Unit 1: The Deputy Principal
Narrative: Crossfire
Unit 2: To Castle Dracula
Journal or diary: Dracula
Unit 3: School Camp
Recount: Camp Scorcher
Unit 4: Job Hunting
Business letter: I wish to apply for the position
Unit 5: 'Prisoner' to 'Prize'
Dictionary: Pocket Oxford Dictionary
Unit 6: Starr cross'd lovers
Script: Romeo and Juliet
Unit 7: In the Science Lab
Procedure: Experiment 6.1
Unit 8: Light and Mirrors
Explanation: Mirror, mirror on the wall
Unit 9: Out in Space
Narrative: Rocket Ship Galileo
Unit 10: It's a 'Bad' Thing
Thesaurus excerpt: Oxford Student's Thesaurus
Unit 11: Which Book?
Book review: The Summer Book Guide
Unit 12: At the truck stop
Description: A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove
Unit 13: Stand clear
Poem: Death of a Tree
Unit 14: Knights on horseback
Historical report: Becoming a Knight
Unit 15: Sailing the World
Map: Jesse's Voyage
Unit 16: Graphic Information
Pictograph: Transportation and the atmosphere
Unit 17: Acid Rain
Explanation-geography: Kicking the coal habit
Unit 18: Harry's family
Narrative: The Mirror of Erised
Unit 19 Promises, promises
Advertisement: Thursday Plantation acne treatment products
Unit 20: Energy and the World
Argument: The quest for clean energy
Unit 21: Heads you win
Procedure/Instructions: Two-up
Unit 22 Animal rights
Discussion: Equal rights for animals?
Unit 23 Read all about it
Cartoon: Sheilas
Unit 24: Chocaholics
Newspaper article: Boutique industry creams the crop as chocaholics flock
Unit 25: Pop Psychology
Magazine Article: The true you
Unit 26: Working all day
Timetable: School timetable
Unit 27: Going it alone
Narrative: Lionheart
Unit 28: Jet Careers
Interview: Bang on
Unit 29: Rating the movies
Response: Rabbit Proof Fence
Unit 30: From the Director
Recount: Phillip Noyce - Rabbit Proof Fence Director
Unit 31: An Unhappy Customer
Letter of complaint: Jetsons Scooter Company
Unit 32: Tickle the taste buds
Menu: Round-the-world dinner party
Unit 33: Cooking for friends
Instructions: Fried Rice
Unit 34: The root of all evil!
Speech
Record Sheets- blackline masters
Concise descriptions of the purpose, structure and features of text types
excellent models of a wide range of text types, including narratives, recounts, letters, film and book reviews, historical reports, advertisements, cartoons and poetry
real-life and cross-curricular literacy links
'open-ended' activities to encourage research and composition of a range of texts
optional assessment to test and score levels of comprehension
a student assessment record sheet to record and moniter individual improvement is available.