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Teaching Writing Text Type changes

The new NSW K-10 syllabus details a new way of working with text types. The new document (including Australian Curriculum content) details students working with three different texts:

Imaginative texts

Informative texts

Persuasive texts (not in ES1)

In the new document there is no specific mention of narrative, information report, exposition etc as with the current document. With this new approach teachers will be able to focus on the purpose, audience and context of writing more easily. For example if a class is working on a unit on eg. Space, Wonders of the World, Friendship, Mem Fox and other author studies, students would be expected to write an imaginative text arising from the unit, informative texts and to consider appropriate persuasive texts.

Old syllabus references to texts

New syllabus references to texts

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PLANNING and the connection between Talking & Listening, Reading and Writing

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Determine time frame for planning eg. 1, 2, 5 weeks

Analyse assessment data to determine

specific learning intentions

Determine what the final product/s might look like in order for you to be able to assess the identified learning intention eg. list of words, series of sentences, paragraph/s, whole text

Identify the success criteria/explicit quality criteria in order to clarify the expectations of the final product

Talking & Listening Design talking & listening activities around the features of the final product

Reading Identify a text/s to use as the model for the writing. This text shows students the final product or aspects of and features of the writing detailed by the success criteria

Writing Determine content for guided writing. Content should vary between modelled (reading), guided and the independent writing however the features/success criteria will be common and the focus of discussions.

Plan content for independent writing

S 2 Example

1 week

Writing - Develop an imaginative character to engage the reader.

Grammar - understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts - identify and use nouns, and adjectival phrases to express detail Vocab - Identify and discuss how descriptive vocabulary establishes setting and atmosphere.

T & L - Summarising and reporting back main ideas from a group discussion

Writing - Three descriptive paragraphs

Talking & Listening Report a summary

Content A – describe an angry character

Content B – read about a timid character

Content C – joint construction about a happy character

Content D – indep writing about a scary character

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LITERACY SESSION STRUCTURE

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Talking & Listening

Learning intention

WALT – We are learning to ...

Why is the learning helpful/necessary?

Model the learning - using the Think Aloud Strategy

Guided support – joint construction

Independent practice - clarify the success criteria

- students complete task with differentiated support

Reflection – return to the learning intention

The ‘what’

The ‘why’

The ‘how’

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Step 1

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Writing

Learning intention

WALT – We are learning to ...

Why is the learning helpful/necessary?

Model the learning – Read paragraphs of character description using the Think Aloud Strategy and noting the features (success criteria)

Guided support – joint construction of character description noting the features (success criteria)

Stimulus - can occur prior to modelled, guided or independent

Independent - clarify the success criteria

- students complete task with differentiated support

Reflection – return to learning intention

The ‘what’

The ‘why’

The ‘how’

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Resources for writing

Scootle National resource

ESA - National

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Click DEC icon to use DEC login

Search national curriculum reference in syllabus eg. ACELA1522

Australian Assessment and Reporting Authority

ACARA - National

Writing resources support the NAPLAN writing assessments in narrative and persuasive text. Narrative Writing Guide and Rubric

ACARA

Persuasive Writing Marking Guide

ACARA

Australian Screen

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English K-10 syllabus BOSTES - State

English K-6 Modules are for the old syllabus but still an excellent resource

Writing rubrics BOSTES

English K-6 scope & sequence of grammar and punctuation skills. BOSTES

English K-6 scope & sequence of phonological and graphological processing skills BOSTES

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Teaching Strategies huge resource of lessons linked to NAPLAN questions DoE (DEC)

Portal

A-Z of DEC

Learning,High Performance

Assessment

NAPLAN – scroll down

DoE Webinars DoE

Syllabus Plus webinars are recorded and available to all.

English in a NSW primary classroom – DoE

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Literacy continuum (K-6) DoENB: This draft continuum will be revised and extended to Year 10. This continuum defines eight aspects of literacy found in the research to be critical to successful literacy acquisition. It describes the development typically expected of most students in the eight aspects :

• Reading texts • Comprehension • Vocabulary knowledge • Aspects of writing • Aspects of speaking • Phonics • Phonemic awareness • Concepts about print

Interactive version further info in downloads for each cluster

An introduction to quality literacy teaching pg. 23 K-12 (DET Best Start) DoE

The 6 traits of writing

Developed by Education Northwest

Google for a wide range of resources.

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Early Career Teachers - resources

Grammar session

Literacy Devices/concepts/assessment etc by

D Cherry – Cabramurrah PS using Sharon Tooney’s work on concepts.

See ECT blog post

DEC Webinar – English concepts DoE

https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/p8430g0rj86/

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Merewether PS DoE

Learning Intentions & Formative assessment

See blog post

The Literacy Shed fantastic site for writing stimulus

ABC Behind the News

Excellent items for primary age students

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Wonderopolis

Great writing stimulus site

Storybird

Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.

A great Web 2.0 tool to motivate students to write.

Edublog (external resource)

Sample blog sites

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Teaching ideas – Video Gallery

Audacity

Audacity is a free, open source, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder.

You can use Audacity to record audio in order to motivate students to write.

Handwriting Information Sheet

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Handwriting: Teaching the Foundation Approach