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Start: Trans-Tasman challenge: level 2
 
Title: Trans-Tasman challenge: level 2 
Description: Travel to seven places in Australia and New Zealand. Identify each location to win a souvenir. Scan texts and images to get clues. Find all seven locations to win a holiday. This learning object is the second in a series of three objects that progressively increases in difficulty. 
Topics: Abstraction; Capitalisation; Comprehension; English language; Geographic location; Literary descriptions; Maps; Nouns; Page layout; Proper nouns; Reading; Scanning; Text types; Vocabularies 
Keywords: Abstraction, Capitalisation, Comprehension, English language, Geographic location, Literary descriptions, Maps, Nouns, Page layout, Proper nouns, Reading, Scanning, Text types, Vocabularies 
Learning area: English 
Strand: Literacy 
Concept: Comprehension; Critical literacy; Searching 
Audience user level: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9  Audience type: Student 
Age range: 9-15  Audience sector: School 
Key learning objectives:
  • Students use scanning strategies to decode written and visual texts.
  • Students construct literal and inferential meaning from written and visual texts.
  • Students identify and distinguish between proper nouns within written and visual texts.
Educational value:
  • Introduces scanning strategies to identify proper nouns.
  • Highlights capitalised words to visually reinforce scanning strategies.
  • Features a range of authentic texts and images depicting or referring to places in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Tests identification of place names via simplified maps.
  • Rewards task progress with souvenirs.
Skill: Application; Comprehension; Knowledge 
Student activity: Analysis; Comprehension Activity; Interactives; Modelling; Multiple Choice Questions 
Learning design: Experiential learning; Independent learning; Problem solving; Visual learning 
Contributors:
Role:Technical implementer
Entity:QANTM Australia CMC Pty Ltd
Address:Brisbane; QLD; 4000; Australia
URL:http://www.qantm.com.au/
Role:Publisher
Entity:Education Services Australia Ltd
Address:Melbourne; VIC; 3000; Australia
URL:http://www.esa.edu.au/
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