Year 4
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students' knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. Learning in English builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit and strengthen these as needed.
In Years 3 and 4, students experience learning in familiar contexts and a range of contexts that relate to study in other areas of the curriculum. They interact with peers and teachers from other classes and schools in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments.
Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is aesthetic, as well as texts designed to inform and persuade. These encompass traditional oral texts including Aboriginal stories, picture books, various types of print and digital texts, simple chapter books, rhyming verse, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimodal texts, dramatic performances and texts used by students as models for constructing their own work.
The range of literary texts for Foundation to Year 10 comprises Australian literature, including the oral narrative traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as well as the contemporary literature of these two cultural groups, and classic and contemporary world literature, including texts from and about Asia.
Literary texts that support and extend students in Years 3 and 4 as independent readers describe complex sequences of events that extend over several pages and involve unusual happenings within a framework of familiar experiences. Informative texts include content of increasing complexity and technicality about topics of interest and topics being studied in other areas of the curriculum. These texts use complex language features, including varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary, a significant number of high-frequency sight words and words that need to be decoded phonically, and a variety of punctuation conventions, as well as illustrations and diagrams that support and extend the printed text.
Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive types of texts including narratives, procedures, performances, reports, reviews, poetry and expositions.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
Achievement Standard
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year 4, students understand that texts have different text structures depending on purpose and context. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage the interest of audiences. They describe literal and implied meaning connecting ideas in different textsÂ
They fluently read texts that include varied sentence structures, unfamiliar vocabulary including multisyllabic words. They express preferences for particular types of texts, and respond to others' viewpoints. They listen for and share key points in discussions.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students use language features to create coherence and add detail to their texts. They understand how to express an opinion based on information in a text. They create texts that show understanding of how images and detail can be used to extend key ideas.
Students create structured texts to explain ideas for different audiences. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, varying language according to context. They demonstrate understanding of grammar, select vocabulary from a range of resources and use accurate spelling and punctuation, re-reading and editing their work to improve meaning.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
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Procedural Writing Checklists
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Write a Shape Poem Worksheet
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Types of Poetry Posters with Annotations
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Partner Sentence Challenge Worksheet
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Writing a Speech Poster
A poster highlighting the main parts to a speech.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
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120 Comprehension Strategy Question Cards
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Comprehension Task Cards - Compare And Contrast
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Comprehension Task Cards - Making Predictions
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Comprehension Task Cards - Finding Word Meaning In Context
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Questioning
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Activating Prior Knowledge
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Cars Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
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Doctors Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
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Eagles Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
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Elephants Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
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Comprehension Strategies - Interactive PowerPoint
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Distinguish Between Real and Make-Believe Poster
A poster highlighting how to distinguish between real and make-believe when reading a piece of text.
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Find Word Meaning in Context Poster
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Homophones Bingo
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Understand Sequence Poster
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Recognise Cause and Effect Poster
A poster highlighting how to recognise cause and effect when reading a piece of text.
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Identify Author's Purpose Poster
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Information Report Writing Template
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Paragraph Study Grammar Interactive PowerPoint
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Understanding Sequence - Jack and the Beanstalk
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Narrative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
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Grammar Word Search with Solution
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Narrative Writing Poster
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Introduction to Narrative Features PowerPoint - Year 3 and Year 4
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