Introduction
NAPLAN and the Seven Steps (p 26)
- NAP (National Assessment Program)
https://www.nap.edu.au/ - Seven Steps: ‘The Complete NAPLAN Writing Guide for Teachers’
https://www.sevenstepswriting.com/naplan-writing-guide/ - Seven Steps: ‘NAPLAN Writing Samples’
https://www.sevenstepswriting.com/naplan/naplan-writing-samples
Step 1: Plan for Success
Action Activity 1 – Single Sentence Stories (p 54)
- Fame10: ‘Disney Quiz: Name the movie based on this one sentence description’
https://www.fame10.com/quizzes/disney-quiz-name-the-movie-based-on-this-one-sentence-description/
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 1: Plan for Success (p 70)
- Bluey: ‘The Pool’ (duration 3:16)
https://youtu.be/ cquU-U5i8tY - Pip (duration 4:05)
https://youtu. be/07d2dXHYb94 - ‘How to Make a Blockbuster Movie Trailer’ (duration 2:30)
https://youtu.be/ KAOdjqyG37A
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
Action Activity 4 – Three-Word Starts (p 83)
- Random Word Generator
https://randomwordgenerator.com/
Action Activity 6 – Picture Prompts (p 84)
- The Literacy Shed
https://www.literacyshed.com/ - Once Upon a Picture
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 2: Sizzling Starts (p 90)
- Frozen opening scene (duration 4:28)
https://youtu.be/ J1HqHa2CLYQ - Finding Nemo opening scene (duration 2:39)
https://youtu.be/ HG3L98NFyro - Incredibles 2 opening scene (duration 2:08)
https://youtu. be/6j0fyafl3w0 - The LEGO Movie opening scene (duration 4:14)
https://youtu.be/ knvAj6Sbbb8 - WALL-E opening scene (duration 2:21)
https://youtu.be/ nLx_7wEmwms - Despicable Me 3 opening scene (duration 3:12)
https://youtu.be/ jFh5ZhhXfrg - Baby Driver opening scene (duration 5:56)
https://youtu. be/7ARFyrM6gVs - Plot Device (duration 9:14)
https://youtu.be/ itMHVpXo2lU
Step 3: Tightening Tension
Action Activity 4 – A Change of Pace (p 103)
- Cycle (duration 2:15)
https://youtu.be/-nLhCldZqMM
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 3: Tightening Tension (p 110)
- Ormie (duration 3:41)
https:// youtu.be/ xd63g3d8qOs - Paddington trailer (duration 2:28)
https://youtu. be/X-d-V9jXYDE - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: ‘Dogfight’ (duration 2:27)
https://youtu. be/aTxu-zthTgs - Monsters, Inc. opening scene (duration 2:56)
https:// youtu.be/ iTj0uh6XGrM - Float (duration 6:09)
https://youtu.be/y7RBc63owY0?si=gb0SBuPwa1mSFhBr - Piston (duration 5:08)
https:// youtu.be/ KziJRVUHsoQ - Back to the Future Part III: ‘Train Ride to the Future’ (duration 2:56)
https://youtu. be/8ktMe0xclxA
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Action Activity 1 – Play It Out (p 119)
- Australian Plays Transform
https://apt.org.au/recommended-plays/
Action Activity 4 – Conversing with Characters (p 120)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘American Scenes of Everyday Life, 1840–1910’
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/scen/hd_scen.htm
Action Activity 6 – Talk the Walk (p 121)
- ABC iView: Shaun the Sheep
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shaun-the-sheep
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue (p 127)
- Up: ‘Meet Russell’ (duration 2:20)
https:// youtu.be/ nwPMKcYEkmw - The Lion King: ‘Scar Confesses’ (duration 2:09)
https:// youtu. be/13fg-G_5ED4 - Monsters, Inc.: ‘Fright Night’ (duration 2:06)
https://youtu. be/wLjyjDAs44c - ‘Dear Kitten’ (duration 2:57)
https:// youtu.be/ G4Sn91t1V4g - ‘Opa und iPad’ (Grandpa and iPad) (duration 0:32)
https:// youtu.be/ SmNOfLEbcyY - ‘Cat Articulates His Existence’ (duration 2:05)
https:// youtu.be/ FrPFTUh1X0o - Creature Comforts (duration 5:05)
https:// youtu.be/- F4OVFUiM7k
Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell
Action Activity 2 – Different Perspectives (p 137)
- Sweet Cocoon (duration 6:00)
https://youtu.be/D0a0aNqTehM
Action Activity 4 – The Cliffs of Despair (p 138)
- Window Swap
https://www.window-swap.com/
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell (p 146)
- Simon’s Cat: ‘Cat Man Do’ (duration 1:37)
https:// youtu.be/ w0ffwDYo00Q - EggsChange (duration 1:57)
https:// youtu.be/ B8eBmqNyxBg - Hair Love (duration 6:47)
https://youtu. be/kNw8V_ Fkw28 - Bench (duration 1:35)
https:// youtu.be/ H1cCU62loqU - Alike (duration 8:01)
https:// youtu.be/ kQjtK32mGJQ - ‘Separation’ (duration 1:30)
https:// youtu.be/ bx70R6FNnWU - Alma (duration 5:29)
https:// youtu.be/ Aw0uORumRts
Step 6: Ban the Boring
Action Activity 2 – The Cutting Room Floor (p 155)
- ‘Disney’s Frozen – “The Dressing Room” Deleted Scene’ (duration 1:30)
https://youtu.be/utAwhtPlx8c
Action Activity 4 – Boring Beginnings (p 156)
- ACARA: ‘English work samples portfolios’
www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/english-work-samples-portfolios/
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 6: Ban the Boring (p 163)
- ‘Six Children in the Chocolate Factory?’
https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/archive/archive-highlights/six-children-in-the-chocolate-factory - ‘The Six R’s of Revising Your First Draft’
http://editing.xterraweb.com/writing-tips/revising-your-first-draft - ‘How Writers Can Learn from Documented Cases of Revision’
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2010/how-writers-can-learn-from-documented-cases-of-revision/ - ‘Austin’s Butterfly’ (duration 6:32)
https://vimeo.com/38247060 - ‘How Do You Edit an Animated Film?’ (duration 7:51)
https://youtu.be/ OIV9IjulVi8 - ‘La La Land “Good Enough” – Script to Screen’ (duration 3:26)
https://youtu.be/ GggiiGHF5n0
Step 7: Endings with Impact
Action Activity 1 –Character Wrap-up (p 173)
- Dustin (duration 7:45)
https://youtu.be/BTSH3hxdk_A - Tales from Radiator Springs: ‘Hiccups’ (duration 1:53)
https://youtu.be/HIj4KZ-IQFY - Hey Deer! (duration 6:15)
https://youtu.be/O1C9zOQpKG4
Action Activity 3 – Working Backwards (p 174)
- Wordtips: ‘The Last Lines from 19 of the Most Beautiful Books Ever Written’
https://word.tips/last-lines-from-books/
Action Activity 4 – Circling Back (p 174)
- ‘Pruning the Laurel’ by Ros Woolner
https://www.roswoolner.co.uk/2021/05/pruning-laurel.html - ‘Spaghetti’ by Shel Silverstein
https://youtu.be/SINs1Fp0wL0 - ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’ by Robert Frost
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148652/nothing-gold-can-stay-5c095cc5ab679
Texts and Videos Demonstrating Step 7: Exciting Endings (p 182)
- Finding Nemo ending scene (duration 1:53)
https://youtu.be/ kAezL6z17Dg - Dustin (duration 7:44)
https://youtu.be/ P5yunhX3FIE - Wings (duration 5:52)
https://youtu.be/ RtU8nBnpFVE - A Fox and a Mouse (duration 6:23)
https://youtu.be/ gZyjJtBIlow - Runaway (duration 3:39)
https://youtu.be/ P7k2MkVYLDE - ‘Rise and Shine – Athlete and Running Ultimate Motivation’ (duration 3:24)
https:// youtu.be/ SuPLxQD4akQ - ‘Top 20 Most Satisfying Movie Endings of All Time’ (duration 20:04)
https://youtu. be/qmhKjMoc-LI
Putting It All Together
Writing Prompts (p 189)
- ACARA: ‘NAPLAN 2008–2011 Test Papers and Answers’
https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2008-2011-test-papers - ACARA: ‘NAPLAN 2012–2016 Test Papers and Answers’
https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2012-2016-test-papers
Acknowledgements
- p 6 Glossary: Narrative, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2010–present,
accessed 10 May 2022.
