Year 4 · English · Extension Task · $6.99 AUD
A Year 4 English extension task comparing a poem and an information report about the platypus. Students read the original poem 'Creek at Dusk' and the report 'The Platypus: A Puzzle in the Creek', identify the purpose and features of each text, check the poem's details against the facts, explore devices such as alliteration and turn a fact into a stanza and back again. Sample answers and teacher notes are included.
Part of the "Vocabulary, Main Idea and Author's Purpose Passages" sub-unit. Aligned to AC9E4LY03, AC9E4LE04, AC9E4LE02, AC9E4LA02 (Australian Curriculum v9).
Students will:
• Compare the purpose and features of a poem and an information text
• Check a poem's details against facts in a report
• Describe the effect of poetic devices such as alliteration
• Turn a fact into a rhyming stanza and back into a fact
A ready-to-teach extension task, supplied as PDF, editable Word (DOCX) and PowerPoint (PPTX).
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