English
Term One
2017
Unit 1
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3/4
5/6
P/2
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5/6
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
PERSUASIVE
PERSUASIVE
INFORMATIVE
Exploring emotions in
picture books
Investigating authors
language in a familiar
narrative
Short Stories
Creating persuasive
imaginative texts
Creating persuasive
articles
Examining media Texts
Students listen to, read, view
and interpret written picture
books, including stories from
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander cultures. They identify
emotive content and justify
their interpretations of the
stories.
(This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 1 Unit 1
Exploring emotion in picture
books.)
Assessment
Unit 2
Students listen to, view, read
and explore simple chapter
books or digital stories to
explore the use of descriptive
language in the construction of
character. They also examine
and analyse the language
features and techniques used by
the author. Through a written
response or the creation of a
new chapter, trick or plan,
students develop alternative
behaviours and actions for a
character.
Students listen to and read a
range of short stories by
different authors. They
investigate and compare
similarities and differences in
the ways authors use text
structure, language features and
strategies to create humorous
effects. Students complete a
comprehension task about a
particular short story and other
short stories they have read.
(This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 6 Unit 1 Short
stories.)
Students read and view
elements of persuasion in
multimodal texts to create a
spoken response (Prep), an
innovation (Year 1) or a new
blurb for a persuasive
imaginative text (Year 2).
Students publish their work
digitally and present their new
texts to their peers.
(This unit has been originally
created for multi-level and has
minor connections to Year 1
Unit 8 Creating digital texts)
Students read, view and analyse
digital, written and spoken
persuasive texts. They use their
growing knowledge of literature
and language to write a
persuasive magazine article.
.
(This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 3 Unit 1
Analysing and creating a
persuasive text.)
(Naplan Prep)
Students listen to, read, view
and interpret a range of news
articles and reports from
journals and newspapers to
respond to viewpoints
portrayed in media texts.
Students apply comprehension
strategies, focusing on
particular viewpoints portrayed
in a range of media texts. They
create a digital multimodal
feature article, including written
and visual elements, from a
particular viewpoint.
(This unit is based on Year 5
Unit 3 'Examining media texts'.)
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Monitoring Task - Prep
Speaking: Talk about a favourite
story (Yr PY)
Monitoring - Year 3 Explanation of a new trick or
cunning plan (Yr 03)
Monitoring Yr 5 - Reading
Oral - Prep - Spoken personal
response (Yr PY)
Written Yr 3- Creating a
persuasive text for a magazine
article (Year 3) (Yr 03)
Poster/multi-modal
presentation Yr 5 - Multimodal
feature article (Yr 05)
Monitoring Task - Year 1
Spoken presentation about
character emotions (Yr 01)
Monitoring - Year 3-4 Reading
comprehension: How do
authors and illustrators use
language to make stories
interesting (Yr 03, 04)
Monitoring Yr 6 - Reading
Written Yr 4- Creating a
persuasive text for a magazine
article (Year 4) (Yr 04)
Poster/multi-modal
presentation Yr 6- Multimodal
feature article (Yr 06)
Monitoring Task - Year 2
Spoken presentation about
character emotions (Yr 02)
Monitoring - Year 4 - Writing a
new chapter (Yr 04)
comprehension - Year 5 (Yr 05)
comprehension - Year 6 (Yr 06)
Written - Year 1 – Written
innovation on a text (Yr 01)
Written - Year 2 – Written
persuasive blurb (Yr 02)
Term Two
2017
Unit 3
P/2
3/4
5/6
P/2
3/4
5/6
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
INFORMATIVE
INFORMATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
Creating and
presenting a retell.
Investigating
Characters
Creating an animated
story
Exploring Australian texts
Exploring Australian
texts set in the past.
Students listen to, read and
view a range of narratives,
including some multi-modal
texts, to explore the use of
descriptive language in the
construction of character.
Students retell a familiar story
as a multimodal text
incorporating written, oral and
pictorial information and
present their retell orally to a
familiar audience
Students listen to, view, read and
explore short narratives, simple
chapter books or digital stories to
explore the use of descriptive
language in the construction of
character. Students read a novel
and build literal and inferred
meaning from the text. They
express a point of view about the
thoughts, feelings and actions of
the main characters in a novel
and present a multimodal
presentation to the class.
Students listen to, read, view and
interpret a range of animations,
including film and digital texts.
Students present a point of view
about personal conflict and
ethical dilemmas faced by
characters through a panel
discussion. They produce an
animated story exploring a
character's behaviour when
faced with an ethical dilemma.
Students listen to, read and view
informative and narrative Australian
texts. They respond to questions
about a story and create a
multimodal retell of a character from
a book.
Students listen to, read and
view informative and literary
recounts, set during the time
of the arrival of the First Fleet
to Australia. They write a
literary recount set in the past
from the perspective of a
person present at that time
and place.
This unit is based on Year 3 Unit
2 ‘Investigating characters’. Year
4 concepts are embedded in the
learning sequence.
This unit is based on Year 5 Unit 4
'Examining characters in
animated film'.
