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84 Paired Chapter Books and 42 unique Perspectives titles.
FlyingStarttoLiteracy includes paired texts for Intermediate Phase and Perspectives – collections of additional short texts expanding on the big idea in the paired texts and presenting multiple points of view on the topic.
Informative Text for Guided Reading
Narrative Text for Guided Reading
“Perspectives is a thought-provoking collection that has the goal of stimulating evaluative and critical thinking while engaging learners with graphic organisers, literate conversations and persuasive writing. Learners will love the selection of short, authentic texts... teachers will love the resulting bursts of language, deep thinking and powerful persuasive writing.”
—Linda Hoyt, Series Consultant for Flying Start to Literacy’s Perspectives and author of 24 professional titles.
Flying Start Perspectives
Advanced Fluent Reading Stage Middle Primary Levels Q–S* Advanced Fluent Reading Stage Upper Primary Levels T–V* Competition and Sport Persuasive Biographies Narrative Animals and Work Report Narrative Persuasive Animals in Captivity Lesson Plans Content vocabulary architect aviary breeding programs nursery nutritionist home, glimpses some Have partner book record answers. pursuit suddenly waited. waited. Caroline Question Answer: Lesson Plan environment habitats reserves research species threaten belongs heartbroken Research the issue Record Allocate following Animals Captivity Design enclosure Animals Captivity Write poem Task cards outrageous Hyperbole: don’t PERSPECTIVES Should animals kept captivity? people animals should captivity. Animals captivity should stimulating enclosures Persuasive Report Narrative Education Lesson Plans cliff-face dumplings farmer mountain Ladder Chapter train platforms Chapter and games! beginning Chen Lesson Plan Discover unusual Research school’s history Design school future Include labels explain features makes futuristic school great Write personal recount Create radio announcement announcement (about words persuade listeners. Task cards PERSPECTIVES more than just learning? Example (include page number) Emotive language can this. child right education. Schools allow students opportunity Report Narrative Persuasive Deforestation Symbiotic Relationships Lesson Plans energy grooming symbiotic relationships between Information graphics Graphic Organiser Focus emotions swallowed uneasily Biological sciences Biological sciences Lesson Plan Koyobe nomadic Partnerships Research issue benefits? Why important? Complete data chart creature benefits, each plays Create diagram Choose symbiotic relationship from Choose relationship Task cards PERSPECTIVES Symbiotic relationships: Who wins, who loses? Report Report Narrative Narrative Persuasive Persuasive Protecting Unique Natural Habitats Report Narrative Persuasive Preserving Ecosystems Lesson Plans problem. threatening habitats. Literary language Nouns (abstract): buoyancy disease New knowledge destroying coral reefs? help Restoring Reefs Lesson Plan Antarctica biologist brumby/ies coral ecosystems environmental When diving PERSPECTIVES protect ecosystems? Report Narrative Persuasive Renewable Energy Living in Dangerous Places Report Narrative Persuasive Report Narrative Persuasive Space Exploration Protecting Uncontactable People Lesson Plans Making inferences communities expedition Flecheiros discover where breathlessly desperately silence Graphic Organiser Making inferences Graphic Organiser Thoughts feelings everything reading make inferences. What predict future these people? What beliefs have about best protect uncontacted people? Thoughts feelings Evidence Maya’s History: Lesson Plan Content vocabulary itself, must continue traditional lifestyle. Uncontacted People Create poster strongly about. Uncontacted People Conduct survey statement ranking imagined character. Practise interview present Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive devices Example (include page number) Emotive language PERSPECTIVES concepts different perspectives contacting people Recount Narrative Persuasive Lesson Plans vaporised navigation system. surfaced transmitted yanked Visual Page Information Photographs Diagrams Graphic Organiser Searching information Graphic Organiser Joe’s journey Choose photographs two diagrams. two points about information What do/say? does about sailing holiday system abandon jumps helps Sophie Curriculum Lesson Plan RemoveDebris satellites system space spacecraft universe holiday grandpa siblings. explore unknown, presentation others your Conduct survey statement: “Space exploration scale with being “strongly Write Make PowerPoint presentation that Choose one activities from this menu. Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive text devices PERSPECTIVES Should continue outrageous eating sugar? Similes metaphors Space exploration costly. Report Narrative Persuasive Archaeology and Ownership People Living in Harsh Environments Report Narrative Persuasive Report Narrative Persuasive Animal Extinction Online Privacy Versus Security Lesson Plans Privacy Internet Running Running Graphic Organiser Asking answering questions Graphic Organiser Eric’s events Before reading Recall knowledge: already Internet privacy? Chapter Chapter Inquire: What wonder about? tagged story story how affected Tagged! Lesson Plan Content vocabulary school? leave Watching Every Move Create information booklet Make precise. Watching Every Move Present role-play come role-play about present class. Watching Every Move Create realistic drawing drawing. Watching Every Move Make presentation Include reasons against Choose one activities menu Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive text devices paragraphs PERSPECTIVES surveillance cameras satellites security Report Narrative Persuasive Lesson Plans reproduce species surrogate theory wonder could DNA Running panicked realised sensed Graphic Organiser Important Points (VIPs) Graphic Organiser Setting Time and place Setting this setting Chapter Lesson Plan Content vocabulary conservationists de-extinction deoxyribonucleic descends dinosaurs ecological Conduct interview Create realistic drawing paragraph about animal. “how” questions. PowerPoint presentation Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive text devices Inclusive language PERSPECTIVES Should bring back extinct species? concepts Report Narrative Persuasive Health and the Community Exploring Dangerous Places Report Narrative Persuasive Report Narrative Persuasive Preserving Holiday Destinations Protecting Rivers Lesson Plans drought efficiently Europeans population gums snowmelt system Lesson Plan village mountaintop. travel Research your school’s history Design school future Include labels explain features Write personal recount experience. Create radio announcement importance education. Task cards PERSPECTIVES more than learning? Device Example (include page number) Emotive language Report Narrative Persuasive Lesson Plans Figurative language: Lesson Plan visitors geological Conduct survey beach, national park, Compile results present Create poster Holiday Destinations Write personal recount went holiday. Holiday Destinations Present television interview Work group and tourist resident popular Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive devices kiwi flightless Rhetorical question People something paragraphs PERSPECTIVES How protect holiday destinations from too many visitors? tourism damage environment problems Report Narrative Persuasive Photography, Power and Privacy Children and Work Interview Narrative Persuasive Biography Narrative Persuasive Robots in our World Leadership Lesson Plans Reading strategies danger discovery technology-free impacted Literary language Literary adverbs: anxiously enviously excitedly systems Lesson Plan explored many partner, research skills Design robot usually humans. Allocate following roles: Create advertisement Include details entails. values Choose activities from this menu. Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive devices flightless bird. Quotes expert PERSPECTIVES Report Narrative Persuasive Lesson Plans Content vocabulary Leading action activism challenges racism refugees rights devastated. overcame discrimination family butterflies raced stomach Eddie Mabo Goldstein Graphic Organiser Leaders: Similarities differences Graphic Organiser Mitchell’s fight Unlikely Leader redeveloped. council meeting, about each event. how Mitchell actions took. responsibilities Roles responsibilities Lesson Plan empathy influential inspiration leaders/ship motivate movement open-minded opposition tirelessly women Create information booklet Include pictures and/or diagrams. Create poster know leader inspires between reporter Make presentation Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive devices Imperatives/commands plants. PERSPECTIVES Who leader concepts Biographies Narrative Persuasive *Levels indicated by letters Q-V are comparable to the Guided Reading levels of Fountas and Pinnell *Levels indicated by letters Q-V are comparable to the Guided Reading levels of Fountas and Pinnell *Levels indicated by letters Q-V are comparable to the Guided Reading levels of Fountas and Pinnell Paired books plus a collection of short texts focused on a single issue Fluent Plus Reading Stage Guided Reading Levels 25–30 Pet Ownership Report Narrative Persuasive Making Healthy Food Choices Explanation Narrative Persuasive What Do We Value? Historical recount Narrative Persuasive Food Waste Report Narrative Persuasive Breaking Stereotypes Report Narrative Persuasive Animal Protection Report Narrative Persuasive Bravery Explanation Narrative Persuasive Living With Dangerous Animals Explanation Narrative Persuasive Vital Role of Insects Explanation Narrative Persuasive Water Sustainability Argument Narrative Persuasive Ocean Threats Explanation Narrative Persuasive Feeling Fear Report Myth/Fable Persuasive Homes or Shelters Report Narrative Persuasive Fire: Friend or Enemy? Explanation Narrative Persuasive Plastic Waste Explanation Narrative Persuasive Deforestation Argument Narrative Persuasive Persistence and Achievements Factual recount Narrative Persuasive Design and Technology Factual recount Narrative Persuasive NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
Flying Start Paired Texts
We have continued our award-winning formula of pairing a narrative text with an informative text, connected by a big idea.
