Year 9
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Which exercises can you use to help your students prepare for NAPLAN? 1. LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS 1a. The Literacy Planet menu in each year level has Spelling exercises with a variety of games providing the learner with practise in spelling a large variety of words. You can choose words already entered into the program or create your own custom spelling list, then simply apply words to the following spelling programs For a full list of available spelling exercises click here 1b. Grammar and Punctuation exercises are found under each year level and these exercises provide the student with practise in applying the rules of grammar and punctuation in the English language. For a full list of available grammar and punctuation exercises click here 2. READING COMPREHENSION 2a. The Literacy Planet menu in each year level has Reading Comprehension exercises with a variety of texts providing the learner with practise in applying reading comprehension strategies. 2b. Reading fluency exercises are found under Reading in each year level and these exercises provide the student with practise at reading at a fluent rate with a variety of texts. 2c. For those readers that need to develop their accuracy skills through phonics instruction, there is a comprehensive Phonics program available in the Prep- Year 3 level menus. For a full list of available READING COMPREHENSION exercises click here How do these exercises help my students? The language conventions tests assess spelling, grammar and punctuation. Literacy knowledge and skills are essential to effective communication across all learning areas. However, the tools of language, including language conventions, are explicitly developed in the English learning of each state and territory curriculum, and the language conventions tests are underpinned by the Statements of learning for English (MCEECDYA 2005). National minimum standards describe some of the skills and understandings students are generally expected to demonstrate at their particular year of schooling. There are two sets of minimum standards for language conventions – minimum standards for spelling, and minimum standards for grammar and punctuation. This is because it is not possible to establish a single assessment scale for all these areas. The standards are intended to be a snapshot of typical achievement and do not describe the full range of what students are taught or what they may achieve. The NAPLAN reading tests measure literacy proficiency across the English learning area in line with the Statements of learning for English (MCEECDYA 2005). In the Reading tests, students are provided with a magazine containing a range of texts that illustrate different writing styles. Students read the texts provided then answer related questions in a separate booklet. The skills demonstrated in reading are dependent on the complexity and accessibility of the text. Typically students engage with more complex texts as their reading comprehension skills improve. There is a very wide range of reading ability levels at each school year level so the tests start with simple, short texts and get increasingly longer and harder. Types of skills and understandings that students are generally expected to demonstrate at their particular year of schooling are described in the minimum standards for reading. Why LiteracyPlanet Spelling Exercises are (games) so effective? Similarly to other effective spelling programs like Words Their Way, we know at Literacy Planet that learning to spell is developmental. Our approach to spelling incorporates the development of phonological knowledge; morphemic knowledge and etymological knowledge about words. Our exercises provide students with practise in applying all of the essential skills that they require to become effective spellers. These include segmenting and blending letters phonemically as well as identifying the visual graphic patterns in words for easy recall. (Exercise descriptions below) Our spelling lists have been compiled together beginning with words with similar phonetic principles in the early years. Lists are then compiled to group together words with similar semantic connections including prefixes, suffixes, meaning patterns, homophones and compound words for the middle years. Finally, the lists in the upper levels are grouped together based on their derivations. Therefore, the lists of words compliment the development of spelling (see attached overview). Our program is aligned to the Australian curriculum and specifically correlates to the national minimum standards assessed in NAPLAN. We know that all learners develop at different rates. We understand that providing differentiated learning for students is a complex and demanding task for teachers. By using our teaching matrix, teachers can assign spelling tasks to their students that match their levels of spelling development. However, this is where we can provide schools with benefits that other programs can’t. We provide a paperless, engaging platform for your students to work in. We provide immediate feedback to students and we collate data for you to easily assess and track the progress of your students. Why are the LiteracyPlanet Reading Comprehension Exercises so effective? LiteracyPlanet’s comprehension section is organised into levels from Foundation