AusVELS level 4 Descriptors Explicit teaching Assessment Resources Understand how texts vary in Before reading: Read the title of the text Science of the Stars” and “The complexity and technicality discuss what sort of text it might be (informative). Who would the Contribution to depending on the approach to audience be? (people interested in stars, students) What sort of discussion on Individual the topic, the purpose and the word/writing would we expect to see in an informative/factual text? (facts, informative/ copies of the intended audience scientific words, formal language). Explain that we will be reading the text factual texts. factual text – and then charting the facts that we have learned from the text. The Science of the Stars Identify features of online During reading: Read text aloud and ask for some facts that the children by Derek texts that enhance readability heard mentioned. Joint deconstruction: Agnew, from including text, navigation, Discuss how we could classify the information we have heard. (colour, size, ABC Spark links, graphics and layout names etc) Extraction of website Joint construction: facts from the using information from the text and classifying into a table (see text classified Whiteboard Identify characteristic features appendix 4a for list of facts) correctly used in imaginative, Individual construction: according to informative and persuasive Give each child a copy of the text and get them to write down as many labeling Appendix 4a texts to meet the purpose of facts as they can from the text. for reference the text Get the children to make a of all the facts that they have found using own headings to group facts. Contribution to discussion Use comprehension strategies regarding to build literal and inferred After reading: Reflection: Discuss some of the headings children used for inferring their information. Now show the image from the text. Discuss how this had information meaning to expand content added meaning to the text or what the children have gleaned from the from texts knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and image. Can we be sure that the information we have gleaned is factual? evaluating texts Talk about inferences. What other information can we infer from the text - what would it sound like, look like, feel like in space amongst the stars using the knowledge we have gleaned from the facts? Appendix 4a
AusVELS level 4 Descriptors Explicit teaching Assessment Resources Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience Identify features of online texts that enhance readability including text, navigation, links, graphics and layout Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts Before reading: Read the title of the text “The Science of the Stars” and discuss what sort of text it might be (informative). Who would the audience be? (people interested in stars, students) What sort of word/writing would we expect to see in an informative/factual text? (facts, scientific words, formal language). Explain that we will be reading the text and then charting the facts that we have learned from the text. During reading: Read text aloud and ask for some facts that the children heard mentioned. Joint deconstruction: Discuss how we could classify the information we have heard. (colour, size, names etc) Joint construction: using information from the text and classifying into a table (see appendix 4a for list of facts) Individual construction: Give each child a copy of the text and get them to write down as many facts as they can from the text. Get the children to make a of all the facts that they have found using own headings to group facts. After reading: Reflection: Discuss some of the headings children used for their information. Now show the image from the text. Discuss how this had added meaning to the text or what the children have gleaned from the image. Can we be sure that the information we have gleaned is factual? Talk about inferences. What other information can we infer from the text - what would it sound like, look like, feel like in space amongst the stars using the knowledge we have gleaned from the facts? Contribution to discussion on informative/ factual texts. Extraction of facts from the text classified correctly according to labeling Contribution to discussion regarding inferring information from texts Individual copies of the factual text – The Science of the Stars by Derek Agnew, from ABC Spark website Whiteboard Appendix 4a for reference Appendix 4a
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