English / Foundation Level / Language / Text structure and organisation
Content description
Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, including directionality
Elaborations
learning about print: direction of print and return sweep, spaces between words
learning that Standard Australian English in written texts is read from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and that direction of print may differ in other cultures, for example Japanese texts
learning about front and back covers; title and author, layout and navigation of digital/screen texts
learning about simple functions of keyboard and mouse including typing letters, scrolling, selecting icons and drop-down menu
