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Curriculum content descriptions

Understand that texts can take many forms, can be very short (for example an exit sign) or quite long (for example an information book or a film) and that stories and informative texts have different purposes (ACELA1430)

Elaborations

sharing experiences of different texts and discussing some differences
discussing the purpose of texts, for example ‘This text will tell a story’, ‘This text will give information’
repeating parts of texts, for example characteristic refrains, predicting cumulative storylines, reciting poetic and rhyming phrases

General capabilities

Literacy

ScOT terms

Informative texts, Narratives

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