Australian Curriculum English–Literacyis a series of seven books to support the teaching and learning of literacy. The series focuses on the sub-strands ofInterpreting,analysing,evaluating(Comprehension) and Creating texts (Writing) within the Literacy strand of the English curriculum.
The series emphasises the following threads:
- Purpose and audience
- Reading processes
- Comprehension strategies
- Analysing and evaluating texts – Year 6 only
- Creating texts (Creating texts)
Editing and Use of software have been included butHandwritinghas not.
Since English is a teaching and learning area where components are interrelated, links to sub-strands of the Language and Literature strands and other sub-strands of Literacy are provided to note where they occur within the book.
Features:
- reading activities
- comprehension activities
- writing activities
- teaching points
- a variety of imaginative, informative andpersuasive texts
- additional activities
- answers
- content descriptions and elaborations for each set of four pages
- comprehensive Australian Curriculum English links
