions on how to complete an activity

    Rephrases statements to increase their clarity

    Expresses personal point of view and listens to the point of views of others

    Listens and contributes frequently to small group interaction

    Listens and contributes to class discussions on various topics

    Uses turn taking, questioning and other behaviours related to class discussions

    Experiments with varying voice, tone, volume and pace to indicate emotions

    Speaks clearly and conveys meaning to peers

    With prompting, varies rate and level of speech to aid listeners understanding

    Talks to whole class using a prop to guide talk

    As a speaker, makes eye contact with audience

    TS1.3 Recognises a range of Talks about the structure or some text types eg factual description

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    purposes and audiences for spoken

    language and considers how own

    talking and listening are adjusted in

    different situations

    Differentiates between playground language and classroom language

    TS1.4 Recognises that different

    types of predictable spoken texts

    have different organisational patterns

    and features

    Talks about using describing words (adjectives) in descriptions

    Years 1 and 2

    Reading

    RS1.5 Reads a wider range of texts

    on less familiar topics with

    increasing independence and

    understanding, making connections

    between own knowledge and

    experience and information on texts

    Selects own books or software to read from class, school or personal library

    Interprets story illustrations and simple diagrams

    Draws on own knowledge to interpret characters and events in literary texts

    related to personal experiences

    Participates in class/group brainstorming activities to cluster and categorise

    ideas and facts following the reading of texts

    Uses a number of sources for information, including pictures, posters, CDroms,

    signs, labels, books

    Makes connection between own knowledge and experience and information intexts

    Reads a variety of literary and factual texts

    Reads independently for longer periods of time

    Reads descriptions on familiar people, places and animals

    Finds specific information in factual texts including CDroms

    Assesses role of visual images accompanying written text

    Begins to read texts about less familiar topics

    RS1.6 Draws on an increasing range

    of skills and strategies when reading

    and comprehending texts

    Predicts what a text is about from its cover and title

    Attempts to self-correct when meaning is disrupted while reading eg pauses or

    repeats words or phrases to maintain meaning or attends closely to print

    Maintains continuity in understanding when meaning is disrupted

    Uses a variety of sources for information including software, pictures, posters,

    signs, labels, books

    Identifies a sentence in printed texts

    Identifies words in texts which have similar meaning

    Identifies words that indicate where, why, when and how actions take place

    Identifies conjunction in printed texts

    Responds to punctuation when reading aloud

    Draws on knowledge of sound-letter relationships when trying to read

    unknown words

    Locates information from a variety of texts

    RS1.7 Understands that texts are

    constructed by people and identifies

    ways in which texts differ according

    to their purpose, audience and

    subject matter

    Describes the purpose of organisational stages in familiar texts

    Identifies the different parts of a publication and talks about their use eg titlepage, contents, glossary, index, menu

    Indicates some of the differences between text types

    Talks about the topic of a text based on its title and illustrations

    Selects texts related to a topic

    Predicts from the cover whether they will enjoy the text or find it useful

    Begins to recognise how texts are created for different audiences

    Retells ideas from a factual text for beginning readers

    RS1.8 Identifies the text structure

    and basic grammatical features of a

    limited range of text types

    Recognises an factual description and can discuss how the information is

    organised into sections/paragraphs

    Identifies repeated words or synonyms and antonyms as ways in which topics

    are developed in information texts

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    Identifies conjunctions eg and, but, so and understands that they join clauses in

    sentences

    Identifies adverbial phrases that tells us more about the action in terms of

    where, when, why, how, and discusses the effect of this use in texts

    Identifies adjectives and understands that their function is to describe (in terms

    of size, shape, colour, and other qualities)

    Identifies and names commas, quotations marks, questions marks and

    exclamation marks

    Understands and uses words such as literary texts, factual text, poem,

    illustration, diagram Uses appropriate technology to discuss computer texts eg space, full stop,

    letter, upper and lower case, bold, italics

    WritingWS1.9 Plans, reviews and produces

    a small range of simple literary and

    factual texts for a variety of purposes

    on familiar topics for known readers

    Reads own writing aloud and makes some corrections to clarify meaning

    Writes short recounts of personal experience

    Write elementary descriptive factual descriptions

    Writes notes from texts

    Contributes to joint construction of texts

    Uses word processors to create texts

    Reads own writing to the teacher or a peer Reads own writing to a variety of audiences and responds to questions seeking

