ARC :: English – Activities

English – Activities

Activity		Work Samples
Activity		Midway through Stage 2 (end of Year 3)	End of Stage 2 (end of Year 4)
Narrative	Students plan, draft and write a narrative using visual stimulus. View...	8	8
Information report on an animal	Students draft and publish an information report on an animal. View...	3	10
Recount	Students write a recount of a recent event at school or at home. View...	11
Procedure	Students write a procedure explaining how to make a model, a paper aeroplane or a snack. View...	5
Oral presentations	Students prepare and deliver a two-minute oral presentation on a topic of their choice. View...		8
Information report on a planet	Students research a planet in our solar system, select relevant facts and write an information report. View...		8
Discussion	Students write a discussion on a chosen topic. View...		5
Exposition letter	Students draft and construct an exposition letter. View...		2
Explanation	Students write an explanation about how a torch works. View...		1
Literary character analysis	Students write an analysis of two different literary characters. View...
Oral literary recount	Students listen to several readings of a narrative text and write down the significant events. They use their notes to create an oral recount of the story and explain the message it conveys. View...
Explanation of a manufacturing process	Students write an explanation of a manufacturing process they have been studying in class. View...
Literary description	Students plan, draft and write a descriptive passage. View...