DigitalLiteracy

Date: 1st May, 2015

Lesson Length: 50 Minutes

Student numbers: 24

# of Females: 12
# of Males: 12

Year Level: 5
Location: Classroom
Topic Focus: Digital Texts
Lesson Focus: Analysing Text
AusVELS(Subject)CurriculumArea:Literacy
Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences.
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the
purpose of the text (ACELY1701)
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources (ACELY1703)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal
elements (ACELY1700)
Materials Needed:
ipads/PCs
Internet Access
References:
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). (2012). Scope and Sequence. English. Retrieved 10th May, 2015 from
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/auscurric/English_scope_and_sequence_AusVELS.pdf

NewspaperArticle:Burns, J. (2015). Digital skills should be core subjects, says report. BBC News. Retrieved 2

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y Time
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Method
of
Delivery
Teacher
Directed

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Curriculum
Focus
Analysis of text

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May, 2015 from http://www.bbc.com/news/education-31501917

Activity Content
Revision:
As a class, review the following aspects of a text (Newspaper article) with focus
on author intention:
-Audience
-Purpose
Using metalanguage, investigate how the author can demonstrate the above e.g.

Assessment
Informal
observational
assessment of
students prior
knowledge of
audience and

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text structure, language used etc
Create a class brainstorm.
Prompting Questions:
How do you know the intended audience?
What sort of clues do you get from the language?
Does the structure of the text give you an idea of what it might be used for?
How does the writing make you feel? Do you think the author intended to create
those feelings? What does that tell you about the intended audience?

purpose.
(Diagnostic)

Teacher
Directed

Analysis of text

Introduction:
Advise students they are being split into 4 groups.
Each group is to use presentation software to present to the class a text analysis
Each group is to cover one of the below topics:
-Newspaper article (from BBC news.com)
-Fiction story (from the E-Book library)
-Non-Fiction story (from the E-Book library)
-Interactive picture story app (on iPad)
Each text must be linked in some way to digital learning (examples at bottom of
page)
Each student must use some form of presentation software and cannot use
PowerPoint (Examples on website)

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Group
work

Analysis of text

Content:
Students work together in groups to develop their presentations.
Students should ensure they cover the following:
Intended Audience
Intended Purpose
Personal Response to the text
Language, Structure and any other linguistic features that influence/define the
above.
Note: Students will most likely need another class for finishing the presentation

Formal
Assessment of
presentation
(Rubric
Attached)

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Teacher
Directed

Reflection of
learning

and sharing it with the class.

Conclusion:
Ask students to each share one thought with the class prompted by the following:
What have you learnt today?
What is something you enjoyed or found difficult about the lesson?
What would you like to do next time to extend your learning?

Summative
assessment of
what learning
has occurred.

ExampleTexts:
NewspaperArticles:
Graber,D.(2015).8TechResolutionsYourKidsWantYouToMake.HuffingtonPost.Retrieved3rdMay,2015from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/digitalliteracy/
InteractivePictureStory:
AustralianGovernment.(2015).DetailsDetails.CyberSmart.RetrievedMay20th,2015fromhttp://www.cybersmart.gov.au/young
%20kids/visithectorsworld/keepingyourpersonalinformationsafe/story1detailsdetails.aspx

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