Lesson Ten: English Yr 7/9

Bringing it Together

Curriculum links: Year 7 – ACELA1763  Year 9 – ACELA1556

Resources you will need

Lesson structure

  1. Discuss with the class the role and purpose of narrative writing prompts.
  2. Divide the class into two, and then have the two groups report back to the rest of the class on their investigation of ‘The Box’ writing prompt, and the ‘Discovery’ writing prompt.
  3. Have students apply their skills and knowledge about writing prompts to The Lives of Animals book cover featured on the PowerPoint slide.
  4. Discuss with the class the importance of an ‘orientation’ in narrative writing.
  5. Consider the example orientation provided. Read and discuss it. Identify the ‘who, what, where and when’.
  6. Make notes and discuss as a class how the example orientation could be improved.
  7. Discuss the role of the complication in a narrative. Use the prompt questions on the slide to engage students and test for prior knowledge.
  8. Read the example and have students make notes on how this writing could move from basic to being more developed.
  9. Read and discuss the questions that relate to the resolution. Read the examples and discuss where these questions are answered.

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AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT

Learning Area: English
Year Levels: Year 7/Year 9
General Capabilities: CCT, L, PSC, EU, IU
Strands: Text Structure and Organisation
Content Descriptions: 

Year 7 (English Language)

Understand that the coherence of more complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers, for example overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or breadcrumb trails for online texts (ACELA1763)

Year 9 (English Language) 

Understand how punctuation is used along with layout and font variations in constructing texts for different audiences and purposes (ACELA1556)
Elaborations:

Year 7

Analysing the structure of media texts such as television news items and broadcasts and various types of newspaper and magazine articles.

Writing structured paragraphs for use in a range of academic settings such as paragraph responses, reports and presentations.

Year 9

Experimenting with the use of colons and semicolons in expositions and other extended writing to improve precision and clarity of expression.

Investigating instances of colons and semicolons in expository texts and discuss their uses in elaborating on and clarifying ideas in complex sentences.
Cross-Curricular Priority:

Sustainability
Acknowledgments

This Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials, which are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The material has been modified from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed April 2019).

All activities have been created by educators for educators and are linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4). We advise teachers to consult the ACARA website for the most up-to-date curriculum outcomes.

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