LG: Information texts have specific structures and features. SC: I can… Identify facts from a text Make interpretations using information from the text Make predictions about a text Make connections with a text

DAY 1

PRE-READING & READING - Part 1 Look at the title. Skin and scan the document. Discuss these questions with your pair/group: What type of text is this? How do you know know it is this text type? Do you know anything about this topic? Does this remind you of anything? Who do you think wrote the text? Where would you find a text like this?

PRE-READING & READING - Part 2 In one person’s lined book, create a group t-chart to show what you already know about the topic before you read it. Read the text on your own. While you are waiting for others to finish reading, create a list of words which are new to you from the text. Complete the second column of your t-chart now that you have read the book. This reminds me of….. Before reading After reading

PRE-READING & READING - Part 3 Now that you have read the text, discuss these questions with your partner/group: What type of text is this? How do you know? What fact(s) did you find interesting from the text? What did you like about the text? What would you change about the text? Link to PLT goals

Day 2

RETRIEVING INFORMATION - Part 1 Read Kangaroos again. Complete these tasks in your lined book: Find the meaning of at least 3 new words from the text, e.g. marsupial, arid. You can use a dictionary or www.dictionary.com 2. Summarise the text LITERAL

RETRIEVING INFORMATION - Part 2 Answer the following questions about the text: What do kangaroos use their tails for? Why are kangaroos used on the Australian national emblem? What do kangaroos graze on? What are kangaroos social groups called? Where are red kangaroos found? What else are female red kangaroos called? Is hopping energy efficient for kangaroos? What threat level are red kangaroos classified as? Clinic examples: Using words from the question to find information in the text

Day 3

INTERPRETING THE TEXT - Part 1 Watch the video on NON-FICTION TEXT FEATURES. Copy the organiser (on the next slide) into a whole page of your lined book Complete the organiser. Remember to use your own words, colour and pictures.

Features of Non-Fiction Texts Why do we use text features? Feature Why it is included? Wonderings Table of contents Headings or titles Subheadings or subtitles Photographs and Illustrations Captions Bold words Glossary Index Diagrams and labels Chart/graph/table Maps Timelines Italics and insets

INTERPRETING THE TEXT - Part 2 Read Kangaroos. What’s the writer’s purpose for creating this text? Who do you think this text is aimed at (the audience)? What does the title tell you about this text? How is this text organised? How do the headings and subheadings help you find information What information is found in the pictures in this text? Would you read other texts by this writer? Why or why not? INFERENTIAL

Day 4

RESPONDING AND REFLECTING - Part 1 Read Kangaroos again. What would you do do make this text better? Use dot points to create a list. Non-fiction texts are presented in many ways. Here are some exmaples. 4. Present the information in Kangaroos in a new way.