    elaboration and clarification

    Chooses appropriate words to label things such as drawings and objects

    Uses heading to indicate the topic of text

    WS1.10 Produces texts using the

    basic grammatical features and

    punctuation conventions of the text

    type

    Uses adjectives to provide more information about nouns

    Uses different types of verbs in own writing

    Uses relating verbs to describe and classify factual descriptions

    Uses most common punctuation marks

    Uses capital letters at the beginning of sentences

    Uses full stops at the end of sentences

    Experiments with other punctuation marks eg commas, quotation marks,

    question marksWS1.11 Uses knowledge of sight

    words and letter-sound

    correspondences and a variety of

    strategies to spell familiar words

    Segments word into individual sounds and forms letter that related to the sound

    Isolates and writes the initial, medial and final sound of a word

    Exchanges one letter in a written word with a different letter to make a new

    word

    Builds word families

    Writes using blends, letter combinations and long vowel sounds

    Write letters for double consonants

    Writes letters for double vowels

    Draws on knowledge of sight words and high frequency words when writing a

    text

    Draws on knowledge of common letter patterns and letter-sound

    correspondences when writing a text

    Reads own writing aloud and make some connections to clarify meaning

    WS1.12 Produces texts using letters

    of consistent size and slope in NSW

    foundation style and using computer

    technology

    Uses correct pencil grip and maintains correct body position

    Forms most letters of the alphabet correctly and appropriately

    Tries to write clearly in straight lines, from left to right, suing letters of uniform

    size, shape, slope and spacing

    Uses lower and upper case letters of consistent size and formation in NSW

    foundation style

    Uses finger movements to control the pencil while sliding forearm across the

    page

    Experiments with computer functions

    Uses functions when editing

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    Uses computer terminology eg save, delete, open, exit, print, menu, save as

    WS1.13 Identifies how own texts

    differ according to their purpose,

    audience and subject matter

    Discusses some of the different purposes of visual texts such as charts, maps,

    diagrams, illustrations

    Discusses how familiar examples of writing give information in different ways

    States the purpose and intended reader before writing

    Selects and refines topic before writing

    WS1.14 Identifies the structure of

    own literary and factual texts and

    names a limited range of related

    grammatical features andconventions of written language

    Recognises organisational structure of factual texts

    Talks about synonyms and antonyms in a range of texts

    Talks about how adjectives describe nouns, how adverbs tell us more about the

    verb Identifies key words in own and others texts

    Talks about punctuation needed for own writing

    Begins to recognise when the spelling of a word appears inaccurate

    Literature FocusLiterature focus activities occur three times a week and are organised into the following categories: - whole class activities,

    small group and individual activities. The learning activities incorporate the skills of comprehension, grammar, text type

    writing and information, sequencing and designing activities.

    The focus texts chosen for this term include:

    Exhausted by Stephen Gard

    I Love Boats by Flora McDonnell

    Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone

    Minton goes home by Anna Fienberg & Kim Gamble

    Activities related to each book will be integrated with the Transport/Push/Pull theme throughout the term. The books will b

    used for 1/2 week/s in each class based on a rotational system.

    Class Weeks 1 and 2 Weeks 3 and 4 Weeks 5 and 6 Weeks 7 and 8 Weeks 9 and 10

    1SMinton goes

    Home

    1G

    1R

    I Love Boats by Flora McDonnell

    1. Story prediction, shared reading and oral cloze: Cover name of each boat.Discuss

    what it could be by reading the description. Reveal name and read each page together.

    2. Written cloze: Fill in the names of each boat from the story.

    3. Text match: Match the name of each boat to the correct description.

    4. Identifying verbs: Discuss the term verb and explain they are words that tell us an action or what

    something is doing. Find the verbs in the story together and list. Dramatise each verb together (eg. Scoopinloading, floating). Students read text on sheet and draw the action each boat is doing.

    5. Alphabetical order: Practice saying alphabet aloud together. As a class put the names of the boats in

    alphabetical order. Students then order the words in their book.

    6. Text innovation: Create a class big book about another form of transport eg. I love cars. In pairs student

    choose a form of transport, write text and illustrate the page. Read together.

    7. Wordfind: Circle the words from the story.

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    8. Guessing game: In pairs, children take turns at describing various boats while their partner guesses the

    name of the boat.

