Ideally, all children should engage in learning opportunities which enable them to learn and understand the following learning objectives...
(The following list comprises only the strands, numbered 1 through 12, that are relevant to this particular unit.)
1. Speaking
Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas, topics or issues
2. Listening and responding
Make notes when listening for a sustained period and discuss how note-taking varies depending on context and purpose
4. Drama
Devise a performance considering how to adapt the performance for a specific audience
6. Word structure and spelling
Spell familiar words correctly and employ a range of strategies to spell difficult and unfamiliar words
Use a range of appropriate strategies to edit, proofread and correct spelling in their own work, on paper and on screen
7. Understanding and interpreting texts
Appraise a text quickly, deciding on its value, quality or usefulness
Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view
8. Engaging with and responding to texts
Sustain engagement with longer texts, using different techniques to make the text come alive
Compare how writers from different times and places present experiences and use language
9. Creating and shaping texts
Set their own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing
Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader
Select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features and formal and informal writing
Integrate words, images and sounds imaginatively for different purposes
10. Text structure and organisation
Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently
Use paragraphs to achieve pace and emphasis
11. Sentence structure and punctuation
Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways
12. Presentation
Use different styles of handwriting for different purposes with a range of media, developing a consistent and personal legible style
Select from a wide range of ICT programs to present text effectively and communicate information and ideas
(Please bear in mind that, for a range of possible reasons, coverage of all the learning objectives listed above may not be possible. Nevertheless, it is what we aim to cover.)
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