Information Reports

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Information Reports

• Using the ESL Scope and Scales

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Early Years Band R-2

• Factual genre.
• Purpose to provide accurate and relevant
  information about our living and non-living
  world. Reports often include visual texts.
• (Early years scope, page 13).

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Primary Years Band

• Factual genre
• Purpose To provide accurate and relevant
  information about our living and non-living
  world. Reports often include visual texts.
• A taxonomic report will usually answer the
  question What kinds? while a descriptive report
  will answer What about?
• (Primary Years Scope, page 13)

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Text in Context
Language
Genre
range of genres

• language to
• structure a text
• build cohesion
• expand information in a sentence

Field (What)
technicality everyday to technical

• verbs
• noun groups
• vocabulary
• nominalisations
• circumstances

Tenor (Who)
position and interaction informal to formal

• possibility / certainty/
• inclination / obligation
• feelings and attitude

Mode (How)
medium most spoken to most written

• foregrounding
• tense
• voice - active and passive
• print conventions

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Tiger
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Text in Context
Language
Genre
Information report

• language to
• structure a text
• build cohesion
• expand information in a sentence

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Genre Structure
Behaviour
Physical description
Habitat
Diet
Physical description
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Genre Expanding sentences
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Genre Expanding sentences
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Genre Cohesion
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Genre Cohesion
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Text in Context
Language
Field
Technicality

• verbs
• noun groups
• vocabulary
• nominalisation
• circumstances

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Field Verbs
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Field Verbs
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Field Verbs
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Field Noun Groups
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Field Noun Groups
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Field Specialised vocabulary
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Field Circumstances
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Field Circumstances
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Text in Context
Language
Tenor
Position and Interaction

• possibility
• certainty
• inclination
• obligation
• feelings
• attitude

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Tenor
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Tenor
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Text in Context
Language
Mode
medium

• foregrounding
• tense
• voice active and passive
• print conventions

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Mode Foregrounding
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Mode Tense and voice
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Mode Print conventions
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Scaling

• Scale the text using the ESL Scales for Primary
  years.
• You may wish to use the sheet on page 3 in your
  handout to record your results or
• Record your scale level on the copy of student
  work.

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Learning needs

• Look ahead to next scale
• Identify explicit learning needs

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Learning needs
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The Teaching and Learning Cycle
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Building Field Knowledge
Develop clear purpose for study Set the context
for students Activate their prior knowledge and
experience Review research and critical literacy
skills
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Text Deconstruction
Understand the social and educational purpose of
reports Select texts to deconstruct
Model the process of deconstruction Examine the
way in which reports are structured to achieve
their purpose. ldentify language features for
Genre, Field, Tenor and Mode
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Joint Construction
Continue with development of field knowledge
specific to the topic. Model steps in text
construction including research, notetaking and
use of diagrams. Revise and extend knowledge
about language. Negotiate a joint construction of
the a report.
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Independent Construction

• Continue with development of field knowledge
• Support the writing processes
• organising information
• planning
• drafting

• conferencing
• editing
• reviewing
• publishing

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Teaching and Learning strategies
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Teaching and learning strategies

• Decide on an activity or a series of activities
  to assist in development of one of the language
  features that you have identified as requiring
  increased understanding .
• Determine where it fits on the teaching and
  learning cycle.
• Add notes on it to the worksheet Teaching ideas
  and strategies in the final column.

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Feedback

• Please complete the feedback sheet provided in
  your package and return it to either your ESL
  District Service Provider or to the ESL Scope and
  Scales Project Officers.