English / Year 1 / Literacy / Creating texts

Curriculum content descriptions

Re-read student’s own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation (ACELY1662)

Elaborations
  • adding or deleting words on page or screen to improve meaning, for example adding an adjective to a noun
  • reading the students’ own work aloud to listen for grammatical correctness: checking use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
  • checking for inclusion of capital letters and full stops
  • identifying words which might not be spelt correctly
  • beginning to use dictionaries and classroom charts to check and correct spelling of less familiar words
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

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