Unit 4 Creating Structure

Creating Structure

Key Framework Objectives

W1 review, consolidate and secure the spelling conventions covered in Year 7.
S6 Explore and compare different methods of grouping sentences into paragraphs of continuous text that are clearly focused.
R2 Undertake independent research using a range of reading strategies...knowledge of how texts and ICT databases are organised and acknowledging sources.
R10 analyse the overall structure of a text to identify how key ideas are developed e.g. through the organisation of the content and the pattern of the language used.
WR2 Re-read work to anticipate the effect on the reader and revise style and structure, as well as accuracy, with this in mind.
WR11 Explain complex ideas and information clearly e.g. defining principles, explaining a scientific process, an information leaflet.

Key Skills: Reading

Key Skills: Writing

AF3 Deduce, infer or interpret information
AF6 identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text on the reader

Learning Outcomes - All students should be able to:

recognise that texts are organised and presented in different ways
identify a range of presentational devices within a text e.g. font, colour, images
list some of the conventions of a formal letter
use a range of connectives to link sentences for greater fluency and coherence
explore strategies used to make notes effectively

Homework areas for this unit will include the following: