Information and Inquiry · Informational Writing

Text Features and Navigation

Using headings, glossaries, and diagrams to extract information efficiently.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do subheadings help a reader predict the content of a technical passage?
  2. 2In what ways do diagrams provide information that text alone cannot convey?
  3. 3How does the organization of an index reflect the hierarchy of information in a book?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9E5LY03AC9E5LY04
Year: Year 5
Subject: English
Unit: Information and Inquiry
Period: Informational Writing

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