Bible Literacy F-6

Unit 1

Explore our classroom-ready Bible Literacy program, which is aligned with Australian standards and built on effective teaching principles.

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Starter Lessons

Unit Overviews

Foundation Year: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Foundation Year Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Foundation Year students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9EFLY05: use comprehensive strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
  • AC9EFLE02: respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their characters and events
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 1: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Year 1 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 1 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9EFLY05: use comprehensive strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
  • AC9EFLE02: respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their characters and events
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 2: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions
Year 2 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 2 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:
  • AC9E2LE02: Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences.
  • AC9E2LE03: Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways.
  • AC9E2LY05: Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning.
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 3: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Year 3 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 3 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9E3LA09: Identify how images extend the meaning of a text.
  • AC9EFLE02: Discuss connections between personal experiences and character experiences in literary texts and share personal preferences.
  • AC9E3LY02: Use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas.
  • AC9E3LY03: Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts through their use of language features and/or images.
  • AC9E3LY05: Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features.
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 4: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Year 4 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 4 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9E4LA01: Explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations.
  • AC9E4LA10: Explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image and salience on composition of still and moving images in texts.
  • AC9E4LY05: Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts.
  • AC9E4LY06: Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation.
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 5: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Year 5 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 5 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9E5LY01: Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created.
  • AC9E5LY02: Use appropriate interaction skills, including paraphrasing and questioning, to clarify meaning, make connections to own experience, and present and justify an opinion or idea.
  • AC9E5LY05: Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas.
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

Year 6: Bible Literacy

Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions

Year 6 Unit 1: Bible Literacy is a religion unit for Year 6 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Content Description:

  • AC9E6LY05: Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources.
  • AC9E6LA07: Identify and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning.
  • AC9E6LA02: Understand the uses of objective and subjective language and identify bias.
  • AC9E6LA04: Understand that cohesion can be created by the intentional use of repetition, and the use of word associations.
Assessment

Progressive Assessment
An optional progress test will be completed in week 4 of the unit.

Summative Assessment
A summative assessment will be completed in week 9 of the unit.

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