20895 ACE Language (Yr 6) Structures and Language Features
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Glen Wallace Primary School<br />
newsletter<br />
Resource sheet<br />
Underst<strong>and</strong> how authors often innovate on text structures <strong>and</strong> play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous <strong>and</strong> persuasive purposes <strong>and</strong> effects (<strong>ACE</strong>LA1518)<br />
© Australian Curriculum: Assessment <strong>and</strong> Reporting Authority 2012<br />
To the principal from Tom Richards<br />
I have written this letter <strong>and</strong> I hope that you will print it in the school’s next<br />
newsletter. Please print it because it took me ages to write it <strong>and</strong> I want<br />
everyone to read it. I think it’s really important.<br />
If you ride a bike, do you ever think about having an accident? I want to tell<br />
you my story, because I thought nothing would ever happen to me, but it did.<br />
I ended up in hospital for two months with head injuries <strong>and</strong> a broken leg.<br />
And I’m still not right. I couldn’t remember what had happened when I came<br />
out of the coma. I was in hospital, my head really hurt when I tried to move<br />
<strong>and</strong> I couldn’t talk.<br />
Mum <strong>and</strong> Dad were there <strong>and</strong> they just kept squeezing my h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> crying.<br />
They were pretty upset because they’d been told I may never walk or talk<br />
again. This was because my brain had been badly knocked around. The<br />
doctors said it was really bad <strong>and</strong> they didn’t know if it would ever recover.<br />
Well, I have recovered ... well almost, but it didn’t just happen. I had to work<br />
hard. The physios were tough, really tough. They made me push <strong>and</strong> push<br />
myself <strong>and</strong> to do things <strong>and</strong> it hurt. It was terrible. I used to get so mad when I<br />
couldn’t do the things that used to be easy before my accident.<br />
Some of my friends came in to see me, but they didn’t want to stay long. I<br />
don’t think they knew what to do or say to me. I hated it when they told me<br />
about how our teams were going <strong>and</strong> what they’d all been doing. Everything<br />
they did sounded fun. And I still couldn’t even walk properly!<br />
One day, I was having a really<br />
bad day complaining about<br />
everything. Dad got mad with<br />
me <strong>and</strong> said that perhaps I<br />
should blame myself for a<br />
change instead of everyone<br />
else. He said that after<br />
all I was the one who<br />
hadn’t been wearing a<br />
helmet.<br />
Well, I really hated him<br />
saying it, but I know<br />
he’s right. It was my<br />
fault. I didn’t have my<br />
helmet on.<br />
If I ever do get back to riding<br />
a bike, that’s something I’ll<br />
never do again ... <strong>and</strong> nor<br />
should you!<br />
R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au Australian Curriculum English – <strong>Language</strong>: Text structure <strong>and</strong> organisation (Year 6)<br />
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