Totara Unit Plan: Informational Reports

Listening, Reading & Viewing

Curriculum Focus English Strands
Speaking, Writing & Presenting
Mathematics –Statistics
Curriculum
Science – Planet Earth & Beyond
Integration
- Material World
Unit Duration Term 1 weeks 1-3 Level 2/3
Level 2

Select and use sources of information, processes, and strategies with

some confidence to identify, form, and express ideas.

Show some understanding of how texts are shaped for different

purposes and audiences.

Show some understanding of ideas within, across, and beyond texts.

Show some understanding of how language features are used for effect
within and across texts.

Show some understanding of text structures.

Show some understanding of how to shape texts for different purposes

and audiences.

Select, form, and express ideas on a range of topics.

Use language features appropriately, showing some understanding of

Achievement
their effects.
Objectives
Organise texts, using a range of structures.
Level 3

Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies with

developing confidence to identify, form, and express ideas.

Show a developing understanding of how texts are shaped for different

purposes and audiences.

Show a developing understanding of ideas within, across, and beyond

texts.

Show a developing understanding of how language features are used for

effect within and across texts.

Show a developing understanding of text structures.

Select, form, and communicate ideas on a range of topics.

Organise texts, using a range of appropriate structures.

Key Competencies Thinking, Using language, symbols & texts, Managing Self, Participating & contributing
Learning Intentions Success Criteria
We are learning to: We will know we are successful when we:
1. Identify the features of an informational 1. Can identify an informational report and tell
report someone the features of it.
2. Identify the main idea of a text. 2. Can say in one or two sentences what a text or
3. Use evidence to identify the main idea. paragraph was about.
 4. Skim & scan to find information quickly.
5. Use our knowledge of how words work to
help us figure out difficult words.
6. Identify keywords to help us find specific
information.
7. Make notes to record facts and information.
8. Organise our ideas into paragraphs.
9. Structure a paragraph correctly.
10. Edit and proof read our work ourselves.
11. Use the language features and text
structure to write and publish an
informational report.
Related Learning
Learning Progressions/Activities
Intention/s
3. Identify the keypoints made by the author that
help us to summarize the main idea.
4. Use our eyes to quickly locate useful
information.
5. Can use root words, prefixes and suffixes to
work out difficult words
6. Can write a list of keywords that will help us to
find the information we are looking for.
7. Use graphic organisers to record useful
information in our own words.
8. Can write a paragraph that has a topic sentence,
details and a closing sentence.
9. Group ideas about different topics into
paragraphs.
10. Check our own writing for spelling, grammar and
punctuation errors and fix them up
ourselves/Use a spelling and grammar check in
Word.
11. Can write an interesting informational report
for other children in our class to read.

Refer Literacy weekly plan for specific progressions of class & group learning activities

Published Informational Reports

Assessment
Teacher observations of reading & writing skills

Unit Evaluation