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Ready to get yourself completely prepared for the year ahead? Look no further Australian Year 4 teachers! This complete set of our ever popular Writing units specifically aligned to the Australian Curriculum version 9.0 has everything you need to teach your students the content required.
This bundle includes the following:
These activities, powerpoints and posters compliment all the following Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 4 English content descriptors:
– Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes AC9E4LA03
– Understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality AC9E4LA06
– create and edit literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings AC9E4LE05
– Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text AC9E4LY03
– Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation AC9E4LY06
– Write words using clearly formed joined letters, with developing fluency and automaticity AC9E4LY08
– Understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes AC9E4LY09
Content covered in this bundle include:
Narrative Writing
– Elements of a Fairy Tale
– Basic Story Structure – the Story Graph
– Writing Hooks
– Writing a Fractured Fairy Tale
– Different Perspective Fractured Fairy Tale
– Writing Dialogue
– Mix and Match Fractured Fairy Tale
Persuasive Writing
– Purpose of Persuasion
– Fact or Opinion
– Modality Words
– Persuasive Devices
– Text Structure
– Complex Sentences
– Assessment: Students write a persuasive brochure after researching the impact of the Cassowary on the Australian Rainforest.
Procedural Writing
Procedural Writing
– What is an instructional text?
– Writing specific instructions
– Types of instructional texts
– Features of an instructional text
– Text features
– Assessment: Students write a set of instructions to be presented in a video or class demonstration format.
Information Report Writing
– What is an information report?
– Features of an information report
– Fact/Opinion
– Language Features
– Identifying Reliable Sources
– Taking notes
– Writing Paragraphs
– Assessment: Students write an information report on their choice of world biome (this is linked to the Year 4 HASS curriculum where students learn about different world environments – World Environments).
Your purchase includes:
– Unit Plans – each unit plan includes 20 lessons. Our units follow a scaffolded literacy approach where by rich texts are used to model writing skills. Some internet links are provided in some lessons to support the lesson content. In particular, links to the suggested literature (being read out loud) in the unit have been included, in case you don’t have access to a hard copy of the book. Internet connection will be required for these lessons.
– Unit Plans – each unit plan includes 20 lessons. Our units follow a scaffolded literacy approach where by rich texts are used to model writing skills. Some internet links are provided in some lessons to support the lesson content. In particular, links to the suggested literature (being read out loud) in the unit have been included, in case you don’t have access to a hard copy of the book. Internet connection will be required for these lessons.
– Assessment Rubrics
– Activity Bundles – this activity bundle includes a variety of activities including activity sheets, hands-on activities, posters and a suggested assessment activity.
If you liked the look of this resource, you may also like these:
– Year 3/4 Health Units Bundle
– Year 4 9.0 Science Unit Bundle
– Year 4 HASS Units Bundle
– Year 3/4 Health Units Bundle
– Year 4 9.0 Science Unit Bundle
– Year 4 HASS Units Bundle
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