Prep Unit 2 Enjoying and retelling
stories (Weeks 5-10). Prep, Year 1 and
Year 2 content descriptors are
embedded across the learning
sequence.
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Oral - Prep Retell a story (Yr PY)
Poster/multi-modal presentation
- Year 3 - Multimodal response to
a narrative (Yr 03)
Poster/multi-modal presentation
Year 5 - Digital multimodal (Yr 05)
Oral - Retell a story - Prep (YrPY)
Written - Year 3: Literary
recount (Yr 03, 04)
Monitoring Yr 5- Viewing
comprehension (Yr 05)
Written - Year 4: Literary
recount (Yr 03, 04)
Written Year 5 - Written
comparison of a novel and film
(Yr 05)
This unit is based on Year 1
Unit 3 'Exploring characters in
stories’, Year 2 Unit 2 ‘Stories
of families and friends’ and
Prep Year 1 and Year 2 content
descriptions are embedded
across the learning sequence.
Poster/multi-modal
presentation - Year 1 Creating
a multimodal retell (Yr 01)
Assessment
Unit 4
Short answer questions -Year 1
Reading and comprehension
(Yr 01)
Poster/multi-modal
presentation - Year 2 Creating
a multimodal retell (Yr 02)
Short answer questions -Year 2
Reading and comprehension
(Yr 02)
Poster/multi-modal presentation
- Year 4 - Multimodal response to
a narrative (Yr 04)
Poster/multi-modal presentation
Year 6- Digital multimodal (Yr 06)
This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 2 Unit 2 ‘Stories of
families and friends’ and Prep Unit
content descriptors are embedded
across the learning sequence.
Monitoring Year 1 - Imaginative Retell
Year 1 (Yr 01)
Short answer questions Yr1 Listening
Comprehension-Year 1 (Yr 01)
Monitoring Year 2 - Imaginative Retell
Year 2 (Yr 02)
Monitoring Year 2 - Running record –
Year 2 (Yr 02)
Short answer questions Yr 2 Listening
Comprehension-Year 2 (Yr 02)
Refer to History
This unit based on Year 4 Unit
5. Exploring recounts set in
the past.
Exploring narrative
through novels and
film
Students listen to, read and
view novels and films with a
range of characters involving
flashbacks or shifts in time. They
demonstrate understanding of
positioning of characters in a
chosen film through a viewing
comprehension. They create a
written comparison of a novel
and the film version of the
novel.
This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 5 Unit 7
'Exploring narrative through
novels and film'.
Monitoring Yr 6- Viewing
comprehension (Yr 06)
Written Year 6- Written analysis
of a novel and film (Yr 06)
English
Term Three
2017
Unit 5
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INFORMATIVE
INFORMATIVE
INFORMATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
Examining stories
and informative
texts.
Examining traditional
stories
Interpreting literary
texts
Exploring poetry
Examining humour in poetry
Appreciating poetry
Students read and analyse
traditional stories from Asia.
They demonstrate
understanding by identifying
structural and language
features, finding literal and
inferring meaning and
explaining the message or
moral in traditional stories
from Asia. For the assessment
task, students write a
traditional story with a moral
or message for a younger
audience.
Students listen to, read and view
extracts from literary texts set in
earlier times. They demonstrate
their understanding of how the
events and characters are
created
within historical contexts. They
create a literary text that
establishes time and place for the
reader and explores personal
experiences.
Students listen to, read and view
a range of poetry. As a group,
students express their personal
responses and thoughts about
various shared poems. Students
create an imaginative
reconstruction of a poem or
rhyme and present it to a familiar
audience.
Students identify and analyse the literary
devices of humour used in poetry by
different authors. They create a humorous
poem and present it to a familiar
audience in an informal context.
Students read, view and
listen to a range of stories
with animal characters and
ask open and closed
questions of an animal
character. Students create
an informative text about a
character in a literary text,
using ICT.
This unit is based on Year 2,
Unit 6 ‘Exploring informative
texts’.
Assessment P-1-2
Monitoring - Prep: Creating
an informative text (Yr PY)
Monitoring - Prep: Reading
comprehension (Yr PY)
Assessment
Unit 6
Monitoring - Year 1: Creating
an informative text (Yr 01)
Monitoring - Year 1: Reading
comprehension (Yr 01)
Monitoring - Year 2: Creating
an informative text (Yr 02)
Monitoring - Year 2: Reading
Comprehension (Yr 02)
This unit is based on Year 4
Unit 3.Examining traditional
stories from Asia.
Assessment Yr 3-4
Written - Year 3: Traditional
story (Yr 03)
Written - Year 4: Traditional
story (Yr 04)
This unit has been informed by
aspects of English Year 6 Unit 5
'Interpreting literary texts'.
This unit based on Year 4 Unit 2 Examining
humour in poetry.
This unit is based on Prep Unit 3
‘Interacting with Others’, Year 1
Unit 4 ‘Engaging with Poetry’ and
Year 2 Unit 1 ‘Reading, Writing
and Performing Poetry’.
Students listen to, read and
view a range of poetry, songs,
anthems and odes from
different times, to create a
folio of responses analysing
authors' use of language and
its impact on
the message and ideas of a
text.
