The Island: Text Study

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• collaboration
• social skills
• problem solving
• curiosity
• leadership
• adaptability
• digital literacy
• communication
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Year 6 English:

• Identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors (AC9E6LE01)
• Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots (AC9E6LE02)

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards: Students read, view and comprehend different texts created to inform, influence and/or engage audiences.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

• Chosen text(s)
• Teacher worksheet
• Whiteboard or paper for anchor chart
• Worked examples for teaching comprehension strategies. 
• Writing materials

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - there is a great deal of opportunity for explicit teaching and facilitated discussion within these series of lessons.

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