English Literacy - Australian Curriculum

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