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Schools may wish to set up a pen pal system with students at another school in Australia or encourage the students to choose their own pen pal. Register [for](for The Pen Pal Club at auspost.com)[ The Pen Pal Club](for The Pen Pal Club at auspost.com)[ at](for The Pen Pal Club at auspost.com)[ ](for The Pen Pal Club at auspost.com)[auspost.com](for The Pen Pal Club at auspost.com). au/penpalclub to assist you in arranging pen pals for your students.  \nThe activities throughout this lesson will use the book The Pen Pal Club by Sally Morgan as a stimulus for writing letters to pen pals and exploring features of writing, from the very basic to the more complex. This lesson will primarily focus on the Literacy strand of the English curriculum however students will also explore aspects of the Language and Literature strands. Year 3 students will be exploring different types of sentences; the sentence types that appear in The Pen Pal Club; improving sentences of their own content and constructing a letter to their chosen pen pal containing a range of sentence types to show their learning.  \nTeachers may choose to organise an excursion to the local Post Office for students to post their letters at the end of these activities. This is a great opportunity for students to ask questions and expand their knowledge about [the Australian postal system. Email](the Australian postal system. Email penpalclub@auspost.com.au to arrange a tour of your local Post Office)[ ](the Australian postal system. Email penpalclub@auspost.com.au to arrange a tour of your local Post Office)[penpalclub@auspost.com.au](the Australian postal system. Email penpalclub@auspost.com.au to arrange a tour of your local Post Office)[ to arrange a tour of your local Post Office](the Australian postal system. Email penpalclub@auspost.com.au to arrange a tour of your local Post Office).  \nLearning intentions Resources  \nStudents will understand: ● The Pen Pal Club by Sally Morgan  \n● How to use detail to add interest to their writing ● Envelopes  \n● How to recognise different types of sentences ● Stamps  \n● How to write different types of sentences ● Supplementary interactive whiteboard (IWB) resources  \nFor schools that do not have access to an IWB, please be aware that the resources can be downloaded or accessed on personal devices or used as a reference if teachers choose to provide their own resources.  \n[auspost.com.au/penpalclub](auspost.com.au/penpalclub) 1  \nAssessment  \n● Group discussions  \n● Group work (supervised)  \n● Self assessment activities  \n● Peer assessment activities  \n● Summative tasks (addressed envelope and letter)  \nAustralian Curriculum links  \nYear 3-English Outcomes  \n● Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682) .  \n● Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choicesand punctuation (ACELY1683) .  \n● Write using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size (ACELY1684) .  \nDifferentiation  \nAs with all our lessons teachers are encouraged to change or update the activities in order to cater to diverse student needs.  \nThe activities in this unit have been differentiated for three ability levels (support, core and extension) with differing levels of support.  \nGeneral capabilities  \n Literacy  \n Critical and Creative Thinking  Personal and Social Capability  Intercultural Understanding  \nCross curriculum priorities  \nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (depending on school context)  \nIntroduction  \n1. Gather the class as a group and read the book The Pen Pal Club by Sally Morgan.  \n2.","cbCaitN4cIKTJCaf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitN4cIKTJCaf","pdf",4074385,"English","# Different Types of Sentences - Year 3 Lesson overview\n## Lesson overview\n## Learning intentions\n## Assessment\n## Australian Curriculum links\n## Differentiation\n## Introduction\n## Activity 1\n## Main body-Part 1\n## Main body-Part 2","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this Year 3 lesson?\",\"answer\":\"Students explore sentence types and punctuation while writing a letter to their own pen pal, culminating in a completed addressed envelope and letter.\"},{\"question\":\"Which book is used as a stimulus for writing?\",\"answer\":\"The lesson uses The Pen Pal Club by Sally Morgan to model writing features and sentence types for pen pal letters.\"},{\"question\":\"How do students demonstrate learning and how is it assessed?\",\"answer\":\"Assessment includes group discussions and work, self-assessment activities, peer assessment, and summative tasks using an addressed envelope and letter.\"}]","Different Types of Sentences - Year 3 Lesson Overview | PDF",1789562465,6]