PM Writing — The Big Books

Emergent exemplar texts

• Model a range of text types commonly taught in the early years of schooling
• Support oral language and vocabulary development
• Provide opportunities to build simple sentences for composing simple texts.

First spread

• Presents content in visual form
• Includes labels and verbs to build sentences

Teacher focus notes:

• Highlight key teaching points
• Provide quick access to the Teacher Portal

Second spread

• Uses words from the first spread in simple sentence structures

Third spread

• Builds upon the second spread sentences

Early to extending exemplar texts

• Model a range of text types commonly taught in the first eight years of school
• Present and deconstruct each text type
• Explore text structure and highlight key language features

First spread

• Presents text type in a visual form
• Discusses purpose and audience
• Allows retelling opportunities to support comprehension

Second spread

• Deconstructs the structure of the text type
• Provides a colour-coded key to support explicit discussion of each structural feature

Third spread

• Explores key language features of the text type
• Provides a colour-coded key to allow each language feature to be identified easily