https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english/glossary/?letter=N - p 6 Glossary: Types of texts, ACARA, 2010–present, accessed 10 May 2022.
https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english/glossary/?letter=T - pp 25, 46 Writing, National Assessment Program (NAP), 2016, accessed 10 May 2022.
https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/writing - p 75 ‘Why Stephen King spends “months and even years” writing opening sentences’ by Joe Fassler, The Atlantic,
24 July 2013, accessed 10 May 2022.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/
Introduction
NAPLAN and the Seven Steps (p 32)
- NAP (National Assessment Program)
https://www.nap.edu.au/ - Seven Steps: ‘The Complete NAPLAN Writing Guide for Teachers’
https://www.sevenstepswriting.com/naplan-writing-guide/
Step 1: Plan for Success
Action Activity 5 – Persuading Your Parents (p 49)
- ‘The All New Must Have Orange 430‘ (duration 5:29)
https://youtu.be/Q83AaUbBBKc
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
Action Activity 1 – Hunting for Headlines (p 68)
Action Activity 2 – Spot the Device (p 68)
- Dove: ‘Beauty on Your Own Terms’ (duration 1:30)
https://youtu.be/_XOa7zVqxA4 - Vegemite: ‘Tastes Like Australia’ (duration 1:00)
https://youtu.be/11uyT7tVssE - Qantas: ‘Feels Like Home’ (duration 1:00)
https://youtu.be/GoTBu9uRKLo - Cricket Australia: ‘Vodafone Test Series’ (duration 0:30)
https://youtu.be/KazCs8pTbc8
Step 3: Tightening Tension
Action Activity 1 – Building to a Crescendo (p 84)
- TEDx Talks: ‘Straw No More – Molly Steer’ (duration 5:33)
https://youtu.be/Rr5Py1r9xjw - TED: ‘What Adults Can Learn from Kids – Adora Svitak’ (duration 10:44)
https://youtu.be/V-bjOJzB7LY
Action Activity 2 – Setting Up the Ending (p 84)
- ‘The Smith Family Ad by BMF’ (duration 0:34)
https://youtu.be/FYWl1VMBapY - WorkSafe commercial (duration 1:32)
https://youtu.be/ABZcf0UipIw - Veg Power: ‘Eat Them to Defeat Them’ (duration 1:00)
https://youtu.be/nZ9Ouwbpcm8
Action Activity 3 – Identifying Devices (p 85)
- CNN: ‘Harvard Graduate’s Unique Speech Goes Viral’ (duration 5:10)
https://youtu.be/9eUl4gF0ED4
Action Activity 4 – Evoking Emotions (p 85)
- ‘Miley Cyrus – The Climb’ (duration 3:48)
https://youtu.be/NG2zyeVRcbs - ‘Pray for Australia Bushfires’ (duration 3:34)
https://youtu.be/mIVI6wCQPrk - ‘Aboriginal People Respond to “Australia Day”‘ (duration 2:55)
https://youtu.be/G8czHlPYXew
Action Activity 5: Rebuttal Tennis (p 86)
- Noisy Classroom: ‘Rebuttal Tennis’ (duration 3:13)
https://noisyclassroom.com/video/rebuttal-tennis
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Action Activity 2 – Ask the Experts (p 97)
- ‘Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot Make a Short Film on the
Climate Crisis’ (duration 3:40)
https://youtu.be/-Q0xUXo2zEY
Quest for Quotations – Example (p 101)
- WA Road Safety Commission website:
https://www.rsc.wa.gov.au/Your-Safety/Behaviours/Distractions - NSW Centre for Road Safety website:
https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/mobilephones/
know-therules.html - RACV website:
https://www.racv.com.au/on-the-road/driving-maintenance/road-safety/road-rules/mobile-phones.html - A Current Affair report:
https://youtu.be/TIZ8jRxhCDs - Awareness campaign:
https://youtu.be/E9swS1Vl6Ok
Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell
Action Activity 1 – War on Waste (p 109)
- ‘War on Waste: Extended Sneak Peek’ (duration 2:01)
https://youtu.be/aCUdU6zRyZc
Action Activity 2 – In His Shoes (p 109)
- ‘What It’s Like Being Autistic (Sensory Overload)’ (duration 3:32)
https://youtu.be/QdhwsK7E6cc
Action Activity 4 – One of Many (p 110)
- The Sunday Project: ‘Farmer Drought’ (duration 5:46)
https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/videos/10155710006208441
Action Activity 6 – Act Now (p 111)
- ‘The Mars 100 – Mars One Astronaut Selection Round Three Trailer’ (duration 2:33)
https://youtu.be/3GF-UfdU3IA
Step 6: Ban the Boring
Action Activity 1 – The Long and the Short of It (p 124)
- Honda HR-V: ‘Surreal Dream’ (duration 1:30)
https://youtu.be/yjyd9dkHMR4 - Honda HR-V: ‘Surreal Dream’ (duration 1:00)
https://youtu.be/MS-McYcI33s - Budget Direct: ‘Insurance Solved’ (duration 2:31)
https://youtu.be/-_V4t9a_ip8
Action Activity 4 – In or Out? (p 125)
- Osocio: ‘Animals Are Not Clowns’
https://osocio.org/message/animals-are-not-clowns
Step 7: Endings with Impact
Action Activity 1 – Effective Endings (p 138)
- VicHealth: ‘This Girl Can – Victoria’ (duration 1:00)
https://youtu.be/iISKDZvjaSs - Nike: ‘Short a Guy’ (duration 1:41)
https://youtu.be/0bVARjBBKRw - Oxfam Australia: ‘Sammy J’s Song to Kmart’ (duration 2:34)
https://youtu.be/ijBuAFo3tZM
Action Activity 2 – Identifying Devices (p 138)
- Ticketmaster: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tickets’
https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-tickets/artist/844247- Page no longer available. Visit www.ellaslist.com.au/sydney/events/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-the-musical-at-the-capitol-theatre-sydney instead.
Action Activity 4 – The Perfect Pet (p 139)
- ‘The Perfect Pet‘ (duration 4:02)
https://youtu.be/srmsE9YF6mg
Action Activity 5 – Revising Reviews (p 140)
- ‘Hansel and Gretel by Bethan Woollvin – Book Review’
https://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/2019/10/hansel-and-gretel-by-bethan-woollvin-book-review - Spaghetti Book Club
https://www.spaghettibookclub.org
Action Activity 6 – Inspiring Change (p 140)
- ‘Christian the Lion’ (duration 2:31)
https://youtu.be/btuxO-C2IzE
Putting It All Together
Writing Prompts (p 147)
- ACARA: ‘NAPLAN 2008–2011 Test Papers and Answers’
https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2008-2011-test-papers - ACARA: ‘NAPLAN 2012–2016 Test Papers and Answers’
https://www.acara.edu.au/assessment/naplan/naplan-2012-2016-test-papers
Reference List
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA] (2009–present). Glossary: Types of text.
www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english/glossary/?letter=T# - ACARA (2013). NAPLAN 2013 Persuasive writing marking guide.
www.nap.edu.au/_resources/Amended_2013_Persuasive_Writing_Marking_Guide_-With_cover.pdf - Commonwealth of Australia (2008). Parliamentary debates, House of Representatives, 13 February. Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples, pp. 167–171.
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansardr/2008-02-13/0003/hansard_frag.pdf - Commonwealth of Australia (2012). Parliamentary debates, House of Representatives, 9 October. Speech, pp. 11581–11583.
