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> Focus: prediction, clarification, questioning. visualisation, summarisation, author, Think Aloud ** Note taking For the Juniors Building series =** Reading Assessment Tasks: **= = Focus Genre/Text types: Modelled and shared writing = = · Narratives: plot, characters, setting = = · Recount, weekly diary entry on School Building = = Focus: sentence beginnings, punctuation, paragraphing, character development, revising = = for meaning = · Poetry: Diamante; 5 Senses and Free Verse and Haiku · Information Reports: Research building workers and write a report =** Specific Skills **= = · Paragraphs – focus on three or four sequenced paragraphs = = - orientation, complication and resolution = = - inclusion of who, when, why, where, evaluative comments = = - inclusion of descriptive passages = = · Punctuation- capitals, full stops, question marks, commas, exclamation marks, quotation marks = · Editing Skills-focus on capitals, full stops, spelling and make sense · Revision Skills strategies such as inside/outside, lift a line. · Grammar: verb tenses, plurals, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, nouns = · Sentence types: statement, question, exclamation, and command. = = · Handwriting: Victorian Cursive Script- joining and correct formation of letters = =** Writing Activities and Writers Notebook: **= Active Listening
 * Term 3 English Information
 * =** Reading Focus and Activities **=
 * Read and Research information about buildings, homes and houses
 * Collect Property Guides for group reading work
 * Author studies: Roald Dahl, Paul Jennings, Emily Rodda, Christopher Milne
 * Key into Inference
 * Guided/Reciprocal reading
 * Independent Reading
 * Computer: digital literacy
 * Written Comprehension and NAPLAN practise (for 2011)
 * Comprehension Activities
 * Running Records as required
 * ‘Lexile’ reading program – quizzes
 * Lexile Site Test @ end of term
 * Anecdotal notes ||
 * Writing **
 * Speaking and Listening **
 * Focus **
 * Enquiry Questioning: open and closed questions
 * Following Instructions
 * Appropriate articulation, volume and pace
 * Accurate retell of the information

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