English / Year 4 / Language / Text structure and organisation

Curriculum content descriptions

Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience (ACELA1490)

Elaborations
  • becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of such text types as: simple narrative, procedure, simple persuasion texts and information reports
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Text purpose

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