Outcomes and Skills
This unit treats reading and writing as connected acts. A student who can notice how a sentence works is better placed to write one; a student who can explain a choice is better placed to revise it.
The skill map
| Skill | What it looks like | Formative evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehension | Predict, question, visualise, summarise and monitor understanding. | Annotated text and a one-sentence summary. |
| Inference | Read between the lines and support the reading with evidence. | A claim-evidence-explanation table. |
| Close reading | Notice diction, imagery, syntax, tone and shifts. | Annotated passage and a short commentary. |
| Paragraphing | Build a claim, evidence, explanation and link. | One analytical paragraph. |
| Sentence craft | Use clauses, punctuation and nominalisation for clarity. | A revised paragraph with sentence variety. |
| Vocabulary | Use morphology, context and academic word knowledge. | A word map and a revised sentence. |
| Multimodal reading | Read layout, image, colour and interactive design. | An annotated screenshot or printed page. |
| Writing process | Plan, draft, revise, edit and proofread. | A draft with visible revisions. |
How the skills connect
Reading for meaning supplies the text. Inference turns observation into interpretation. Close reading gives the interpretation precision. Paragraphing organises it. Sentence craft makes it readable. Vocabulary gives it range. Multimodal reading extends the same habits to image and design. The writing process turns all of it into a finished piece.
What success looks like
- Students can explain a choice, not just name it.
- They use short evidence and spend most of their words on explanation.
- They revise for meaning before correcting surface errors.
- They can read an image or a layout as deliberately as a written text.
- They ask questions about a text rather than waiting for the teacher to supply them.
Transfer is the goal. The unit is generic by design. Every strategy should be tried on a text the class is already studying, so the skill does not stay locked inside the skills lesson.