"Students in years 5 to 8 need to read and write using the written forms of the English language at increasingly sophisticated levels, for a wide range of purposes, and within learning contexts across the curriculum. They need to be able to communicate using patterns that may be unfamiliar or challenging, including emerging patterns of electronic communication and the academic kinds of discourse used in more formal cross-curricula learning at secondary school and beyond."
Effective literacy practice in years 5-8, p. 18
The diagram below explores the teaching practices that make up a comprehensive literacy programme for years 5–8.
Expanding students' vocabulary
Expanding students' vocabularyDeveloping knowledge for literacy learning
Developing knowledge for literacy learningDeveloping awareness as a reader and a writer
Developing awareness as a reader and a writerSounds and words
Motivation and engagement
Motivation and engagementThe development of knowledge, strategies, and awareness
The development of knowledge, strategies, and awarenessAccelerating Writing Progress in Years 7 and 8
Accelerating writing Progress in Years 7 and 8Developing strategies for reading
Developing strategies for reading