Going to the Footy
General capabilities evident throughout the unit include Literacy and Critical and Creative Thinking.
This unit addresses the cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture.
Content descriptions below link to Australian Curriculum: Foundation (English).
| Language Text structure and organisation | Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts (ACELA1786) (ENe-8B) Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school (ACELA1437) (ENe-6B) Understand that some language in written texts is unlike everyday spoken language (ACELA1431) (Ene-7B) Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences (ACELA1432) (ENe-9B) |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Understand that texts can take many forms, can be very short (for example an exit sign) or quite long (for example an information book or film) and that stories and informative texts have different purposes (ACELA1430) (ENe-7B) |
| Literature Literature and Context | Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences (ACELT1575) (ENe-7B) |
| Responding to literature | Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts (ACELT1783) (ENe-10C) |
| Creating literature | Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images (ACELT1580) (ENe-10C) |
| Literacy Interacting with others | Deliver short oral presentations to peers (ACELY1647) (ENe-1A) Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations (ACELY1646) (ENe-1A) Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact (ACELY1784) (ENe-1A) |
| Interpreting, analysing, evaluating | Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently (ACELY1650) (ENe-4A) |
| Creating texts | Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge (ACELY1651) (ENe-2A) Construct texts using software including word processing programs (ACELY1654) (ENe-3A) |