This model text is an information report about the influence of the Westminster System on Australian parliamentary government. It has been written to meet the Year 6 Australian Curriculum English Learning Area and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple) and spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.

Australian Curriculum
Year 6 Achievement Standards

Students understand how language features and language patterns can be used for emphasis. They show how specific details can be used to support a point of view. They explain how their choices of language features and images are used.

Students create detailed texts elaborating on key ideas for a range of purposes and audiences. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, using a variety of strategies for effect. They demonstrate an understanding of grammar, and make considered vocabulary choices to enhance cohesion and structure in their writing. They use accurate spelling and punctuation for clarity and make and explain editorial choices based on criteria.

Cross Curriculum Links:

HASS – Civics and Citizenship: ACHASSK143
The key institutions of Australia’s democratic system of government and how it is based on the Westminster system.
- recognising the importance of the Westminster system and the Magna Carta in influencing Australia’s parliamentary government

Level of this pack:
Age: 11-12
Australia: Grade 6

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