OVERVIEW OF TOPICS & WRITING GENRES P-8
YEAR
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
PREP
Integrated studies - Community
Writing:
Recount, Transactional Writing
Integrated studies – Mini-Beasts
Writing:
Recount, Transactional &
Informational Writing
Integrated studies – What makes us
Healthy
Writing:
Recount, Procedural Writing
YEAR 1/2
Integrated studies Writing:
Recount, Transactional (Functional)
Writing
Integrated studies Multiculturalism
Writing:
Procedural, Poetry
Integrated studies Our World/Our Environment Landforms
Writing:
Informational, Aboriginal Dreamtime
Integrated studies – Why/How Things
move
Writing:
Recount, Informational, Narrative &
Transactional
Integrated studies Writing:
Explanation, Persuasive
YEAR 3/4
Integrated studies Our Community – What is a Citizen?
Writing:
Persuasive, Autobiography
Integrated studies Odd – Australia
Even – Healthy Lifestyle
Writing:
Procedural, Fantasy/Mystery,
Persuasive
Integrated studies Under the Ocean - Sustainability
Writing:
Legends, Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Integrated studies Solids, Liquids, Gases
Writing:
Explanation, Media/Script writing
YEAR 5/6
Integrated studies Culture and Identity- Australian
culture
Writing:
Persuasive, Informational
Integrated studies Ourselves – Significant Australians
Writing:
Recount, Narrative (Author Study)
Integrated studies Environment
Writing:
Information Essay, Poetry
Integrated studies Science Systems – Solar and Electrical
Writing:
Explanation, Procedural
YEAR 7
Independent Reading - Monitoring
comprehension , conferring
Writing: Persuasive Essay,
Advertisement/slogan/blurb
Novel Study: Thai-Riffic by Oliver
Phommavanh
Writing : Narrative – Diary, Journal,
Autobiography
FILM STUDY: Avatar
Reading – Negotiated Texts
Writing: Extended response – range of
writing tasks linked to negotiated text
CONTEXT: Imagined Landscapes
Reading – Poetry, Short Stories,
cartoons, novels, articles
Writing: Australian Poetry –
( traditional) Narrative - Urban myths,
fantasy
YEAR 8
Independent Reading - Monitoring
comprehension , conferring
Writing: Persuasive – Persuasive
Essay, Feature Article/Editorial/Speech
Novel Study: Falling From Grace by
Jane Godwin
Writing – Narrative:
Short stories-Mystery/Play-Script
Writing:
Analytical Text Response – events,
characters, settings & themes from
novel
FILM STUDY: The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas
Reading – Negotiated Texts
Writing: Extended response – range of
writing tasks linked to negotiated text
CONTEXT: Identity & Belonging
Reading – Poetry, Short Stories , diary
entries/journals, letters, articles,
speeches
Writing: Poetry (traditional &
contemporary) Biographies,
autobiographies, family trees,
speeches, diary/journals