    9. How to make a boat: Discuss the Procedure text type including its purpose and structure. Children to

    follow the How to make a toy boat procedure to make their boat.

    10. Does it float or sink?: Children undertake an experiment to see if the toy boat they made floats or sinks in

    water. Children to write about the results.

    Exhausted by Stephen Gard1. Story prediction and shared reading

    2. Why do we use cars?: As a class, list the different uses for the Rush family car. Add some uses the children have for theown family car. Children to write sentences about their family car (e.g. The _______ Family uses their car to)

    3. Rhyming words: Identify rhyming words in the text and list. Brainstorm additional words that rhyme and add to list.Children complete the rhyming words worksheet

    4. Transport poem: Teacher to model writing a poem about a form of transport. Children are to use the rhyme word-bankfrom the previous lesson to write a poem about any means of transport they choose.

    5. Word meanings: Explain the use of a dictionary. Re-read text and identify unfamiliar words. Locate meaning of wordsdictionary and record.

    6. Labelling: As a class, identify and label parts of a car and describe their function. Children to complete labellingworksheet then choose three parts and write a sentence for each to describe its function.

    7. Comprehension: Children to complete comprehension worksheet. Children to think of 3 questions they can ask about thstory. Play comprehension challenge where children must ask the class one of their comprehension questions. The perso

    with the correct answer has the next turn.

    8. Speech marks: Examine the use of speech marks. Identify what each character says in the text. Role-play spoken texts acharacters. Read the text and place speech marks in correct place.

    9. Transport match-up: Identify and list various forms of transport. Discuss where each is normally located for travel.Match each form of transport to its boarding place and record name of each. (eg. Take a _________at the bus stop.)

    Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone

    1. Story prediction: Discuss the title and cover page. Children to share a few storypredictions as a class and then write own predictions and reasons for prediction.

    2. Shared reading and matching activity: Children to match the name of each type oftransport to the destination it travelled to. (Extension: children to choose two types of

    transport to describe)

    3. Rhyming words: While teacher reads through the book, children to identify rhymingwords from the book. Teacher to write word-bank of rhyming words from the book.

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    Teacher to model writing a rhyming stanza for a new place you might visit. Children to attempt writing own rhyming

    stanza.

    4. Text innovation: Children to create new places for Bear to visit as well as different forms of transport used to arrive.Share examples as a class then children to write own ideas in books.

    5. Creation of Bear book: Children to draw the places Bear visited, including the type of transport used, to create theirown Bear Book.

    6. Creation of Bear Book: Children to add sentences to match pictures for their Bear Book.

    7. Sound-scape: In groups, children are to create a sound-scape to match the story. Children can use instruments or the 2-create music program when choosing sounds to match the transport and destinations in the book. Each group is to present

    the sound-scape to the class.

    8. Role-play: In groups, children are to prepare a role-play based on the book, adding in characters they might find at eachdestination.

    Minton goes Home by Anna Fienberg & Kim Gamble

    1. Story prediction: Discuss the title and cover page. Children to share a few story predictions as a class and thenwrite own predictions and reasons for prediction.

    2. View from a hot-air balloon: Using the illustrations in the book and the childrens imagination, discuss the differentlandscapes and places that Minton and Turtle may see on their way home. Children to choose one or more place they may see

    from the hot-air balloon and create a painting depicting the place. Encourage children to include as much detail as possible in

    their painting and a sentence describing their landscape.

    3. Letter to Hector: Write a letter from Minton to Hector describing their adventures on their way home.

    4. Were going on a journey: Children are to imagine that Minton and Turtles balloon has blown off-course and they must tand rescue them. Children are to describe what sort of transport they will use to find them, what they will pack for their

    journey and how they will get back home.

    5. Lets make a hot-air balloon: Children to make their own hot-air balloon and write a procedure describing how they made i

    6. How does it work?: Using books & websites children to learn about how a hot-air balloon operates. In groups, children are tdescribe the basics of how a hot-air balloon operates.

    Minton Goes Sailing by Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble

    Story Prediction: Discuss the title and cover page. Children to sare a few story predictions as a class and then write own predictions andreasons for predictions.

    1. Letter to Mummy Turtle Ss pretend that they are Turtle, Mintons best friend. Write a letter to their mummy turtle explaining

    their adventure and what the new island is like.

