Year 2 English · AC9E2LA05

Navigate print and screen texts using chapters, tables of contents, indexes, side-bar menus, drop-down menus or links

Navigation features help readers locate information without reading every page or screen. Different features suit different searches

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Navigation features help readers locate information without reading every page or screen. Different features suit different searches.

Learning target: navigate print and screen texts using chapters, tables of contents, indexes, side-bar menus, drop-down menus or links

Big idea: Use chapters, contents pages, indexes, menus and links efficiently

Learning routine: Decide what you need → Choose navigation feature → Follow location → Check information

Key conceptTeach from the board

2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Choose the right navigation feature

chapter: read a sectioncontents: find a broad topicindex: find a specific wordmenu or link: move on screen

The best feature depends on whether the search is broad or specific.

Follow print and digital pathways

topic → contents → pagekeyword → index → pagemenu → sectionlink → related information

Check that the destination answers the original question.

Sort and notice

Race to locate three facts using a contents page and an index.

Guided practice

  1. Sort and notice — Race to locate three facts using a contents page and an index.
  2. Build or improve — Draw a simple website map showing a home page, side menu and two links.
  3. Explain your choice — Use the words navigate, index, menu to explain what you changed and why.
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Clean one-page examples

AC9E2LA05 - Navigate print and screen texts using chapters, tables of contents, indexes, side-bar menus, drop-down menus or links
Example 1

chapter: read a section contents: find a broad topic index: find a specific word menu or link: move on screen

Example 2

topic → contents → page keyword → index → page menu → section link → related information

Example 3

Choose the right navigation feature chapter: read a section contents: find a broad topic index: find a specific word menu or link: move on screen The best feature depends on whether the search is broad or specific.

Example 4

Follow print and digital pathways topic → contents → page keyword → index → page menu → section link → related information Check that the destination answers the original question.

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: recognising how numbered chapters, organisation of tables of content and alphabetical order of indexes operate to support access to information
  • E2: exploring how the navigation tools of different websites can be used to locate information
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Revision Notes

  • Remember: Use chapters, contents pages, indexes, menus and links efficiently
  • Use the routine: Decide what you need → Choose navigation feature → Follow location → Check information
  • 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.
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3. Common Student Misconceptions

  • Reading from page one every time: Use navigation features to move directly to likely information.
  • Confusing contents and index: Contents lists sections; an index lists specific terms, usually alphabetically.
  • Answer without evidence: Point to the word, sentence, image, sound pattern or text feature that supports the answer.

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 contents page show?
  • When is an index useful?
  • What does a link do?
  • Why check the destination?

Mastery evidence

  • Use chapters
  • Use contents pages
  • Use indexes
  • Use menus
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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Navigation features help readers locate information without reading every page or screen. Different features suit different searches.

Learning target: navigate print and screen texts using chapters, tables of contents, indexes, side-bar menus, drop-down menus or links

Big idea: Use chapters, contents pages, indexes, menus and links efficiently

Learning routine: Decide what you need → Choose navigation feature → Follow location → Check information

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