Different Types of Texts
Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text
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“When you hand your child a book, can they tell you whether it's a story or a fact book — and point out the author's name on the cover?”
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- Activity. Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text
What to notice. Distinguish between a story, a poem, and a non-fiction book • Point to and name the author and illustrator on the cover • Explain that the author writes the words and the illustrator makes the pictures
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When you hand your child a book, can they tell you whether it's a story or a fact book — and point out the author's name on the cover?
Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text
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- Distinguish between a story, a poem, and a non-fiction book
- Point to and name the author and illustrator on the cover
- Explain that the author writes the words and the illustrator makes the pictures
“When you hand your child a book, can they tell you whether it's a story or a fact book — and point out the author's name on the cover?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
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