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansardr/5a0ebb6b-c6c8-4a92-ac13-219423c2048d/0039/hansard_frag.pdf - Condos, S. (2020, July 4). Dr Spiro Condos NYC dentist in Sensodyne toothpaste commercial [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/32JiwUnnc1w - Minchin, T. (2013, 25 September). Occasional address. News and blog: Blog archive.
www.timminchin.com/2013/09/25/occasional-address/ - National Assessment Program [NAP] (2016). Writing.
www.nap.edu.au/naplan/writing - New Zealand Parliament (2013). Williamson, Maurice: Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill – third reading [Speech transcript]. Hansard Reports.
www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/50HansS_20130417_00001128/williamson-maurice-marriage-definition-of-marriage - The Smith Family (2019, January 13). Jess dreads going to school [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/KuDNErB2ynk - United Nations (2019, 23 September). Greta Thunberg (young climate activist) at the Climate Action Summit 2019 [Video]. YouTube.
https://youtu.be/u9KxE4Kv9A8 - Yousafzi, M. (2014). Nobel lecture [Speech transcript]. The Nobel Peace Prize 2014.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/lecture/ - Zoos Victoria (n.d.). Fighting extinction.
www.zoo.org.au/fighting-extinction/
Step 1: Plan for Success
Research Record – Black bears (pp 36–7)
- Get Bear Smart Society: ‘North America’s Bears’
www.bearsmart.com/about-bears/north-americas-bears/ - Discover Wildlife: ’12 Amazing Black Bear Facts’
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/facts-about-black-bears/ - NCpedia: ‘Black Bear’
www.ncpedia.org/wildlife/black-bear - WildSafeBC: ‘Black Bear’
https://wildsafebc.com/black-bear/ - Yellowstone Bear World: ‘What Do Black Bears Eat?’
https://yellowstonebearworld.com/what-do-black-bears-eat - Get Bear Smart Society: ‘Food and Diet’
http://www.bearsmart.com/about-bears/food-diet/ - Wise About Bears: ‘A Black Bear’s Quest for Food’
http://wiseaboutbears.org/black-bears/the-bear-family/a-bears-quest-for-food/ - National Forest Foundation: ‘Do Bears Really Hibernate?’
https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/do-bears-really-hibernate - National Geographic: ‘Bears’
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/bears-grizzly-polar-panda - National Geographic Kids: ’10 Black Bear Facts!’
www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/animals/general-animals/black-bear-facts/ - A–Z Animals: ‘Bear Size Comparison: How Big Are Different Bears?’
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/bear-size-comparison
Action Activity 1 – Igniting Prior Knowledge (p 40)
- ’11-year-old Adelle Interviews Veteran NASA Astronaut Marsha Ivins’ (duration 6:32)
https://fb.watch/nBzth9LyUL/- Alternative link – TSS Resources: Marsha Ivins shares how to become a NASA astronaut’ (duration 8:15)
https://youtu.be/cxIROUMy_ik?si=ZacZ_L0Mmo6VyAfP
- Alternative link – TSS Resources: Marsha Ivins shares how to become a NASA astronaut’ (duration 8:15)
Action Activity 4 – Selecting and Ordering Facts (p 41)
- National Geographic Kids: ’10 Facts About Honey Bees!’
www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/animals/insects/honey-bees/ - Amazing Bees: ‘Amazing Honeybee Facts’
http://amazingbees.com.au/honeybee-facts.html
Action Activity 5 – Introducing the Writing Graph (p 42)
- Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games: ‘Beach Volleyball’
https://gc2018.com/sport/beach-volleyball
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
Action Activity 1 – Top Techniques (p 62)
- Behind the News
www.abc.net.au/btn/ - DOGO News
www.dogonews.com/ - Kids News
www.kidsnews.com.au/news
Action Activity 2 – Start with a Sound (p 62)
- ABC Radio National: ‘In the Long Run’ (duration 5:30)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/360/in-the-long-run/4980780
Action Activity 4 – Fascinating Facts (p 63)
- National Geographic Kids: ‘Weird but True!’
