English - Unit 2: The Author's Toolkit - LESSON PLANS - Year 6

Tired of spending your weekends planning? Transform your Year 6 English lessons with this complete, 9-week inquiry-based unit that brings narrative craft, authorial style and the excitement of the publishing world to life!

Step into the world of "Unit 2: The Author's Toolkit," a comprehensive English unit designed to save you time and deeply engage your Year 6 students. This unit focuses on building a strong foundation in narrative writing and literary analysis: "stealing like an artist" to master style, constructing complex sentences, utilising vivid language and creating professional published texts.

Packed with creative, hands-on activities, this unit will transform your classroom into a dynamic, inquiry-based "Writers' Workshop" where students don't just learn about writing—they become Authors, Editors, Illustrators and Literary Critics working together to launch a bestselling story.

What's Inside?

This 9-week unit is meticulously planned to help you deliver exceptional English lessons with confidence. You will find:

• 9 Weeks of Engaging Lesson Plans: Guide your students through a journey of discovery, from holding a 'Banned Words Funeral' for boring verbs , to performing an 'Author Autopsy' to diagnose style , acting as 'Sentence Surgeons' to graft clauses , and showcasing their published book at the final 'Book Launch'.
• Australian Curriculum Aligned: This unit is fully aligned with the Year 6 English curriculum. It explicitly covers key content descriptors including AC9E6LE03 (Author's Style) , AC9E6LE05 (Adapting Literary Texts) , AC9E6LA05 (Complex Sentences & Embedded Clauses) , AC9E6LA06 (Vivid Verbs & Adverb Groups) , AC9E6LA08 (Figurative Language) and AC9E6LA09 (Dialogue Punctuation).
• Hands-On & Experiential Learning: Foster genuine understanding with interactive and creative activities that make grammatical concepts memorable and impactful. Imagine your students playing "Verb Charades" to understand nuance , using scissors and glue to physically build complex sentences , using highlighters to "renovate" drafts , and experiencing the pride of reading from the "Author's Chair".
• Built-in Assessment & Differentiation: Effortlessly monitor student progress through natural observation opportunities embedded in each activity. Every lesson includes clear support (e.g., word banks) and extension tasks (e.g., writing from a villain's perspective) to cater to all learners in your classroom.
• Early Career Connections: Expose students to potential future pathways by weaving career education into every lesson. Connect activities to the work of a Novelist, Screenwriter, Editor, Technical Writer, Illustrator or Publisher.
• Summative Assessment Task: Conclude the unit with a comprehensive "The Author's Toolkit" task, where students adapt a classic tale into a modern Australian context, complete with a student-friendly rubric for marking both the narrative craft and the published product.

Cover Your Entire Year of English!

This is Unit 2 of a comprehensive 4-unit bundle for Year 6. Together, these four units cover all key aspects of the Year 6 English Curriculum, providing you with a full year's worth of engaging, high-quality English lessons focusing on:

• Unit 1: The Ad Agency Challenge (Persuasion, Media & Bias)
• Unit 2: The Author's Toolkit (Narrative Craft & Style)
• Unit 3: Global Voices (Literature, Culture & Context)
• Unit 4: The Truth Seekers (Informative Texts & News Reports)

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Download "Unit 2: The Author's Toolkit" today and ignite a passion for creative writing and storytelling in your classroom!