    2. Story sequencing draw and label 6 boxes outlining the story in sequence.

    3. Cloze activity place words into the cloze activity to form a summary of the book Minton Goes Sailing.

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    Reading Groups

    Students will work on a rotational basis during reading groups. Each day the Ss will complete a set activity. For

    those that finish activity early, extra literacy activities will be set up around room for children to participate in.

    Students will drawn out the activity for 10/15 mins to participate in a guided reading and guided writing session.Activities listed below:

    Activities work on rotational basis 5 days

    Handwriting Book Activity Reading/Writing SMARTSpeller/Com

    puters

    CreativeWriting

    next page ofHandwriting text

    independentactivity based on

    Literature Book of

    the fortnight

    Guided/Independentreading/writing

    Spelling word familieson SMART Speller

    Lists created for

    children.

    Stimulus picturerelated to transport

    given to Ss to write

    about

    Extra activities

    Sight Word Play Art and Craft Free Reading Listening Post

    Ss make sight wordsusing foam letters

    and record on

    whiteboard. Place insentences

    Create and make atype of transport

    related to literature

    text for that fortnight

    Ss free choice ofbooks and read

    around room

    Ss listen to prerecorded story

    books.

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    Spelling

    Sight words/Blends will be sent home as part of a homework spelling list and taught in class. Below is the list of

    blends and in which week they will be taught.

    Week 1 Pre- Assessment: Initial sight words test

    Week 2 Sc

    Week 3 Sl

    Week 4 Tw

    Week 5 Fl

    Week 6 Pr

    Week 7 Br

    Week 8 -nd

    Week 9 -nt

    Week 10 -mp

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    ESL Text Types

    Factual Description

    SMART Notebookcreated for ESL Text type Factual Description with resource sheets attached and website links. This will be altered by each class

    teacher to suit their groups learning needs.

    Language Features

    Language of Description: precise and factuallanguage, complex noun groups, adverbs and

    adverbial phrases, relating verbs

    Language Features

    Language of Comparison/Contrast: similarity ordissimilarity of things, extreme differences between

    things

    Language Features

    Language of Generalisation: general rath

    than particular statements

    Language Structures Language Structures Language Structures

    short tentacles

    large foot

    hard shell

    soft body

    short legs

    webbed toes

    small nostrils

    little eyes

    long tail

    small body

    sharp teeth

    sharp claws six legs

    two antennas

    three body parts

    large body

    use their bristles

    eat their waythrough

    lift themselves offthe ground

    use their jaw tocarry things

    defend their

    colony move quickly

    is the same as/notthe same as

    is like

    are like

    are alike

    Both ___ and ___have

    are different

    are not the same

    are different from is different from

    is the biggest/largest

    are the biggest/largest

    is the size of

    a little bit longer than

    not as long as

    one is ___ and theother is _____

    ___ and___ have/are

    insects

    all

    some

    most

    usually

    many

    mainly

    nearly all

    only a few

    always

    all of them

    belong tothey all have

    They are

    They can

    _____are/can/have

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    Week 2

    Session 1

    Pre Test Factual description on cars

    Session 2

    T introduces the text type of Factual Description. T asks Ss how and why we might use this text type and discusses its purpose.

    In pairs, Ss choose an object from the classroom to describe to their partner who must guess what they are describing.

    T reads Ss a factual description on cars.

    Ss are directed to a discussion around the structure of the text and language features included in factual descriptions.

    T and Ss jointly deconstruct Cars factual description, labelling the structure and language features found.

    Week 3

    Session 3

    Revise why we write factual descriptions and the structure of a description.

    As a class construct an Introduction to a Factual Description on a chosen piece of Transport.

    Ss complete cloze activity of an introduction

    Session 4

    Ss independently write their own introduction to Cars.

    Week 4

    Session 5

    T introduces the first language feature nouns, naming words

    As a class play Find the noun. On SMART board sort words into groups of nouns and not a noun.

    Play Name it online http://classroom.jc-schools.net/la/activities/Name-It_files/frame.htm

    T re-reads Cars factual description. Highlight on SMART board nouns found in cars factual description. SS receive a copy of the descriptionand highlight the nouns in their work.

    Label the car with nouns eg head lights, mirror, tyres, door.