to Level 9. The overlap in the levels will provide for a wide range of abilities within each year level. Every comprehension exercise available in Foundation and Level One comes with audio support. The content in each level has been graded as closely as possible to Reading Recovery levels, PM Levels, Fountas/Pinnell Levels, DRA levels, Rigby Literacy levels, Lexile and Wings Reading levels. The twelve comprehension strategies covered in the exercises can be categorised into three main areas of reading: READING THE TEXT READING BETWEEN THE LINES READING BEYOND THE TEXT Main Idea Comparing and Contrasting Comparing and Contrasting Facts and Details Predicting Predicting Sequencing Words in Context Word in Context Cause and Effect Conclusions and Inferences Conclusions and Inferences How do LiteracyPlanet exercises for NAPLAN link to The Australian Curriculum? The following tables outline the National minimum standards for Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation that are assessed in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in NAPLAN. You can use this table to match the individual learner needs to the year level that that are operating at, and then choose the appropriate exercises to develop their skills in these areas. Matching LiteracyPlanet SPELLING Exercises to National Minimum Standards NAPLAN National Minimum Standards Year Level Year 9 Australian Curriculum Content Descriptors and how to use Literacy Planet Exercises to personalise learning and match learner needs. In spelling, Year 9 students at the minimum standard generally identify and correct errors in most multi-syllable words with regular spelling patterns and some less frequently used words with irregular spelling patterns. Students can correct identified errors in: less frequently used one-syllable words with double or r-controlled vowels less frequently used two-syllable words multi-syllable words with the suffix ‘ance’. Students can identify and correct errors in: multi-syllable soft 'c' words multi-syllable words with regular spelling patterns. Matching LiteracyPlanet GRAMMAR Exercises to National Minimum Standards NAPLAN National Minimum Standards Year Level Year 9 Australian Curriculum Content Descriptors and how to use Literacy Planet Exercises to personalise learning and match learner needs. In grammar and punctuation, Year 9 students at the minimum standard generally identify in which tense a short passage is written and correctly use comparative adjectives. They typically recognise the correct use of punctuation in written English, such as the correct form of contractions, and can identify the purpose of italics and dashes in sentences. In grammar students can: identify the tense of a short passage identify the correct form of a comparative adjective in a sentence identify the word that functions as a verb in a sentence. In punctuation students can: identify the purpose of italics in a sentence locate commas in a sentence to emphasise a clause recognise that colons can be used to introduce lists. The following table outlines the National minimum standards for reading that are assessed in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in NAPLAN. You can use this table to match the individual learner needs to the year level that that are operating at, and then choose the appropriate exercises to develop their reading comprehension skills and reading accuracy skills. Matching LiteracyPlanet READING Exercises to National Minimum Standards Year Level YEAR 9 National Minimum Standards How to use Literacy Planet Exercises to personalise learning and match learner needs When reading complex narrative, poems, complex biographical texts, complex information texts and persuasive texts such as arguments, students can: locate a directly stated detail connect ideas across a paragraph or across the text to interpret a description or the motivation of characters infer the main idea interpret and evaluate a character’s behaviour and attitude interpret dialogue to describe a character interpret the reasons for a character's response connect ideas to interpret figurative language interpret the effect of a short sentence. identify the main idea of the poem. locate a directly stated idea in the text. locate directly stated information Spelling Exercises – Appendix 1 Spelling Exercise Literacy knowledge and skill focus Exercise description Alphabetical Word Monster reading decoding graphic categorising Select the words in the correct alphabetical order Word Order reading decoding graphic categorising Select the words in the correct alphabetical order Static Words reading decoding graphic word recognition Game -Identify the written word that matches the spoken word. Word Snap reading decoding graphic word recognition Game -Identify the pairs of written words Floating Words reading decoding graphic word recognition Game -Identify the written word that matches the spoken word Word Finder reading decoding graphic word recognition Game -Identify the written words in a word find puzzle Game -Listen to the spoken words and organise the corresponding written words into the correct word order. Sentence Jumble reading decoding graphic word recognition Word Builder 1 writing encoding graphic blending Build the correct word by choosing the correct grapheme and position to spell words Word Builder 2 writing encoding phonemic blending Build the correct word by