discuss how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a readiness-year topic that builds towards the next NAPLAN year. Bloomi practises it as curriculum mastery, never test drilling.

What this looks like in the classroom

• examining an author’s choice of language to describe a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech
• discussing what is learnt about a character through dialogue such as their likes, dislikes or personal qualities
• identifying moments in the plot where characters are faced with choices, and commenting on how the author makes the reader care about their decisions and the consequences