    Discuss with the Ss the technical vocabulary that arises in the description. Create a word bank of these technical words.

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    Session 6

    Ss are introduced to adjectives describing words.

    Complete The adjective detective as a class.

    http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/adjectives.asp

    Ss are told there are many ways of describing things including number, size, shape, colour etc

    As a class, revise over the cars factual description and highlight on the SMART Board adjectives that can be found. Ss then work with a partn

    to develop their labelled diagram from previous session. Children develop labels and change them to describe number, size, shape, colour etc.two headlights, four round rubber wheels.

    Change labels on the outside of car to include adjectives.

    Week 5

    Session 7

    Using knowledge of how to improve a noun, Ss label the inside of the car and improve the noun by adding an adjective before. Ss then form

    paragraphs explaining the part of the car.

    Ss are asked to think about the similarities & differences between a car and a bicycle.

    Ss find a partner and tell them as many similarities and differences between the two. Children share with the class.

    T to create a word-bank for Comparison/Contrast words and phrases.

    Ss to choose their own means of transport to compare with a car and write some sentences using a range of Comparison/Contrast words.

    Session 8

    T to revise structure of Factual Description with children.

    Ss to find a partner and verbally share their introduction, first with their partner and then with the class. T and Ss to begin joint construction of the descriptive information on cars using the past sessions sentences and word-banks as a stimulus,

    continuing on from their introduction previously written

    Then joint construction of descriptive information

    Week 6

    Session 9

    Discuss the use of verbs with Ss in factual descriptions. Play find the verb game.

    T discusses with children how these Verbs can be made even more interesting by the inclusion of words that tell us How, When, Where & W

    things are happening. Sometimes it might be just one word (Adverb) & sometimes it might be a group of words (Adverbial Phrase).

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    T uses some of the last sessions sentences to model the improvement of the sentence by the inclusion of these (e.g. The cars were very noisyand slow; The headlights are at the front of the car)

    Ss work with a partner to select a sentence each from the display to improve by the inclusion of Adverbs/Phrases to be shared with the class.

    Ss create and write sentences that will include an Adjective & an Adverb/Phrase.

    Revise as a class the jointly constructed descriptive information from the previous session.

    Continue if necessary joint construction of Factual Description.

    In groups, Ss are given a section of a car with which to create well structured, interesting sentences. (e.g. Tyres: Most cars have four thick, str

    black tyres that help the car move and brake. The tyres are located under the body of the car)

    Each group is to share their sentences with the class to be added to the Factual Description. Re-read jointly constructed Factual Description asclass.

    Ss are to write some sentences about their section of the car, trying to include the language features learnt throughout the study of the text typ

    Session 10

    Ss independently construct their descriptive information.

    Week 7

    Session 11

    Present the class with a copy of the jointly constructed Factual Description with grammatical and spelling mistakes.

    As a class, edit the work together using editing symbols and explaining what the symbols mean.

    Give the Ss their own sheet to edit using the symbols and conventions taught during the lesson. Once edited, ask Ss to locate nouns, adjectiveand verbs.

    Session 12

    Ss will independently write a Factual Description on Cars using the displayed environmental print. (Assessment) Ss edit own work and then Teacher to check and Ss publish.

    Some may include a comparison with another means of transport in their Factual Description.

    Week 8

    Session 13

    T reads through findings and definitions of various types of transport and revise the forces that make them move.

    T holds up toy vehicles and ask children to describe how each one moves.

    In pairs Ss discuss different means of transport and how they move. Ss then choose a transport toy to investigate the different ways it can mov

    Can it be pushed or pulled, do the wheels go around? Share findings with their partners.

    After their investigations Ss write a description of their favourite means of transport and how it moves.

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    Session 14

    Ss continue writing a factual description on their favourite means of transport and how it moves.

    Ss read and share their descriptions with the class.

    On cardboard T records childrens thoughts on various descriptions shared. (Focus is describing words and forces used by various vehicles.)

    Week 9

    Session 15 and 16

    Ss are given paper bags each with a different type of transport in which they select one to begin writing their introduction and descriptive

    information on.

    Week 10

    Session 17 and 18

    Post test Ss write factual description on chosen piece of transport.