This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 5 Unit 5
'Appreciating poetry'.
Assessment 5-6
Assessment Yr P-1-2
Assessment Yr 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Imaginative response Year 5
written - A letter to the future
(Yr 05)
Exam/Test Prep- Comprehending
poetry (Yr PY)
Create & recite humorous poetry Year 3
Informative response Year 5 written Poetry analysis folio
(Yr 05)
Imaginative response Year 6
written – A letter to the future
(Yr 06)
Oral Prep –Creating and reciting
poetry (Yr PY)
Exam/Test Year 1 Comprehending poetry (Yr 01)
Oral Year 1 - Creating and
presenting a reconstruction of a
poem (Yr 01)
Exam/Test Year 2 Comprehending poetry (Yr 02)
Oral Year 2 - Creating and
Reciting Poetry (Yr 02)
Oral - Year 3: Creating and reciting
humorous poetry (Yr 03)
Short answer questions - Year 3:
Interpreting & evaluating a humorous
poem – Reading comprehension (Yr 03)
Interpret & evaluate a humorous poem
Year 4
Oral - Year 4: Creating and reciting
humorous poetry (Yr 04)
Short answer questions - Year 4:
Interpreting &evaluating a humorous
poem –reading comprehension Yr 4
Informative response Year 6 written Comparative poetry
analysis (Yr 06)
Term Four
Unit 7
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3/4
PERSUASIVE
PERSUASIVE
2017
Responding
persuasively to
narratives
Students read, view and listen
to a variety of literary texts to
explore how stereotypes are
used to persuade audiences.
Students create a persuasive
response.
They compare how the
representations of a character
are depicted differently in two
publications of the same story
and give reasons for a
particular preference.
Assessment
This unit is based on Year 2
Unit 4 ‘Identifying stereotypes’,
however, coverage of Prep and
Year 1 Content descriptions is
embedded throughout.
Exploring personal
experiences through
events
Students read and listen to
imaginative, informative and
persuasive texts to identify the
way authors portray experiences
of an event. Students use
comprehension strategies to
build literal and inferred meaning
about a literary text. Students
deliver a persuasive speech to
their class on an issue or topic of
personal interest.
This unit is based on Year 3 Unit 3
‘Exploring personal experiences
through events’.
Unit 8
5/6
PERSUASIVE
Comparing texts
Students listen to, read, view and
analyse literary and informative
texts on the same topic. Students
explore and evaluate how topics
and messages are conveyed
through both literary (imaginative)
and informative texts, including
digital texts. Students identify the
author's purpose and analyse
similarities and differences in texts.
They analyse and express a point of
view about the effectiveness of
each text in its ability to deliver a
message. Students write an
argument to persuade others to a
particular point of view.
P/2
3/4
5/6
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
IMAGINATIVE
Exploring plot and
characterisation in
stories
Exploring a quest novel
Exploring literary
texts by the same
author
Students read and analyse a
quest novel. In the assessment
task, students post comments
and respond to others’
comments on an online
discussion board, to demonstrate
understanding of the quest
novel.
Students listen to and read
novels by the same author to
identify language choices and
author strategies used to
influence the reader. They will
compare two novels by the
same author to identify
aspects of author style.
Students will prepare a
response analysing author
style in the novel, and
participate in a panel
discussion.
Students explore a variety of
picture books to explore how
stories use plot and
characterisation to entertain and
engage an audience. Students
create a new event to be added to
a familiar narrative.
This unit is based on Year 2 Unit 7
'Exploring plot and characterisation
in stories'.
This unit is based on Year 4 Unit
6: Exploring personal experiences
through events.
This unit is based on Year 6
Unit 6 'Exploring literary texts
by the same author'.
This unit has been informed by
aspects of Year 6 Unit 7 Comparing
texts.
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment Yr 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Assessment P-1-2
Assessment Yr 3-4
Assessment 5-6
Written - Prep - Written
persuasive response (Yr PY)
Monitoring - Year 3 - Reading
comprehension (Yr 03)
Oral - Year 3 - Persuasive speech
(Yr 03)
Persuasive response Year 5written - Express a point of view
(Yr 05)
Monitoring task Prep- Write
a narrative event (Prep) (Yr PY)
Written Yr 3 - Online discussion
posts - Exploring a quest novel
(Year 3) (Yr 03)
Monitoring Yr 5 - Panel
discussion (Yr 05)
Written - Year 1 - Written
persuasive response (Yr 01)
Written - Year 2 - Written
persuasive response (Yr 02)
Monitoring - Year 4 - Reading
comprehension (Yr 04)
Oral - Year 4 - Persuasive speech
(Yr 04)
Persuasive response Year 6 written - Argue a point of view
(Yr 06)
Monitoring task Yr 1- Write
a narrative event (Year 1) (Yr 01)
Monitoring task Yr 2 - Write
a narrative event (Year 2) (Yr 02)
Written Yr 4 - Online discussion
posts - Exploring a quest novel
(Year 4) (Yr 04)
Monitoring Yr 6 - Panel
discussion (Yr 06)