Task Card One Page Story: Bushranger

Student Name:
Year Level: 5/6
ACARA Outcome/s:
Students are to create a one-page story about a day,
Curriculum Areas: or a week in the life of a bushranger. They will use
English and History their research on bush rangers to inform their
writing to create accurate texts.

 Use comprehension strategies to interpret and
analyse information and ideas, comparing content
from a variety of textual sources including media and
digital texts (ACELY1713).
 Locate and collect relevant information and data
from primary sources and secondary sources
(ACHASSI123).
 The role that a significant individual or group played
in shaping a colony (ACHASSK110)
Task Summary
Students are to research Peter Lalor and design, create
and produce a tri-fold brochure using publisher. They
must include:
 A title page, with appropriate image, title and
student’s name.
 Middle Sections:
o Easy to read information about Peter
Lalor. In your own words, no copy and
paste.
o Who is Peter Lalor?
o Where is he from?
o What did he achieve?
o What were his challenges?
o Was his movement successful?
o How was he responsible for the Eureka
Stockade?
 Include a map of where he is from.
Year 5: Plan, draft and publish imaginative and
informative texts, choosing text structures, language
features, images and sound appropriate to purpose
and audience (ACELY1704)
Year 6: Plan, draft and publish imaginative and
informative, choosing and experimenting
with text structures, language features, images and
digital resources appropriate to purpose
and audience (ACELY1714)
Used research to gather information /2
for writing an accurate piece.
Use of paragraphs to present and /2
sequence a text.
Use of appropriate grammatical /3
features, including relevant verb tense,
correct sentence structures, adverb
and noun groups/phrases for effective
descriptions.
Correct vocabulary, including technical /2
vocabulary, appropriate to purpose and
context.
Informative introduction explaining, /2
who, what, when, where, and why.
Correct sequence of events, /2
chronological order.
Correct spelling, grammar, and /5
punctuation.
Images connect directly to the text. /2
Total /20