Year 1 Literacy
Wolves (Non-fiction)
Reading Comprehension and Written Language
Lesson 1
Reading Comprehension
Reading for factual
information
Literature
Examining Literature
Responding to Literature
Language
Text structure and
organisation
Lesson Sequence
Class discussion/review of previous non-fiction
texts. What is a non fiction text and how is it
used. Discuss and elaborate on how we look at
pictures, read information, and classified
information. Today we will learn about Wolfs.
Resources
- Wolves PowerPoint
- Wolves reading
comprehension
Read through Wolf information PowerPoint.
Clarify difficult/new terminology. Ask students
what was interesting and stood out to them.
Record on board. Link to previous information
reports (Diet, Characteristics, Habitat).
Students complete wolves reading
comprehension.
Assessment
Formative feedback
through class discussion
and questioning
Differentiation: Refer students to the points on
the board. These are interesting facts that can
be copied into their own reports.
Lesson 2
Information Report
Classification
Literature
Examining and
responding to literature
Responding to Texts
Literacy
Texts in contexts
Interpreting, analysing,
and evaluating
Lesson Sequence
Revise lesson 1 presentation. Allow students to
contribute through questioning and class
discussion. Refer to key terminology.
Introduce classification. Relate to Information
texts (non-fiction). How is information grouped.
What is classification. Wolf Characteristics –
Mini Information report focusing on Wolf
characteristics. Note on board key classification
categories for todays task and discuss:
¶
Diet
¶
Habitat
¶
Characteristics
¶
Communicating
Australian Curriculum Links
Understand the use of vocabulary in
everyday contexts as well as a growing
number of school contexts, including
appropriate use of formal and informal
terms of address in different contexts
(ACELA1454)
Use comprehension strategies to build
literal and inferred meaning about key
events, ideas and information in texts that
they listen to, view and read by drawing on
growing knowledge of context, text
structures and language features
(ACELY1660).
Describe some differences between
imaginative informative and persuasive
texts (ACELY1658)
Resources
- Wolf PowerPoint
- Wolf Classification
Template
- Information
characteristics
Assessment
Mark individual’s work
using the Wolf Assessment
Rubric for lesson 2 and
lesson 3 task.
Australian Curriculum Links
Use comprehension strategies to build
literal and inferred meaning about key
events, ideas and information in texts that
they listen to, view and read by drawing on
growing knowledge of context, text
structures and language features
(ACELY1660)
Create short imaginative and informative
texts that show emerging use of
appropriate text structure, sentencelevel grammar, word choice, spelling,
punctuation and appropriate multimodal
elements, for example illustrations and
diagrams (ACELY1661)
Key Terminology: Habitat, Diet, Pack, Northern
Hemisphere
Lesson 3
Information Report
Responding and creating
Literature
Examining and
responding to literature
Responding to Texts
Literacy
Texts in contexts
Interpreting, analysing,
and evaluating
Lesson Sequence
Revise lesson 1 presentation and lesson 2 task.
Allow students to contribute through
questioning and class discussion. Refer to key
terminology.
Introduce mini information reports and relate to
information texts (non-fiction). How is
information grouped. What is classification.
Wolf Characteristics – Mini Information report
focusing on Wolf characteristics. Note on board
key classification categories for todays task and
discuss:
¶
Diet
¶
Habitat
¶
Characteristics
¶
Communicating.
Resources
- Wolf PowerPoint
- Wolf Mini Information
Report Template
Assessment
Mark individual’s work
using the Wolf Assessment
Rubric for lesson 2 and
lesson 3 task.
Australian Curriculum Links
Use comprehension strategies to build
literal and inferred meaning about key
events, ideas and information in texts that
they listen to, view and read by drawing on
growing knowledge of context, text
structures and language features
(ACELY1660)
Use comprehension strategies to build
literal and inferred meaning about key
events, ideas and information in texts that
they listen to, view and read by drawing on
growing knowledge of context, text
structures and language features
(ACELY1660)