teaching resource

Year 6 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards

Updated: 13 Jun 2023

A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 6 magazine.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 30 Pages
Year: 6

Curriculum

ACELA1518

Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effectsElaborationsexploring a range of everyday, community, literary and informative texts...
ACELA1525

Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinionElaborationsidentifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the variou...
ACELT1618

Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative waysElaborationscreating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of nar...
ACELT1800

Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choiceElaborationsselecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of ...
ACELY1711

Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a textElaborationscomparing the structures and features of different texts, including print and digital sources on similar topics, and evaluating which features be...
ACELY1712

Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadingsElaborationsbringing subject and...
ACELY1713

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...
ACELY1801

Analyse strategies authors use to influence readersElaborationsidentify how authors use language to position the reader and give reasons (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)(View this topic on www.australiancurriculum.edu.au )
ACELY1714

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...

VCELA339

Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effects
VCELY347

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
VCELA352

Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion
VCELT356

Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways
VCELT355

Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts
VCELY358

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience

teaching resource

Year 6 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards

Updated: 13 Jun 2023

A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 6 magazine.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 30 Pages
Year: 6

A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 6 magazine.

Take the stress out of your literacy planning with these comprehensive task cards!

What are these task cards for?

These task cards have been designed specifically for use with Issue 1 of Teach Starter’s Year 6 magazine, What’s Buzzing?

How do I use the magazine and task cards for literacy groups?

In countless ways! You could assign each literary group an article for the week, then allow the students to work through the five sets of task cards.

What types of task cards are included?

Five sets of task cards have been included. These address the areas of writing, language, comprehension, reading strategies and higher-order thinking skills.

Year 6 Magazine – What’s Buzzing (Issue 1)

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Year 6 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)

A beautifully designed, 26-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.

Curriculum

ACELA1518

Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effectsElaborationsexploring a range of everyday, community, literary and informative texts...
ACELA1525

Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinionElaborationsidentifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the variou...
ACELT1618

Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative waysElaborationscreating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of nar...
ACELT1800

Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choiceElaborationsselecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of ...
ACELY1711

Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a textElaborationscomparing the structures and features of different texts, including print and digital sources on similar topics, and evaluating which features be...
ACELY1712

Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadingsElaborationsbringing subject and...
ACELY1713

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...
ACELY1801

Analyse strategies authors use to influence readersElaborationsidentify how authors use language to position the reader and give reasons (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)(View this topic on www.australiancurriculum.edu.au )
ACELY1714

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...

VCELA339

Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effects
VCELY347

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
VCELA352

Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion
VCELT356

Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways
VCELT355

Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts
VCELY358

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience

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Libby Cocchietto · 5 years ago

Love this! Is there a way to get notifications when each new edition is published?
Chantal Sigg · 6 years ago

The dates for Amelia Earhart are incorrect-I think that will be confusing for some children.
- Royce (Teach Starter) · 5 years ago
  
  Hey Chantal, thank you for taking the time to contact us. We have checked over the date for her first solo flight across the Atlantic and it appears to be on the date 20 May 1932. Can we just confirm this was the incorrect date you were talking about?