This model text is a newspaper report about bushfires in Australia. It has been written to meet the Year 5 Australian Curriculum English Learning Area and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple), spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.

Australian Curriculum

Year 5 Achievement Standards 

Students use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text, selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources.

Students create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different purposes and audiences. They make presentations which include multimodal elements for defined purposes. They contribute actively to class and group discussions, taking into account other perspectives. When writing, they demonstrate understanding of grammar using a variety of sentence types. They select specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and punctuation. They edit their work for cohesive structure and meaning.

Cross Curriculum links:

HASS- Geography

ACHASSK114- The impact of bushfires or floods on environments and communities, and how people can respond

explaining the impacts of fire on Australian vegetation and the significance of fire damage on communities

AC9HS5K05- The management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences

Level of this pack:

Age: 10-11

Australia: Year 5 / Grade 5

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