Navigating Online Texts is a comprehensive unit plan for Years 3 and 4. Students will explore the 5 key features of online text and how they work together. There is a range of interactive and hands on opportunities to research, compare and contrast a variety of digital texts. For the final assessment task, students create their own digital text to showcase their navigation skills.
Identify the purpose of layout features in print and digital texts and the words used for navigation
Identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout
Identify the features of online texts that enhance navigation
Identify features of online texts that enhance readability including text, navigation, links, graphics and layout
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension