Hydro Tasmania - Jane Crosswell (NAPLAN Writing Practice)

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 3 English:

• Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features (ACELY1680).
• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682).

Syllabus outcomes: EN2-2A, EN2-4A

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activity.

• Internet access
• Student Worksheet (one copy per student OR computers/tablets to access the online worksheet)
• Pen and paper for story writing

This lesson has been developed in partnership with  
Hydro Tasmania.

Hydro Tasmania has been at the forefront of clean energy innovation for one hundred years. It is Australia’s largest producer of clean energy – generating hydro and wind power – and the largest water manager. Hydro Tasmania has 55 major dams, operates 30 hydropower stations and has built some of Australia’s largest wind farms.

Hydro Tasmania also sells energy in the National Electricity Market through its retail business Momentum Energy, and sells its expertise internationally through its consulting business Entura.

Visit the Hydro Tasmania website to learn how the business is working towards Australia’s clean energy future.