Oz-e-Writing Unit 1: Narrative (Creative) Year 4

Overview

Oz-e-writing Year 4 Narrative (Creative) is a writing unit for Year 4 students. It aligns with the Australian Curriculum V9.0:

• Explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations.(AC9E4LA01)
• Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes. (AC9E4LA03)
• Identify how text connectives, including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect idea. (AC9E4LA04)
• Understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality. (AC9E4LA06)
• Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity. (AC9E4LA08)
• Expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms. (AC9E4LA11)
• Describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions. (AC9E4LE02)
• Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions. (AC9E4LE03)
• Create and edit literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings. (AC9E4LE05)
• Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text. (AC9E4LY03)
• Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation. (AC9E4LY06)

Success Criteria

• Identify the structure of a narrative text.
• Identify and understand key vocabulary.
• Identify the main theme in an exemplar text.
• Joint construction of narrative components.
• Independently plan, write and edit a narrative text.

Learning objectives

In lessons 1 to 45, students learn about:

• the narrative structure
• themes
• how to plan and write a narrative
• third person perspective
• identifying, using and creating different language features
• editing
• using rubrics for success.

Teaching resources

• lessons
• Teaching Guide
• marking rubrics
• progressive and summative assessments
• resources – Narrative Anchor Charts
• Student Workbook
• Student Assessment Workbook

Assessment

Weeks 3 and 6
Each Progress Test is worth 20% (8% content, 12% writing)

A progress test will be completed during week 3 and 6 of the unit.

Each progress test will include two assessment tasks. One will assess the content taught during prior weeks and the other will assess writing. 

Week 9
Final Assessment is worth 60% (60% writing)

One assessment task will be completed during week 9 of the unit.

The writing assessment will cover four components: Planning, writing, editing and content (weeks 1–8). 
APPLE questions provide teachers with the opportunity to assess student understanding and to drive classroom discussions.