Year 1 English · AC9E1LA05

Understand how print and screen texts are organised

understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal…

Ready to project and teach

Learning goalsSay it simply

1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Print and screen texts use features such as titles, headings, page numbers, contents, buttons, links and images to help readers navigate and understand.

Learning target: understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images

Big idea: Use book and screen features to find your way through texts

Learning routine: Look at feature → Name it → Say its job → Use it

Key conceptTeach from the board

2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Every feature has a job

title: names the textheading: names a sectionpage number: finds a pagebutton/link: moves on screen

Worked example

Question: Where would you look to find Chapter 3 quickly? The table of contents, because it lists parts and page numbers.

Use the feature that solves the problem

find a section → headingfind a page → page numbermove online → button/link

Feature hunt

Find and label five features in a book or screen text.

Guided practice

  1. Feature hunt — Find and label five features in a book or screen text.
    title / heading / link
  2. Feature job match — Match each feature to its job.
    page number → find a page
  3. Navigation challenge — Use a contents page or button to reach a target section.
    Go to Animals
Clean visual examplesOne-page board

Clean one-page examples

AC9E1LA05 - Understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images
Example 1

Every feature has a job title: names the text heading: names a section page number: finds a page button/link: moves on screen

Example 2

Worked example Question: Where would you look to find Chapter 3 quickly? The table of contents, because it lists parts and page numbers.

Example 3

Use the feature that solves the problem find a section → heading find a page → page number move online → button/link

Example 4

Feature hunt Find and label five features in a book or screen text.

Curriculum examplesCurriculum examples

Curriculum Coverage & Elaborations

The content description is the required target. The elaborations below are taught as examples and contexts, not as disconnected checklist wording.

  • E1: comparing the layout of print and digital texts; for example, the layout of print and images in an information book and the layout of information in an online text
Questions and answersWith answers

Revision Notes

  • Remember: Use book and screen features to find your way through texts
  • Use the routine: Look at feature → Name it → Say its job → Use it
  • Before answering: point to the clue in the spoken words, written sentence, image, page layout or text purpose.
  • Self-check: change the example slightly and see whether the same reasoning still works.
Practice and reviewReady for practice

3. Common Student Misconceptions

  • Names feature but not job: Always say what the feature helps the reader do.
  • Confuses title and heading: Title names the whole text; heading names a part.
  • Ignores screen features: Buttons, links and swipes also organise texts.

Practice Thought & Formative Assessment

Use a fresh, code-aligned example. The student should show the exact word, sound, sentence, image feature, audience clue or text evidence that supports the answer.

Quick checks

  • What does a page number help you do?
  • What is a heading for?
  • Name one screen-text feature.
  • Which feature names the whole text?

Mastery evidence

  • Name print features
  • Name screen features
  • Explain feature jobs
  • Navigate a text
Curriculum alignmentStart here

1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Print and screen texts use features such as titles, headings, page numbers, contents, buttons, links and images to help readers navigate and understand.

Learning target: understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images

Big idea: Use book and screen features to find your way through texts

Learning routine: Look at feature → Name it → Say its job → Use it

Related resourcesKeep teaching

Related Classroom Views

Continue through closely related Year 1 English concepts.

Explore all Year 1 English topics

Teach & ExplainTeaching slides and samples

Teach this topic step by step

Explore optional teaching slide packs for classroom lessons and explanations at home.

Browse Teach & Explain · Browse Print & Go

Teachers: follow SkillrHub on TPT, then email us to request a free sample before buying. Include the year, subject and topic or curriculum code.

Request a free sample

After trying the sample, honest feedback is welcome. A TPT review is optional, where available, and does not need to be positive.