English: Year 6 – 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. There are 2 units available for Year 6 English teachers. 

Overview

Unit 1: Jabberwocky – narrative writing

1. To engage with the poem
2. To investigate French derived sounds
3. To generate vocabulary to write the opening
4. To review the structure of a narrative piece
5. To plan the opening
6. To practise and apply writing skills in a narrative
7. To write the opening
8. To plan the complication
9. To write the complication
10. To generate vocabulary for the climax
11. To plan the climax
12. To write the climax
13. To generate vocabulary for the ending
14. To plan the ending
15. To write the resolution

Unit 2: Inspirational figures – biographical writing 

1. To identify features of a biography
2. To revise the past, present and future progressive tense
3. To gather information on an inspirational figure (Part 1)
4. To gather information on an inspirational figure (Part 2)
5. To plan a biography
6. To write a biography (Part 1)
7. To write a biography (Part 2)
8. To edit a biography
9. To publish a biography
10. To investigate unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words
11. To practise and apply knowledge of unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words

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