English is the Key Learning Area where students develop knowledge, skills and understandings about English language and literature. The students will be actively engaged in the development of skills through:

This term in English, Year 5 will be engaging in the following:

Convince me! Is a unit based on persuasive texts. The students will learn to compose, edit and present a variety of persuasive texts for a range of audiences and contexts. Throughout the unit the students will learn that persuasive texts must consider audience, form, and purpose. Persuasive writing / argument can be objectively or subjectively presented. Students will recognise that choice of language has an impact on all types of argument - visual, spoken and written. Students will also learn to recognise the effect of language and multimedia elements in a range of multimedia texts.

Texts that will be employed throughout the term in class;

• A Girl with a Book - Malala Yousafzai
• Malala’s Magic Pencil - Malala Yousafzai
• Every Day is Malala Day - Malala Yousafzai
• Atlases and maps (visual literacy)
• News Reports (ABC’s Behind the news)
• A variety of small group guided reading texts 
• Picture books (language features and grammar conventions

We ask that your child have a variety of texts available to them for specific reading purposes, ideally;

• An easy enjoyable novel that they can read independently 
• An information book on a topic that interests them.
• A form of online commentary from a reputable source. (sports reports, gardening blog, newspaper etc…)

We are happy to recommend and assist with your child’s reading choices so that they are developing a reading repertoire to support their learning.