20895 ACE Language (Yr 6) Structures and Language Features
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The skateboard lesson – 3<br />
Complete the answers about text structure after reading the text on pages 32 <strong>and</strong> 33<br />
1. Narrative texts usually begin with an orientation which tells who, when <strong>and</strong> where.<br />
(a) Where is the orientation in this text <strong>and</strong> what does it include?<br />
(b) Why do you think the author included the four short paragraphs before the actual<br />
orientation?<br />
2. Explain the complication in this narrative <strong>and</strong> where it can be found.<br />
3. Events in a narrative are given in the order in which they occur. Why is this especially<br />
important in this narrative?<br />
4. Narratives usually include a resolution to a complication. Is there a resolution to<br />
the complication in this narrative? If yes, what is it? If not, explain why you think a<br />
resolution was not given.<br />
5. Endings in a narrative usually show what has changed. Does this happen in this<br />
narrative? If yes, what is it? If not, why do you think the author left the narrative<br />
without a change?<br />
6. Is the title appropriate? Suggest one or two more<br />
humorous titles below.<br />
Australian Curriculum English – <strong>Language</strong>: Text structure <strong>and</strong> organisation (Year 6) www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®<br />
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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
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