Year 2 English · AC9E2LY01

Identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts

Two texts can cover the same topic but select, organise and present information differently because their purposes and audiences differ

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Two texts can cover the same topic but select, organise and present information differently because their purposes and audiences differ.

Learning target: identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts

Big idea: Identify how different text types present similar information

Learning routine: Identify shared topic → Identify text type → Compare information → Compare presentation

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2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Compare the same topic across texts

story about a stormweather reportsafety postersame topic, different presentation

The story may create experience; the report gives facts; the poster gives actions.

Use a comparison frame

both textsonly text Aonly text Bdifferent purpose

Compare both content and presentation.

Sort and notice

Read two short texts on one topic and sort shared and unique information.

Guided practice

  1. Sort and notice — Read two short texts on one topic and sort shared and unique information.
  2. Build or improve — Complete a comparison chart for structure, language, images and purpose.
  3. Explain your choice — Use the words topic, text type, compare to explain what you changed and why.
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Clean one-page examples

AC9E2LY01 - Identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts
Example 1

story about a storm weather report safety poster same topic, different presentation

Example 2

both texts only text A only text B different purpose

Example 3

Compare the same topic across texts story about a storm weather report safety poster same topic, different presentation The story may create experience; the report gives facts; the poster gives actions.

Example 4

Use a comparison frame both texts only text A only text B different purpose Compare both content and presentation.

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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: reading a poem, narrative and informative text about lifecycles and discussing what is learnt
  • E2: exploring recipes presented on food packets, in recipe books, in short video clips and in a digital form, noting their shared purpose
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Revision Notes

  • Remember: Identify how different text types present similar information
  • Use the routine: Identify shared topic → Identify text type → Compare information → Compare presentation
  • 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

  • Comparing unrelated details: Begin with the shared topic and the question being investigated.
  • Only saying different: Name exactly what is presented differently and why.
  • 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

  • Can a story and report share a topic?
  • What might differ?
  • What can both texts include?
  • Why does purpose matter?

Mastery evidence

  • Identify shared topic
  • Identify text types
  • Find shared information
  • Find differences
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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Two texts can cover the same topic but select, organise and present information differently because their purposes and audiences differ.

Learning target: identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts

Big idea: Identify how different text types present similar information

Learning routine: Identify shared topic → Identify text type → Compare information → Compare presentation

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