Units of Work developed by the NSW State Library
Early Stage 1
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"Students annotate images of Australian native animals using vocabulary from supplied word banks.They will write short sentences and deliver a short speech about a chosen Australian native animal."
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Stage 1
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"Students respond appropriately to discussion questions and compose texts supported by visual information (e.g. illustrations) on familiar topics."
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"Studying the image of the Mount Pitt bird from the State Library's collection, students will formulate open and closed questions, create short informative texts and complete a research task."
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Stage 2
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"In this activity students respond to images from the collections of the State Library, experimenting with vocabulary choices to engage the listener or reader through the construction of kennings that describe the objects in these images. Students then write poems consisting of kennings."
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Stage 3
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"Students design a flotation device and create an advertising campaign for it using creative language features in informative and persuasive texts."
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"Students study visual texts to explore aspects of road safety. They compose a pitch, slogan and investigate road safety rules."
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"Students will think imaginatively, creatively, interpretatively and critically about information and ideas and identify connections between texts when responding to and composing texts."
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"Students compose an imaginative text in response to a visual stimulus. They then edit a classmate’s work, before re-reading, reflecting on and re-writing their own text in response to edits made by their classmate."
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"Students study one poem by Henry Lawson in depth, investigating a range of language forms and features, before illustrating their poem to reflect the imagery portrayed in the words, and reciting their poem to the class."
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updated Feb 2022