Year 3/4 Bulletin
Learning Intention: To explore how a structure can help organise a non-fiction text.
In the first session students unpacked the purpose and structure of an information report. This either included their chosen country for their ERP, or Australia (as modelled by the teacher in the form of a mentor text). Using the anchor chart titled “information reports” and the lesson plan titled “bold beginning” students created their initial plan for their information report, with sequenced ideas and thoughts.
As a class, we discussed what a “broad” topic could be in relation to Australia, and then some “sub-headings” of the “broad” topics. These subheadings would then form the basis for the following paragraphs. Some raised by the students were:
Food
- Vegemite
- BBQ
- Fairy bread
Sport
- AFL
- Cricket
- Basketball
Geography
- States
- Territories
- Oceans
Native animals
- Koala
- Kangaroo
- Wombat
Scaffold for information report
T - Title of topic
S - Subheading one
TS - Topic Sentence (what is this paragraph going to be about?
S - Subheading two
TS - Topic Sentence (what is this paragraph going to be about?
S - Subheading three
TS - Topic Sentence (what is this paragraph going to be about?
C - Concluding statement
Prompting questions:
- Why do we use information reports?
- What kind of “subheadings” can be found in information reports?
- What is a topic sentence?
- What is a concluding statement?
Allira, Mr Cornell and Roula
Year 3/4 Team
Allira.Zeneli@education.vic.gov.au