Informative texts present the big ideas around a topic. They go beyond learners’ personal experiences and include a range of features including primary sources that support the text.
Narrative texts reflect the big ideas through their characters and plots. They feature plots with sub-plots, non-sequential treatment of time, and a range of literary devices.
Lesson Plans for the pair encourage higher-level thinking and provide opportunities for learners to write in response both to the text and to their collaborative conversations.
Graphic organisers to extend learners’ thinking.
Provides Before, During, and After Reading guidance for teachers
Lesson Plans Content vocabulary Reading strategies Privacy and the Internet Asking and answering questions anonymity anonymous browsers digital technology facial recognition identity theft Internet invasion location mobile phone monitor permission posted privacy profile sites social networks tag upload website When an embarrassing video is posted online, Eric learns that the Internet never forgets. Can the video be taken down? not easy to leave your past behind when it Running words: 2532 Text type: Narrative Imagine if every move you made was recorded. You don’t have to imagine it, just go online – because that’s exactly what’s happening on the Internet. What does privacy mean in the digital age and what can you do to protect yourself? Running words: 1832 Text type: Report Advanced Fluent reading stage Level V Literary language Figurative language: felt my stomach tighten grew red with anger Text connectives to indicate time: Just then The next morning Throughout the day embarrassed figured forgotten invaded named pretended remember wish wonder Graphic Organiser 1: Asking and answering questions Graphic Organiser 2: Eric’s events Flying Start to Literacy Lesson Plans Privacy and the Internet/Tagged! © 2021 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. Name/s: Before reading Recall prior knowledge: What do you already know about the Internet and privacy? Engage: What questions would you like to ask about the Internet and privacy? During reading – Clarifying understandings For each chapter, record one new thing you learnt and one question you have. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 After reading Reflect: What was the most interesting or surprising thing you learnt? Inquire: What do you still wonder about? Event How did Eric feel? What did he do? What did Eric learn? What does this tell you about Eric’s personality? Eric finds out he’s been tagged in a video … and he’s on a baby blog! Eric finds out that his friend Phillip posted the video Phillip shares his story with Eric about how he reacted when Tasha teased him Eric and his mum look into removing the basketball video Name: Think about the events in the story and how they affected Eric. Curriculum links Privacy and the Internet Technologies: Engineering principles and systems Tagged! Technologies: Engineering principles and systems international copyright conventions, applicable the jurisdictions which trademark of EC Licensing Pty Ltd Australia and New Zealand. exceed the number reasonably required by the purchaser for its teaching purposes; (b) stored transmitted by any means; (c) those copies are not sold, hired, lent or offered www.ecpublishing.com.au/contact-us Tagged! Linking character development to events in the plot FS AUS LP G5 Privacy and the Internet Tagged.indd 1-3 Sharing photos online Photos contain a lot of information. Of course, people can see your face, but they might also see items in your room or house. Maybe they see a computer in the background –something thieves might want to steal. And there’s even more information beyond what’s in the image. The photos also record when the pictures were taken, the location and the type of cameras that took them. When the photos are uploaded, the social media and site might also recognise and tag people’s faces. That means when other people look at the photos, they can see that other information. They can learn your name, where you live, when you’re home and what kind of phones or cameras your friends own. That’s a lot of personal information! Your privacy and social media Let’s say you have some friends over to your house. Your friends take pictures of you with their phones. Then your friends upload the photos to social media. Have your friends invaded your privacy? It all depends. Have you given them permission? What other information is being shared in