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National Recycling Week - NAPLAN Preparation

PrimaryYear 3 - 6EnglishEnvironmentalRecyclingSustainability

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This unit describes a set of lessons designed to help students prepare for the NAPLAN Reading assessment by practicing key skills such as comprehension strategies, identifying main ideas, finding word meaning in context, and identifying conventions in text. The lessons have been developed in partnership with Planet Ark's National Recycling Week and cover a range of topics related to recycling, such as the paper recycling loop, recycling of mobile phones and printer cartridges, and the recycling journey of materials from a demolished house. Each lesson includes a writing task, such as a creative or persuasive writing piece, designed to improve students' writing skills.

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Explicit instruction on the topic, increasing in complexity and breadth of knowledge.

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    National Recycling Week - I Have The Answer - NAPLAN Style Reading Practice
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishReadingEnvironmental
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    National Recycling Week - Write a Short Story
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishCreative writingEnvironmental
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    National Recycling Week - Short Story Writing
    PrimaryYear 5 - 6EnglishCreative writingEnvironmental
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    National Recycling Week - Closing the Paper Recycling Loop (NAPLAN Writing Practice)
    PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishPersuasive writingEnvironmental
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    National Recycling Week - Can You Recycle a House? (NAPLAN Writing Practice)
    PrimaryYear 5 - 6EnglishPersuasive writingEnvironmental
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    National Recycling Week - Recycle Rescue (NAPLAN Writing Practice)
    PrimaryYear 5 - 6EnglishCreative writingText Analysis

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