Outcome 3: a Student Uses and Describes Language Forms, Features and Structures of Texts

Outcome 3: A student uses and describes language forms, features and structures of texts appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts (EN4-3B).

Students:

• Engage personally with text ideas and information in a range of styles

• Use the P set of dolch flashcards and get student to say the words as they are flipped over – (complete individually) record results on sheet.

• Look at front and back covers – discuss title and illustrations
• Student/s predicts story
• Discuss the photographs and the comic characters – make sure students understand the purpose of each type of illustration?
• Provide an overview – this text is an information report, it provides us with information about caves and describes what cavers do and why cavers like to go into caves and the dangers involved.
• Check background knowledge- “Where are caves found, what might you find in a cave, have you ever been in a cave?

• Teacher reads the story
• Go through flashcards/vocabulary words: acid, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, cave, caver, gas, hard hat, needs, rain, slipping, torch
• Student/s completes pre spelling test of vocab words.
• Discuss story – what are some of the dangers of being a caver
• Together look at the Comprehension sheet and answer the questions by rereading the text.

• Develop and apply contextual knowledge – purpose, audience and context of texts: recognise and use appropriate metalanguage, spell accurately, language choices, punctuation and spelling rules

Caves – Level 6

• Go through P dolch Flashcards – record results on sheet (individually).

• Revisit last lesson – discuss the story: who, what, where, when and why.
• Student/s (or teacher/student) take it in turns to read a paragraph.
• Flashcards/vocab words.

• Student/s complete the vocabulary worksheet – discuss technical terminology of text.
• Student/s complete phonics worksheets – pay attention to phonological patterns: -ave (p4), -ow (p5), -ain (10).

• Go through P dolch Flashcards – record results on sheet (individually).

• Student/s (or teacher/student) take it in turns to read a paragraph
• Flashcards/vocab words
• Vocab spelling test

• Student/s complete the writing worksheet OR write as a group using small whiteboard and markers (students then transcribe onto worksheet) – make sure student/s understand the following components of an information report and should find facts in the text to support their writing.
• Final discussion of the text –