choosing the grapheme from the keyboard and typing it to spell words. segmenting Listen to the spoken word, segment the phonemes and choose the correct graphemes from the keyboard to spell the words Spell This Word writing encoding phonemic Dictation writing encoding Flash Card writing encoding Memory Game reading fluency graphic Jigsaw writing encoding phonemic phonemic segmenting Listen to the spoken word, segment the words and choose the correct graphemes from the keyboard to spell the words and reproduce the spoken sentences word recognition Practise spelling the words from visual memory using the Look, cover, write, check strategy word recognition Game- identify the pairs of written words from memory blending Build the correct word by choosing the correct pairs of grapheme to spell words Grammar and Punctuation Exercises – Appendix 2 Grammar/Punctuation Exercise Literacy knowledge and skill focus Exercise Description Students working above the expected YEAR 7 level or below the YEAR 9 level should attempt the following exercises: Year 8 grammar grammar Year 8 Kinds of Sentences Interrogatives Complete the interrogatives grammar Year 8 Sentences Beginnings Adjectives (Attributes) Sentence Jumble -1 Sentences Beginnings Adjectives (Attributes) Sentence Jumble -2 writing writing writing grammar sentences interrogatives Identifying interrogative sentences grammar parts of speech Adverbs (Circumstance) Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective grammar parts of speech Adverbs (Circumstance) Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective grammar Year 8 grammar Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 grammar grammar grammar grammar Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 grammar grammar grammar grammar Year 8 grammar parts of speech adjectives (attributes) Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective grammar parts of speech adjectives (attributes) Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective punctuation sentences sentences structure Using semi-colons and commas to create compound sentences writing punctuation sentences sentences structure Using semi-colons and commas to create compound sentences Identifying Clauses writing grammar sentences sentences structure Identifying clauses in compound-complex sentences Compound-Complex Sentences Creating CompoundComplex Sentences writing grammar sentences sentences structure Identifying missing clauses Theme and Rheme Identify the Theme and Rheme writing grammar sentences sentences structure Identifying theme and rheme Parts of a Sentence Theme and Rheme Theme and Rheme Order writing grammar sentences sentences structure Ordering theme and rheme Parts of a Sentence Direct and Indirect Object Choosing the Direct and Indirect Object writing grammar sentences objects Selecting direct and indirect objects to complete a sentence Parts of a Sentence Transitive/Intransitiv e Verbs Transitive Verbs writing grammar sentences verbs Selecting transitive verbs to complete a sentence Sentences Beginnings Adverbs (Circumstance) Sentence Jumble -1 Sentences Beginnings Adverbs (Circumstance) Sentence Jumble -2 Types of Sentences Punctuating Compound Compound Sentences Sentences - 1 writing Types of Sentences Punctuating Compound Compound Sentences Sentences - 2 Compound-Complex Sentences Types of Sentences Types of Sentences Parts of a Sentence writing writing Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar Year 8 Parts of a Sentence Transitive/Intransitiv e Verbs Intransitive Verbs writing grammar sentences verbs selecting intransitive verbs to complete a sentence Topic Sentences Paragraph organisation and order Identifying Topic Sentences writing grammar paragraphs topic sentences Identifying topic sentences Parts of a paragraph Identifying Topic Sentences writing grammar paragraphs topic sentences Identifying topic sentences Completing sentences to replace an ellipsis Completing sentences to replace an ellipsis Topic Sentences Word Associations Ellipsis Ellipsis - 1 writing vocabulary missing words Word Associations Ellipsis Ellipsis - 2 writing vocabulary missing words Grammar/Punctuation Exercise Literacy knowledge and skill focus Exercise Description Students working at the expected YEAR 9 level should attempt the following exercises: Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 grammar grammar grammar grammar Year 9 Kinds of Sentences Imperatives Categorising Imperatives Identifying interrogative sentences Interrogatives Identifying Interrogative Types Identifying interrogative sentences Revision Text Types Identifying interrogative sentences Inserting Adjectives Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective Kinds of Sentences Kinds of Sentences Sentences Beginnings Adjectives (Attributes) Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar grammar Year 9 Sentences Beginnings Adjectives (Attributes) Identifying Sentences Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective Sentences Beginnings Adverbs (Circumstance) Inserting Adverbs Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective Adverbs (Circumstance) Identifying Sentences Understanding how to use sentence endings on sentences that begin with an adjective Revision Identifying Types Identifying clauses in compound-complex sentences Compound Sentences Completing Compound Sentences Identifying missing clauses Compound