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S2 - Creating Written Texts
Aligned to the NSW Syllabus for The Australian curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/home)
- outcomes and content listed below
- outcomes and content listed below
- see also Vocabulary
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- see also Reading Comprehension
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Imaginative Purposes:
Poetry writing; Fairy tales; Folk tales; Myths; Legends; Fables
Writing in the first person; Writing in the third person
Orientation, complication and resolution structure
Sequencing ideas into paragraphs
Experimenting with punctuation dialogue
Experiment with different poetic forms
Writing in the first person; Writing in the third person
Orientation, complication and resolution structure
Sequencing ideas into paragraphs
Experimenting with punctuation dialogue
Experiment with different poetic forms
Informative Purposes:
Include headings, paragraphs and topic sentences
Describe experiences or observations
Texts which instruct with goal? list of resources; series of steps (how, why) recipes, instructions, protocols, science method, maths problems
Texts which tell how or why through a series of steps and conclusion
Factual or historical accounts who, what, when, where, why and conclusion
Describe experiences or observations
Texts which instruct with goal? list of resources; series of steps (how, why) recipes, instructions, protocols, science method, maths problems
Texts which tell how or why through a series of steps and conclusion
Factual or historical accounts who, what, when, where, why and conclusion
Persuasive Purposes:
Texts to argue a point of view - adverts, reviews, discussions, expositions, speeches, letters.
Structure - statement of position; sequenced paragraphs and conclusion
Topic sentence to start - develop ideas; sequence points in paragraphs; conclusion.
Facts and opinions to reinforce argument.
Structure - statement of position; sequenced paragraphs and conclusion
Topic sentence to start - develop ideas; sequence points in paragraphs; conclusion.
Facts and opinions to reinforce argument.
Text Features For Multiple Purposes:
Tense:
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KS2 English - tense | CGP Plus (subscription required)
Tenses Teaching Resources - (twinkl.com.au) (subscription required)
Tenses | Teach Starter (subscription required)
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Verbs and the different tenses - BBC Bitesize (information only, videos not available)
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Conjunctions: (conditional, temporal and causal)
Teaching Conjunctions - (emile-education.com) - videos unavailable but content useful
Conjunctions Teaching Resources - (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Conjunctions | Teach Starter (requires subscription)
Practise using conjunctions to build sentences - BBC Bitesize - videos unavailable but content useful
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Brainpop Video animated explanation with Tim and Moby
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Subject/verb agreement:
Subject Verb Agreement Resources (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Definite and Indefinite article:
Idioms, puns, similes and personification: - see also Vocabulary
Idioms - (twinkl.com.au) (membership fee)
Idiom Hangman - quia
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Idiom Worksheets - Worksheets from K12 reader
6 Interactive Idiom Quizzes from Wordwall
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Idioms, Online Game - childrensuniversitymanchester
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See also - Vocabulary (personification)
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See also - Vocabulary (similes)
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Multimodal features (diagrams, graphs, images and tables)
Sentence Level Grammar:
General:
Adjectives:
Adjectives Teaching Resources | Teach Starter (requires subscription)
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Adjectives Resources (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Adjectival clauses and phrases:
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Adjectival Clauses | Teach Starter (requires subscription)
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Adjectival Clauses Games - Baamboozle (free sign up)
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Adverbs:
Adverbs Teaching Resources | Teach Starter (requires subscription)
Adverbs (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Yr 3 Adverb Resources | Education.com free sign up
Yr 4 Adverb Resources | Education.com free sign up
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Adverbial clauses and phrases:
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Adverbial Clause Resources (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
Adverbial Phrase Resources (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Cause and effect:
Cause And Effect Resources (twinkl.com.au) (requires subscription)
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Conjunctions - coordinating & subordinating:
Practise using conjunctions to build sentences - BBC Bitesize video unavailable but content useful
Using conjunctions to join ideas -- BBC Bitesize video unavailable but content useful
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Connectives:
Connectives - BBC Teach video unavailable but content useful
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Nouns & Noun groups:
IXL - Yr 3 English - (scroll down to "nouns")
What is a noun? - BBC Bitesize video unavailable but content useful
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases:
Sentences - declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative, compound and complex:
Verbs (sentence opening) - action, saying, thinking:
Punctuation:
General:
Apostrophes:
