Look at descriptions of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Help a park ranger to sort facts and pictures for an information display. Use a model structure, sample text and images to build a description for visitors. Include sections on the park's location, wildlife and cultural importance. This learning object is one in a series of two objects.
Topics:
Comprehension; Creating texts; English language; Factual descriptions; Imaginative texts; Information reports; Morphology (Grammar); National parks; Page layout; Predictions (Stories); Reading; Register (Language); Text structure; Typography; Words
Keywords:
Comprehension, Creating texts, English language, Factual descriptions, Imaginative texts, Information reports, Morphology (Grammar), National parks, Page layout, Predictions (Stories), Reading, Register (Language), Structure (Composing), Text structure, Typography, Words
Learning area:
English
Strand:
Language; Literacy
Concept:
Critical literacy; Everyday texts; Linguistic structures and features; Text construction; Unfamiliar vocabulary; Visual texts
Audience user level:
5; 6
Audience type:
Student
Age range:
9-12
Audience sector:
School
Key learning objectives:
Students identify the purpose, audience and context for an information report.
Students use a template text structure to construct an information report.
Students know and use cohesion including subheadings to organise and link ideas in a text.
Students apply verbal grammar including a range of specialist words.
Educational value:
Models text structure, features and language of an information report (including grammatical and cohesive structures).
Includes authentic images, geographic, cultural and wildlife information about Kakadu National Park.
Provides an option to print a completed information report, including graphics.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (MS-Windows) - 8.0 (MS-Windows); Firefox 3.0 (MS-Windows); Safari 3.0 (MacOS)
Plug-ins:
Adobe Flash Player 10
Operating systems:
MacOS X; MS-Windows 2000 - Vista
Catalogue entry:
Catalogue:TLF-LearningObject
Entry:L5813
General language:
ENGLISH
Aggregation level:
2
Spacial coverage:
Gazetteer:ID: NT14014
; State ID: NT
; Name: KAKADU NATIONAL PARK
; Longitude: 132.67310
; Latitude: -12.27120
Meta-metadata language:
ENGLISH
Version notes:
v.6.0 Includes updated metadata.
v.5.0 Includes IP and metadata updates.
v.4.0 Includes updated metadata and branding syntax and technical improvements.
v.3.0 Includes support files, branding syntax and metadata updates.
v.2.0 Updated topics in metadata.
v.1.0 First public release.