This is unit is a terrific introduction for Foundation students to begin to identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts. The unit covers familiar signs, fiction and non-fiction texts.
Whole class introduction, teacher-led activities, independent worksheets, rotations, assessment. Use this unit to explore the differences between text types during reading or writing lessons.
Understand that texts can take many forms such as signs, books and digital texts
Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
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
Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spatial features of print
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect