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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 5 will be exploring figurative language features and how speech is used in narrative. They will use the book The Pen Pal Club to identify these features then generate their own sentences using these features appropriately to create interesting examples of writing. Students will then write a letter to their chosen pen pal, using the features they have explored.  \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  \nStudents will understand:  \n● How to recognise and use personification in their writing  \n● How to use speech effectively in their writing  \n● How to lay out an informal letter  \nResources  \n● The Pen Pal Club by Sally Morgan  \n● Small whiteboards, one for each student  \n● Scissors  \n● Envelopes  \n● Stamps  \n● Student workbooks  \n● 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 5-English Outcomes  \n● Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1701) .  \n● Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704) .  \n● Re-read and edit student’s own and others’work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features (ACELY1705) .  \n● Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic (ACELY1706) .  \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 ca","cbCaidw0D8GONpur","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidw0D8GONpur","pdf",3997436,"English","# Lesson overview\n## Learning intentions\n## Resources\n## Assessment\n## Australian Curriculum links\n## Differentiation\n## General capabilities and priorities\n## Introduction\n## Activity 1\n## Activity 2","[{\"question\":\"What language features do Year 5 students focus on in this lesson?\",\"answer\":\"Students focus on figurative language features, especially personification, and learn how to use speech effectively in narrative writing.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the final task students complete?\",\"answer\":\"Students write an informal letter to their chosen pen pal, using the features explored during the activities and applying an appropriate letter layout.\"},{\"question\":\"How can teachers adapt the activities for different student needs?\",\"answer\":\"Activities are differentiated for support, core, and extension levels, and teachers are encouraged to change or update activities to suit diverse learner needs.\"}]","Pen Pal Club - Year 5 Lesson Plan: Figurative Language and Speech | PDF",1789562555]