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    Label the car

    head lights mirror tyres door

    boot aerial bonnet windscreen

    Label the car

    head lights mirror tyres door

    boot aerial bonnet windscreen

    Label the car

    head lights mirror tyres door

    boot aerial bonnet windscreen

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    Label me

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    Label the inside of the car

    steering wheel seat belt horn

    gear stickwindow

    accelerator and

    brake

    Label the inside of the car

    steering wheel seat belt horn

    gear stick windowaccelerator and

    brake

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    Label me

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    Factual Description Term 1 Pre Test

    Text Structure and features Language Features Sentence Structure Level of assistance

    Teacher/

    Date

    Introductionofthesubject

    Descriptiveinformationabout

    thesu

    bject

    L

    anguageofDescription

    LanguageofComparison/

    Contrast

    TimelessPresentTenseeghas

    Subje

    ct/verbagreementegare,is,were,

    was

    TechnicalLanguage

    Capitalletters

    Fullstops

    Commas

    ComplexSentences

    Paragraphs

    Independentlycompleted

    Minimalassistance

    TeacherDirected

    1 2 3 4 5

    The student has anelementary knowledge andunderstanding in few areas ofthe content

    The student has a basicknowledge and understandingin few areas of the content

    The student has a soundknowledge and understandingof the main areas of thecontent

    The student has a thoroughknowledge and understandingof the content and is able toapply this knowledge to mostsituations

    The student has an extensiveknowledge and understandingof the content and can readilyapply this knowledge

    The student has achieved verylimited competence in some ofthe processes and skills

    The student has achieved alimited competence in theprocesses and skills

    The student has achieved anadequate level of competencein the processes and skills

    The student has a high level ofcompetence in the processesand skills and applies theseskills to most situations

    The student has achieved avery high level of competencein the processes and skills andcan apply these skills to newsituations

    Factual Description Term 1 Pre Test

    Text Structure and features Language Features Sentence Structure Level of

    assistance

    Teacher/

    Date

    Introduc

    tionofthesubject

    Descriptivein

    formationabout

    thesubject

    LanguageofDescription

    LanguageofComparison/

    Contrast

    Tim

    elessPresentTenseeghas

    Subject/verbagreementegare,is,were,

    was

    TechnicalLanguage

    Capitalletters

    Fullstops

    Commas

    ComplexSentences

    Paragraphs

    Independentlycompleted

    Minimalassistance

    TeacherDirected

    1 2 3 4 5

    The student has anelementary knowledge andunderstanding in few areas ofthe content

    The student has a basicknowledge and understandingin few areas of the content

    The student has a soundknowledge and understandingof the main areas of thecontent

    The student has a thoroughknowledge and understandingof the content and is able toapply this knowledge to mostsituations

    The student has an extensiveknowledge and understandingof the content and can readilyapply this knowledge

    The student has achieved verylimited competence in some ofthe processes and skills

    The student has achieved alimited competence in theprocesses and skills

    The student has achieved anadequate level of competencein the processes and skills

    The student has a high level ofcompetence in the processesand skills and applies theseskills to most situations

    The student has achieved avery high level of competencein the processes and skills andcan apply these skills to newsituations

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    Factual Description Term 1 Pre Test

    Text Structure and features Language Features Sentence Structure Level of assistance

    Teacher/

    Date

    Introducti

    onofthesubject

    Descriptiveinformationabout

    thesu

    bject

    L

    anguageofDescription

    LanguageofComparison/

    Contrast

    Time

    lessPresentTenseeghas

    Subject/verbagreementegare,is,were,

    was

    TechnicalLanguage

    Capitalletters

    Fullstops

    Commas

    ComplexSentences

    Paragraphs

    Independentlycompleted

    Minimalassistance

    TeacherDirected

    1 2 3 4 5

    The student has anelementary knowledge andunderstanding in few areas ofthe content

    The student has a basicknowledge and understandingin few areas of the content

    The student has a soundknowledge and understandingof the main areas of thecontent

    The student has a thoroughknowledge and understandingof the content and is able toapply this knowledge to mostsituations

    The student has an extensiveknowledge and understandingof the content and can readilyapply this knowledge

    The student has achieved verylimited competence in some ofthe processes and skills

    The student has achieved alimited competence in theprocesses and skills

    The student has achieved anadequate level of competencein the processes and skills

    The student has a high level ofcompetence in the processesand skills and applies theseskills to most situations

    The student has achieved avery high level of competencein the processes and skills andcan apply these skills to newsituations