20884 ACE Language (Yr 3) Paragraphs
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Text structure<br />
and organisation<br />
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts (<strong>ACE</strong>LA1479)<br />
© Australian Curriculum: Assessment and Reporting Authority 2012<br />
Related terms<br />
Texts<br />
Written, spoken or multimodal forms of<br />
communication for a range of purposes. Text<br />
forms, organisation and conventions have been<br />
developed to enhance effective communication.<br />
Paragraph<br />
A group of related sentences that develop<br />
a central idea. A paragraph is indicated by a<br />
new line, a line space and may be indented or<br />
numbered.<br />
Sentence<br />
A language unit consisting of one or more<br />
clauses which are linked grammatically. A<br />
written sentence starts with a capital letter<br />
and ends with a full stop, question mark or<br />
exclamation mark.<br />
Topic sentence<br />
Usually the fi rst sentence in a paragraph,<br />
identifying the main idea that links the<br />
sentences in that paragraph.<br />
Organisational features of text<br />
How text is organised in particular ways<br />
for particular purposes. Examples include:<br />
punctuation, the use of pronouns to avoid<br />
repetition, genre conventions such as<br />
subheadings and tables in reports and<br />
conventions in letter writing, and the<br />
linking and sequencing of information using<br />
paragraphs.<br />
Main idea<br />
The central theme which links information.<br />
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What this means<br />
Teacher information<br />
• Students need to understand that paragraphing is an important organisational<br />
feature of written text.<br />
• Students need to know why paragraphs are used in written text and how they are<br />
structured.<br />
Teaching points<br />
• <strong>Paragraphs</strong> in written text help the reader to understand it.<br />
• If text is organised into paragraphs, it helps the reader to see how the parts of the<br />
text are linked.<br />
• The sentences in a paragraph are about one thing; the main idea.<br />
• When writers organise text into paragraphs, they can start with one idea and<br />
elaborate on it.<br />
• The beginning of a paragraph should let readers know what it contains and allow<br />
them to make predictions about it.<br />
Elaborations<br />
E1. Identifying paragraphs in longer text and demonstrating understanding of paragraph<br />
features such as the spacing required between paragraphs; including direct speech.<br />
E2. Identifying how the information selected and organised into a paragraph is linked,<br />
sequenced and introduced by a topic sentence. Demonstrating understanding of<br />
paragraph structure when planning and writing text.<br />
Further resources<br />
• Sentences to paragraphs Book 4, George Davidson, Learners Publishing<br />
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/paragraphs/<br />
play.shtml<br />
• http://www.ehow.com/info_8146770_activities-teach-paragraph-writing.html<br />
Student vocabulary<br />
paragraph<br />
main idea<br />
paragraph opener<br />
predict<br />
topic sentence<br />
Australian Curriculum English – <strong>Language</strong>: Text structure and organisation (Year 3) www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®<br />
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