Bullet points:
Capitals;
Commas:
Speech - Direct and Indirect:
Word Level Language:
Alliteration:
Experiment with word order:
Modality:
Onomatopoeia: - see also Understanding and Responding to Literature
Personal Pronouns:
Repetition for effect:
Rhyme:
Synonyms: - see also Vocabulary
Planning, Monitoring and Revising:
Plan/sequence series of events: - see also Reading Comprehension
Proof read; revise; edit:
Create texts using digital technologies:
Syllabus Outcomes - new (from 2024)
EN2-CWT-01 - plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02 - plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03 - plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02 - plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-03 - plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
Content
Imaginative purposes
Informative purposes
- Create imaginative texts to engage an audience, using first person or third person narrative voice
- Experiment using second person narrative voice for effect
- Use an orientation, complication, resolution structure to create narratives centred on time, place and characters
- Sequence ideas and actions into paragraphs aligned to the stages of the text, to provide elaborated details about settings, character motives and actions
- Experiment with using and punctuating dialogue in texts
- Experiment with different poetic forms using stanzas
- Experiment with poetry to include innovative use of punctuation to suit purpose and for effect
Informative purposes
- Create informative written texts that include headings, paragraphs beginning with topic sentences, and may conclude information in a final paragraph
- Create written texts that describe experiences and observations to connect with and inform an audience
- Create written texts that instruct, that may include a statement of purpose or goal, a list of resources and a series of steps
- Create written texts that explain how or why something happens through a series of steps, including an opening statement and a conclusion
- Create written factual and historical accounts that include an introduction with the who, what, when, where and why of an experience or event, a description of a series of events and a conclusion
- Create written texts that argue a viewpoint using rhetorical devices to persuade an audience
- Use a structure that includes a statement of position, has sequenced paragraphs and a conclusion
- Sequence argument points in paragraphs that begin with a topic sentence and support the development of ideas
- Experiment with modality to modulate an argument for persuasive effect
- Use facts or opinions to reinforce a viewpoint
- Maintain appropriate, consistent past, present or future tense across a text
- Maintain noun–pronoun referencing across a text for cohesion
- Use temporal, conditional and causal conjunctions within sentences, and as connectives to link ideas across sentences for cohesion
- Maintain correct subject–verb agreement throughout a text
- Use definite articles for particular things and indefinite articles for general things for cohesion
- Use language to create imagery or humour, including idioms, puns, simile and personification
- Select and use multimodal features to add meaning
- Use adjectival clauses with noun groups to add information to subjects and objects
- Use adverbial phrases or clauses to add information to the verb or verb group of the main or other clauses, to provide reasons for or circumstances
- Use coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences to compare and contrast, or for addition
- Use subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences to signal sequence, reason or cause and effect
- Use verb sentence openers to indicate action processes
- Select and use precise saying, thinking, acting, and relating verbs and verb groups to align with text purposes
- Create cause-and-effect statements
- Use declarative sentences to provide facts or state a viewpoint
- Use imperative sentences to advise, provide instructions, express a request or a command
- Use exclamatory sentences to emphasise a point or express a strong emotion
- Use interrogative sentences to ask a direct question, or for rhetorical effect to engage the reader with a viewpoint
- Use simple, compound and complex sentences of varying lengths for variation and readability
- Use capital letters to indicate the beginning of a sentence, proper nouns, headings and subheadings, to indicate the beginning of a poetry line, for emphasis, and when using acronyms
- Use commas between words in a list or to separate adjectives when more than one is used
- Use a comma to separate a dependent clause before a main clause
- Use bullet points or numbering to list items or a sequence of steps
- Use apostrophes for contractions, and to show singular and plural possession
- Understand and use quoted and reported text or speech in own writing
- Use topic-specific Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to demonstrate authority
- Experiment with words, word order and repetition for rhetorical effect or to create atmosphere
- Experiment with modality to indicate probability, occurrence, obligation or inclination
- Use personal pronouns to suit purpose and to connect personally with the audience
- Use adjectives to develop descriptive features
- Use synonyms to replace words to avoid repetition and engage the reader
- Plan structures and language to suit the purpose of a text
- Research, summarise and list topic-related ideas when planning
- Create texts by drawing on personal and others’ experiences, and texts read, viewed and listened to for inspiration and ideas
- Create texts using digital technologies
- Reflect on and monitor texts according to given criteria, and respond to feedback from others
- Proofread, revise and edit written texts to refine language, correct spelling and ensure cohesion and engagement for the reader
updated Dec 2023
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