English: Year 4 – Curriculum resources

Developed in partnership with Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian curriculum. 

Overview

Unit 1: A Christmas Carol – narrative writing 

1. To explore the text's context
2. To analyse a character
3. To engage with the story
4. To infer using text and pictures
5. To analyse a theme
6. To summarise a plot
7. To generate vocabulary to describe the setting
8. To generate language to describe the character
9. To write the opening
10. To generate vocabulary to write the complication
11. To develop our understanding of how to use verbs and adverbs 
12. To learn how to use fronted adverbials 
13. To practise writing speech 
14. To plan the complication
15. To write the complication 

Unit 2: Mulga Bill’s Bicycle – Banjo Patterson 

1. To learn about Banjo Patterson
2. To read and analyse Mulga Bill’s Bicycle
3. To analyse a character
4. To answer questions on the text
5. To write a poem in the style of Mulga Bill’s Bicycle

Unit 3: School uniform – Persuasive 

1. To understand the features of a persuasive text
2. To plan a persuasive piece
3. To develop an understanding of persuasive techniques
4. To write a persuasive piece
5. To edit a persuasive piece

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