Hand out these useful reference cards to your students when exploring common literary devices. Students can glue this into their workbooks for future reference.
Understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text
Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold