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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Case Studies
CASE STUDY 3
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support from the teacher to identify important information he wants to emphasise
and to record appropriate non-verbal cues on his notes
provision of word lists to help him identify:
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fact versus opinion
words indicating modality.
Selection of outcomes and content
Using the evidence of learning from the assessment for speaking and listening, reading and
writing strands, the following outcomes and content were selected for the teaching and
learning experiences below.
Outcomes and content – Case Study 3
Outcomes
Students
EN3-1A
• plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and
communicates effectively for a variety of
audiences and purposes using increasingly
challenging topics, ideas, issues and language
sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for
defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices
for modality and emphasis
forms and feature
• use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning
and interpreting non-verbal cues and choose vocabulary and
vocal effects appropriate for different audiences and purposes
• use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken
interactions such as voice volume, tone, pitch and pace,
according to group size, formality of interaction and needs
and expertise of the audience
• use and describe language forms and features of spoken texts
appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts
• develop criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of spoken texts
EN3-3A
uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and
• navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying
knowledge to read, view and comprehend a
appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting
wide range of texts in different media and
and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning
technologies
EN3-2A
composes, edits and presents well-structured
• explore and analyse the effectiveness of informative and
and coherent texts
persuasive devices in texts
• compose texts that include sustained and effective use of
persuasive devices, eg texts dealing with environmental issues
• assess the reliability of resources, including digital resources,
when researching topics
EN3-5B
discusses how language is used to achieve a
• consider and develop sustained arguments and discussions
widening range of purposes for a widening
supported by evidence
range of audiences
