Bound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements

ENGLISHWriting Information and Argument TextsIn Years 1, 2 and 3 students write simple recounts, descriptions and explanations in print and electronic mediums onfamiliar topics for known readers.In Years 4, 5 & 6 students write information texts that may include descriptions, reports, explanations, and simple argumentsin print and electronic mediums. Students write for known audiences, draw on their own experiences and write on someunfamiliar ideas or information by researching topics.In Years 7 & 8 students write texts that may include reports, personal recounts, autobiographies and arguments, in print andelectronic mediums, for unknown or specified audiences. Students explore some challenging ideas and/or argue a point ofview.In Years 9 & 10 students write text in print and electronic mediums, which deal with ideas and issues about which theywould like to effect change. They write to persuade a general or particular audience to change their point of view, and/or totake action. Their texts may include biographies, advertisements, news articles, features, letters to the editor and reviews.In Year 1the student:In Year 2the student:In Year 3the student:In Year 4the student:In Year 5the student:In Year 6the student:In Year 7the student:In Year 8the student:In Year 9the student:In Year 10the student:understands that :o information texts caninclude people, places,events and things whichare personally significanto descriptions, recounts andreports have specificstructuresunderstands that :o information texts candescribe people, places,events and thingso descriptions,explanations, proceduresand reports, have specificstructuresunderstands that :o information texts candescribe people, placesand events and give anopiniono an opinion may bepositive or negativeo information and argumenttexts have a specificstructureunderstands that :o information and argumenttexts can report andexplain information andevents and give opinions(e.g. Talking about Beingan Immigrant by SarahLevete and FranklinWatts)o writers can reflect theopinions of the intendedreaders and viewers fromdifferent cultures, groupsand individuals in theirtextunderstands that :o writers can influenceothers’ opinionso others can be influencedby including or omittinginformation and makingparticular languagechoices (e.g. to create apositive or negativeperspective)understands that :o choices of subject matter,language and genericstructure are made tosupport the purpose of thewriter and appeal todifferent audiencesunderstands that :o ideas and information canbe selected to support theposition or purpose of thewriter and appeal to, orsuit, different audienceso arguments systematicallyuse a formal, logicalstructure to argue a caseunderstands that :o information and argumenttexts can be constructedfor more than one purposeand audience typeo research may be needed rto acquire information forargument textso arguments advanceopinions, justify positionsand make judgements inorder to persuade otherso writers choose subjectmatter, attributes,processes and visualresources to constructrepresentations of people,places, events and thingsin ways that appeal tocertain groupsunderstands that :o information and argumenttexts require explanations,details and evidence,which may requireresearcho writers want readers toempathise with the ideasand emotions expressedor implied in their writingo writers select subjectmatter and language to tryto position readers toaccept representations ofpeople, events, ideas andinformationunderstands that :o writers need to developsufficient knowledge ofcomplex social issues toelaborate details insupport of an argument,or to construct credibleexplanations of situations,conflicts and/ormotivationso audiences are likely tohave certain expectationsabout texts and thatwriters can make choicesto accommodate, resist orsubvert those expectationso writers include, excludeor emphasise certainsubject matter to serveown purposes in textconstructionwrites texts that:o use some stages ofgeneric structure forDescriptions, Recountsand Reports – whensupported by scaffoldingo include informationwhich relates to the mainideawrites texts that:o use the modelled genericstructure texts fordescriptions,Explanations, Proceduresand Reportso maintain an idea or topicthroughout related pagesor sectionso include several items ofinformation about themain ideawrites texts that:o order information orsequence events usingsome detail and/orsupporting illustrativematerialo present own opinion on atopico support their opinion withat least one or tworeasons, or a simpleexplanation based onpersonal judgementwrites texts that:o provide a generalstatement or introductionto the topico develop the topic with afew supporting ideas,explanations and/ordescriptionso begin to formulatepersonal judgements inargument textswrites texts that:o provide a generalstatement or introductionto the topico develop the topic with afew supporting ideas,explanations, opinionsand/or descriptionso (for argument texts) makea personal judgemento support the judgementwith a few points orargumentswrites texts that:o (for information texts)provide an introductionthat outlines the topicfollowed by a few pointsthat are logicallyorganisedo (for argument texts)provide an introductionthat states their positionfollowed by supportingargumentso (for argument texts) drawconclusionswrites texts that:o (for information texts)provide an introductionthat outlines the scope ofthe topic, and thendevelops the topic withideas, descriptions,opinions and/orexplanations that arelogically organisedo (for argument texts)provide an introductionthat states their position;and then presentssupporting arguments thatmay include some detailsor evidence, and aconclusiono (for argument texts)conclude the text with arestatement of theirpositionwrites texts that:o draw on research toconstruct subject matterand support theirarguments or opinionso provide a statement oftheir own positiono provide a major point toeach paragrapho conclude with arestatement of theirposition or a summary ofthe main argumentswrites texts that:o make appropriateselections of informationfrom a few sources, andattempt to synthesise andorganise this in a logicalsequenceo provide a statement oftheir own position or themajorperspectives/concerns ofthe issue and preview thearguments or the structureof the information tofollowo structure texts to providea major point to eachparagraph with someelaborationo conclude with arestatement of theirposition or a summary ofthe main arguments,issues orrecommendationswrites texts that:o include evidence fromnamed and/or referencedsources to support andrefute arguments withinexpositions, discussionsand reviewso provide a statement oftheir own position or themajor perspectives/concerns of the issue, andpreview the arguments orthe structure of theinformation to followo provide a major point toeach paragraph with someelaborationo conclude with arestatement of theirposition or a summary ofthe main arguments,issues orrecommendationsknows and uses:o a small range of topicrelatedvocabularyo textual and visualresources includingdescriptive words andimages to representpeople, places, events andthingso generic structure and textfeatures for:knows and uses:o topic related vocabularyo textual and visualresources includingdescriptive words,images, facial expressionsand gestures to representpeople, places, events andthingso generic structure and textfeatures for:knows and uses:o simple sentences inappropriate grammaticalorder for statementso vocabulary and wordforms appropriate to thesubject matter of the texto some specific or technicalvocabulary whereappropriateo thinking, feeling andknows and uses:o subject-specificvocabulary whereappropriateo processes /verbs groupsexpressing action (e.g.will fly) and speech (e.g.was reported)o adjectives to compare(e.g. funny, funnier,funniest and someknows and uses:o particular adjectives andverbs to express ideas andinformation positively ornegativelyo linking words (e.g. firstly,secondly, or, so, when) tostructure their text, linkideas and give reasonso referring words (e.g. this,those, these) to link ideasknows and uses:o particular adjectives andverbs to express opinionsand give an evaluation ofideas and informationo subject-verb and nounpronounagreemento conjunctions that connectclauses to form compoundor complex sentenceso graphic elements,knows and uses:o research and note takingskills using print andelectronic media (e.g.Web Quest)o graphic elements and/orheadings and subheadingsto organise presentations,research or otherinformationo paragraphs to order andknows and uses:o research and note takingskills using print andelectronic mediao graphic elements (e.g.layout and hyperlinks) toorganise text for readersand viewerso paragraphs to sequenceideas and eventso specialist words,knows and uses:o research and note takingskills using print andelectronic mediao ordering of paragraphs tobest support and sustainan argument and toorganise and conveyinformation clearlyo concrete, technical,abstract (noun groups orknows and uses:o research and note takingskills using print andelectronic mediao ordering of paragraphs tobest support and sustainan argument and toorganise and conveyinformation clearlyo specialist subject matterfrom a wide range ofBound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements V2 Page 10 Working Document Semester One 2007