What's the Point? (Reading Skills NAPLAN)

What's the Point? (Reading Skills NAPLAN)

Lesson 4 of 8 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • English
  • Reading
  • ...

Lesson summary

In this lesson, students will complete activities focused on developing the key reading skill of identifying the author’s purpose. Specific reading strategies are modelled in a teacher-led think aloud activity, then students will apply the strategy independently reading a separate section of the same text. Students will then share their work with their peers and reflect on the activity and their own approach to it. This lesson is designed to provide valuable practice for NAPLAN, the national literacy test held in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9*.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • be able to identify the author’s purpose in an unfamiliar text.

Success criteria:

Students can...

  • identify the main point of each paragraph.
  • consider the main point of each paragraph to determine the author’s purpose.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 English:

  • Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504).
  • Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold (ACELA1505).
  • Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1701).

Syllabus outcomes: EN3-3A, EN3-5B.

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Literacy.

Relevant parts of Year 5 English achievement standards: Students analyse and explain literal and implied information from a variety of texts.

Unit of work: Faber-Castell – NAPLAN Preparation.

Time required: 60 minutes.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – The skills that students require are modelled explicitly in the teacher introduction. Scaffolding will only be required for students who have difficulty accessing standard content for Year 5 level.

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Skills

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

  • Communication
  • Creativity

Additional info

Faber-Castell has long understood the importance of creativity to all people, especially to young people. It is also continuously searching for environmentally friendly processes and high-quality materials to enhance children’s creative experience throughout every development phase. For more information about Faber-Castell, click here.

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