{"product_id":"year-6-authors-style-unit","title":"Year 6 Author's Style Unit","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelp Year 6 students move from noticing an author's choices to explaining how those choices shape meaning, mood and reader response. This unit explores word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, imagery, tone, voice, point of view, characterisation, visual features and text structures through explicit teaching, discussion, games, close reading and evidence-based writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resource combines editable PowerPoint teaching and quiz decks with colour classroom materials, black-and-white worksheets, matching answers, a two-page assessment, suggested assessment answers and a marking rubric. The sequence is suitable for approximately one week of whole-class lessons and can also support literacy rotations, small groups or independent practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditable 16-slide Characteristics that Define an Author's Style PowerPoint presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditable 22-slide PowerPoint quiz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21-page unit plan in editable PPTX and PDF formats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21-page protected preview PDF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor Style Moves colour classroom display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle Station Cards colour activity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGallery Walk Poster Guide colour activity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle Evidence Trail colour game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor Style Decision Cards colour game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle Snapshot black-and-white worksheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSentence Choices and Mood black-and-white worksheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDig into the Details black-and-white worksheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisual and Verbal Style black-and-white worksheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor Style Comparison black-and-white worksheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive matching worksheet answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-page Author Style Investigation assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo suggested assessment answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacteristics that Define an Author's Style rubric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLearning Focus\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify characteristics that contribute to an author's individual style.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocate and explain evidence of word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, imagery, tone, voice and point of view.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyse how language, visual and structural choices shape meaning, mood and reader response.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompare the styles of different authors using evidence from texts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply selected style choices in original writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eClassroom Use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproximately one week of Year 6 English lessons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhole-class explicit teaching and discussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiteracy rotations and gallery-walk activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall-group support or extension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependent close-reading and written-response practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummative assessment with suggested answers and rubric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFormats, Page Counts and Answers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX and printable PDF files. The unit plan contains 21 pages, the presentation has 16 slides and the quiz has 22 slides. Answer support includes five matching worksheet answer pages, two suggested assessment answer pages and answers within the quiz deck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDigital Product and Licence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital product; no physical item will be shipped. Purchase grants personal and single-classroom use for the purchaser. Files may be printed for the purchaser's own students. Do not resell, redistribute, share, alter for resale or upload the files to public or shared websites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sukindi Learning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67477804777517,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/1155\/8189\/files\/CharacteristicsthatDefineanAuthor_sStyleYear6TPTThumbnailOptions.jpg?v=1788408305","url":"https:\/\/sukindi.com.au\/products\/year-6-authors-style-unit","provider":"Sukindi Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}