Literacy
Literacy in Term 4
Reading Strategies
– Making connections
– Activating and connecting prior knowledge
– Analyse author’s style and techniques
– Determining the importance of information
– Summarising and synthesising information
– Inferring the meaning of unknown words
– Identifying and explaining choices in language and their influence on the reader
Writing Text Types
– Transactional
– Procedural
Writing Focuses
– Blog comments & posts
– Postcards
– Emails
– Letters
– Essays
– Persuasive arguments