those photos? It might be more than you realise. Did you know? Hundreds of millions of photos are shared on the Internet every day. Some estimates say there are more than one trillion photos online. That’s more than 100 times the number of humans on Earth. Chances are you are in some of those photos and don’t even know it. Chapter 2 10 11 Just then, got a text from my friend Phillip. I started to text back, but figured there was no point. I threw the phone on the couch and picked up my backpack. I had homework to do. immediately turned red with anger. A star? That’s not how saw it. Ignoring my last question, Phillip sent a picture of the two of us making faces in the camera. I did remember. Phillip and had gone to the neighbourhood swimming pool together and started taking goofy selfies. We pretended to be bodybuilders. I thought was angry before, but now I was absolutely livid. always knew you had a good head on your shoulders. mean, you really know how to use your head! You’re a head above the rest! Phillip 11:05 AM Not happy. Me = fool Eric 11:06 AM Phillip 11:07 AM How would you like to look like a fool on the Internet? And who is everyone?? Remember last week at the pool? Phillip 11:09 AM Yeah. So? Eric 11:10 AM Those photos embarrassed me. didn’t think you would care about the video. Phillip 11:10 AM YOU DID THIS?? It’s no big deal! Phillip 11:11 AM I’m so embarrassed. can’t ever go to school again! Oh relax. You’ll get over it. Phillip 11:13 AM Nah, it’s funny. You’re a Everyone’s sharing it. 12 13
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Flying Start Perspectives
Extend learners’ thinking with additional points of views on the issues introduced in the paired texts.
Core questions guide readers in recognising multiple points of view.
Flying Start Perspectives Lesson Plans help teachers engage and support learners in critical discussions, assist them in recognising different points of view, and then to write about it.
Introduce the book Setting the task Independent partner work Thinking and talking circle Further reading Setting the task Students read the last three articles, “Controlling social media”, “What’s the password?” and “A live map Earth: Creepy or cool?”. Say: As you read, think about the question: is the balance between privacy and security? Share with your partner any new ideas you have after reading these articles. Independent partner work Students revisit the graphic organiser. Say: With your partner, complete your graphic organiser. Add any further points to the T-chart, mark on the line where you think the balance between privacy and security lies, and write about why you have this perspective. Thinking and talking circle Students discuss their completed graphic organisers with the group. Now that you have read and discussed all the articles, reflect on how your ideas and opinions may have changed. Invite students to share their ideas. Reading closely Setting the task In pairs, students choose one article to read closely. Say: As you reread the article, imagine you are leaning close with magnifying glass notice more and think deeply. Think about the language the author uses and record examples, such as emotive language, short sentences and rhetorical questions. Independent partner work Thinking and talking circle PERSPECTIVES Watching Every Move You Make: Privacy vs. Security Read the text Setting the task Independent partner work Thinking and talking circle Writing a persuasive text Setting the task Say: Authors persuasive texts use range of devices to influence and persuade the reader. Before we write, we are going identify some Introduce the Graphic Organiser: Persuasive text devices. With the students, discuss the persuasive text devices on the graphic organiser. Say: Revisit the articles in the book and record examples of persuasive Students share the features of persuasive texts they have Independent partner work Say: Use the information you have gathered, plus your own personal opinions, write persuasive argument. Remember support your argument with evidence. Highlight your opinions so the reader knows exactly what you think. Present the graphic organiser What is your opinion? How to write persuasive argument (see PERSPECTIVES Watching Every Move You Make: Privacy vs. Security, page 24). Students work with their partner, independent of the teacher, to create persuasive argument. Remind students to use persuasive text devices to strengthen their argument. Thinking and talking circle Partners bring their completed persuasive arguments to group discussion. As each pair presents their persuasive argument, the rest of the group identifies the persuasive features and provides feedback. Graphic Organiser: What is the balance? Students can complete one or more the task cards provided. The activities on the task cards will extend students’ understanding of the issues, challenge their thinking and foster further interest the topic. The activities cater for range of learning styles and provide students with the opportunity to share their knowledge and opinions in variety ways. Privacy information and your life private Security systems to “keep watch” Privacy Security What do you value most? Privacy or security? Explain your perspective. Lesson Plan List of articles Why spy? Keeping your data safe: Does it matter? Controlling social media What’s the password? A live map of Earth: Creepy or cool? Content vocabulary authentication cyber security disconnected hacked/er/ing live map livestream login monitor/ed online password privacy satellite security social media account surveillance tracking device traffic cameras When an embarrassing video is posted never forgets. Can the video be taken down? How does he face his friends at school? It’s not easy to leave your past Imagine every move you made was recorded. You don’t have to imagine it, just go online because that’s exactly what’s happening on the Internet. What does can you do to protect yourself? Paired connected texts 1 Watching Every Move You Make Create an information booklet 2 Watching Every Move You Make Present a role-play Work in group of three or four, and come up with role-play about a time when social media went “wrong”. This could be either a real or imagined Allocate the roles, practise your role-play Watching Every Move Make a presentation Make PowerPoint presentation that summarises the issues around surveillance and your privacy and Include reasons for and against the use of surveillance systems. Choose one of the activities from this menu Task cards Graphic Organiser: Persuasive text devices Device Example (include page number) When was a child … Emotive Language outrageous that such PERSPECTIVES reading stage What is the balance between privacy and security? Key concepts Strong passwords can be used to keep social media accounts private. To keep people safe, surveillance cameras and satellites monitor much of our activity. People have different views on what the balance between privacy and security should be. Through the teaching and learning model embedded in the Lesson Plans, learners build a metacognitive understanding of their own learning process. Issue: Online Privacy Versus Security Flying Start Perspectives Lesson Plan: • Inquiry • Independent Partner Work • Thinking and Talking Circles • Reading Closely • Writing a Persuasive Argument LEARNER C O L L A B O NOITAR AEL R N E R I N Q U I RY Paired Texts Lesson Plans: • Exploring Vocabulary • Establishing Strategy Focus • Reading with Teacher Support • Working with a partner • Quick Write • Talk About the Book • Vocabulary Reflection • Strategy Reflection CONTACT US Kilayne Pelser Agency and Digital Sales Manager ( 076 994 0985 * Kilayne.Pelser@macmillaneducation.co.za Nicole Smith Agency and Digital Sales Consultant ( 082 944 6968 * Nicole.Smith@macmillaneducation.co.za Flying Start Perspectives is unique. The titles contain short texts in a magazine-style format and include posters, arguments, discussions, letters and visual images. With over half the people in the world online daily, should we be worried about cyber safety? Nic Gillespie tells us what he thinks about keeping his personal data safe. How does he try to convince you? Do you agree with Nic? Keeping your data safe: Does it matter? Cyber security is important in today’s world, but the chances of being hacked are minimal. Setting up basic protection for social media accounts and changing passwords regularly will protect your online data. Around 22 per cent of people have reported being hacked at some point online, but only 2 per cent of these people could confidently say they never shared their password or had a two-factor authentication set up. My social media accounts have been hacked. Straightaway, changed my password and set up a two-factor authentication for login. Since then, have never had any problems with my accounts’ security. A few basic security settings will increase your accounts’ safety exponentially and protect your information.