Sentences Identifying Compound Sentences Identifying missing clauses Complex Sentences Clauses in Complex Sentences Identifying missing clauses Compound-Complex Sentences Identifying Sentences Identifying missing clauses Direct and Indirect Object Indirect Object Into Prepositional Phrase Selecting transitive verbs to complete a sentence Sentences Beginnings Types of Sentences Types of Sentences Types of Sentences Types of Sentences Types of Sentences Parts of a Sentence Reading Comprehension Exercises – Appendix 3 Reading Comprehension Exercise Literacy knowledge and skill focus Exercise Description Students working above the expected YEAR 7 level or below YEAR 9 level should attempt the following exercises: After listening to text being read, answer comprehension questions Reading Comprehension Year 8 Topic Creatures Creatures Creatures Disasters Disasters Disasters Disasters Disasters Discoveries Discoveries Discoveries Mysteries Mysteries Mysteries People People People People People People Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre Sport Sport Sport Title Giant Pandas The Panther Animal Farm Coming Home Sinking of the Titanic - Part 1 Sinking of the Titanic - Part 2 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Where is Lysander? A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hermia's Predicament A Sea Song Beast From Air The Pearl The Lost World - Professor Challenger's Adventure Liam Tragedy in the Graveyard Ozymandias Falling Leaves - The Tragic Beginning Falling Leaves - Obeying and Disobeying The Fire in the Stone Tom Meets Becky The Breadwinner What's in a Rhyme What They Saw Through the Window One Bite is All It Takes Diver Flying - Part 1 Flying - Part 2 Comprehension Strategies Covered Main Idea (MI) Predicting (P) Author's Purpose (AP) Compare And Contrast (CC) Facts And Details (FD) Conclusions & Inferences (CI) Words In Context (WC) Sequencing (S) Fact & Opinion (FO) Cause And Effect (CE) Text Type Report Poetry Description Narrative Description Description Play Play Poetry Narrative Narrative Narrative Narrative Narrative Poetry Recount Recount Narrative Narrative Narrative Report Narrative Recount Narrative Narrative Narrative Genre Information Report Narrative Poetry Novella Extract Novel Extract Historical Report Historical Report Shakespearean Comedy/Fantasy Shakespearean Comedy/Fantasy Ballad Novel Extract Novella Extract Novel Extract Short Story Novel Extract Sonnet Autobiography Autobiography Novel Extract Novel Extract Novel Extract Information Report Novel Extract Autobiography Short Story Short Story Short Story Sport Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Mountain Biking Anyone For Pisa? Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress The Merchant of Venice Reading Comprehension Exercise Report Report Narrative Play Literacy knowledge and skill focus Sport Report Historical Report Novel Extract Shakespearean Tragicomedy Exercise Description Students working at the expected YEAR 9 level, should attempt the following exercises: After listening to text being read, answer comprehension questions Reading Comprehension Year 9 Topic Creatures Creatures Creatures Creatures Creatures Disasters Disasters Disasters Disasters Disasters Disasters Discoveries Discoveries Discoveries Discoveries Discoveries Mysteries Mysteries Mysteries People People People Title Wage War On Whaling Child and Insect The Jaguar The Healing Power of Dogs Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus) Macbeth - O ye wicked one Lady Macbeth - O ye evil raven Romeo and Juliet Essay Macbeth, The Tragic Hero Dulce Et Decorum Est The Necklace Awakening The Lost World - Malone Interviews Professor Challenger My Father Began as a God The Gift Helen Keller - Letters from Niagara Falls The Sleeper Death at the Excelsior Osiris, King of the Dead Of Mice and Men Hellen Keller - My Childhood Experiences To Kill A Mockingbird Comprehension Strategies Covered Main Idea (MI) Predicting (P) Author's Purpose (AP) Compare And Contrast (CC) Facts And Details (FD) Conclusions & Inferences (CI) Words In Context (WC) Sequencing (S) Fact & Opinion (FO) Cause And Effect (CE) Text Type Exposition Poetry Poetry Article Report Play Play Essay Essay Poetry Narrative Narrative Narrative Poetry Poetry Recount Narrative Narrative Report Narrative Recount Exposition Genre Persuasive Speech Narrative Poetry Nature Poetry Newspaper Article Information Report Shakespearean Tragedy Shakespearean Tragedy Analytical Exposition Analytical Exposition Didactic Poem Short Story Novel Extract Novel Extract Didactic Poem Didactic Poem Autobiography Novel Extract Short Story Historical Report Novella Extract Autobiography Closing Argument Speech People People People Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre Sport Sport Sport Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Once Ispahan Carpet Points of View The House of Narcissus How It Happened Frankenstein Parental Sideline Bullying Marion Jones: Disgraced Hero Year of the Tiger Speech on Gen Y Teen speak In Shadows The Story of Light and Karnak Temple Narrative Poetry Poetry Narrative Narrative Narrative Letter Article Narrative Exposition Exposition Narrative Report Novel Extract Narrative Poem Narrative Poem Fable Short Story Novel Extract Letter to the Editor Feature Article Novel Extract Persuasive Speech Persuasive Speech Short Story Historical Report