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/weird-but-true
Action Activity 5 – Engaging Rewrites (p 64)
- DOGO News: ‘Drivers in Car Seat Costumes Help Test Public Reaction to Autonomous Cars’
www.dogonews.com./2017/10/1/drivers-in-car-seat-costumes-help-test-public-reaction-to-autonomous-cars
Action Activity 6 – Sizzling Storyboards (p 64)
- NASA: ‘What Are Clouds?’
www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-are-clouds-k4.html
Step 3: Tightening Tension
Action Activity 2 – Write Like a Witness (p 75)
- RSPCA South Australia: ‘Exhausted Cat Rescued from Port River
by Kind-Hearted Kayaking Couple’
www.rspcasa.org.au/lucky-cat-port-river-rescue/
Action Activity 3 – Tightening Tension Before the Ending (p 76)
- Acorn UKDVD: ‘BBC’s Earthflight – Trailer’ (duration 2:01)
https://youtu.be/nZSkitrLE34
Action Activity 4 – Tension Scenes Are Long and Strong (p 76)
- BBC: ‘Iguana Chased by Killer Snakes’ (duration 2:11)
https://youtu.be/B3OjfK0t1XM
Action Activity 5 – Comparisons and Contrasts (p 77)
- BBC Earth: ‘David Attenborough Says Boo to a Sloth’ (duration 2:57)
https://youtu.be/ipP8m8wlZF4
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Action Activity 5 – Take It from a Transcript (p 90)
- Australian Screen: ‘5 Seasons Clip 1: Everything Has a Cycle’
https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/5-seasons/clip1
Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell
Action Activity 1 – Talking About Techniques (p 105)
- Behind the News: ‘River Kids Special’
www.abc.net.au/btn/features/river-kids-special/10559652
Action Activity 2 – Walk a Mile in Their Shoes (p 105)
- Greenpeace: ‘There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom’ (duration 1:30)
https://youtu.be/3Ha6xUVqezQ
Action Activity 4 – One and All (p 106)
- Sink Swim Save: ‘The Journey of a Plastic Bottle’ (duration 2:06)
https://youtu.be/05VwpJtP3Gg
Action Activity 6 – Olympic Spirit (p 107)
- Canadian Olympic Committee: ‘Amazing Olympic Moments: Stories of Sportsmanship’
https://olympic.ca/2017/10/15/amazing-olympic-moments-stories-of-sportsmanship/
Step 6: Ban the Boring
Action Activity 2 – Cut the Boring Bits (p 118)
- BBC: ‘Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough – Clips’
(duration 0:30–1:08)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vbz1l/clips
Action Activity 5 – Transforming Texts (p 120)
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: ‘Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing’ (Year 3, pp 18–20; Year 5, pp 29–30)
www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_C.pdf - ACARA: ‘Work Sample Portfolio: Year 6 English’ (pp 6–8)
http://docs.acara.edu.au/curriculum/worksamples/Year_6_English_Portfolio_Satisfactory.pdf
Step 7: Endings with Impact
Action Activity 2 – Decoding Documentaries (p 131)
- Discovery UK: ‘Building an Ice Rink – How Do They Do It?’ (duration 4:46)
https://youtu.be/GVxwYlZzwBU
Action Activity 3 – News Hunters (p 132)
- DOGO News
www.dogonews.com - Kids News
www.kidsnews.com.au/news
Reference List
- ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) (2010–present) Glossary: Types of texts,
Australian Curriculum website, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english/glossary/?letter=T - Allen C (16 October 2017) ‘Gold Coast lifesavers’ fight to save elderly man restored my faith in humanity’,
ABC News, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-16/gold-coast-lifesavers-stranger-death-drowning-humanity/9048592 - Behind the News (30 October 2018) ‘Young carer’, ABC, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/young-carer/10611812 - Chokshi N (3 October 2018) ‘Exploding wheelchair wounds FBI agent at house with booby-trapped tub’, The Age, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/exploding-wheelchair-wounds-fbi-agent-at-house-with-booby-trapped-tub-20181003-p507f9.html - Groundwater B (2 October 2018) ‘Kazakhstan food: Why you should never insult a country’s cuisine’, Traveller, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.traveller.com.au/kazakhstan-food-why-you-should-never-insult-a-countrys-cuisine-h162ud - Morjaria D (14 September 2018) ‘Eco-friendly Airlander 10 will soon be taking tourists on luxury air cruises’, DOGO News, accessed 6 May 2022.
https://www.dogonews.com/2018/9/14/eco-friendly-airlander-10-will-soon-be-taking-tourists-on-luxury-air-cruises