identify and explain characteristics that define an author's individual style

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

• exploring 2 or more texts by the same author, identifying similarities; for example, subject or theme, characterisation, text structure, plot development, tone, vocabulary, voice, favoured grammatical structures and visual techniques in picture books, and determining the qualities that characterise an author's style
• focusing on a First Nations Australian author and identifying characteristic elements of their writing; for example, images, theme and language
• comparing similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and identifying the characteristics that define an author’s style; for example, comparing illustrations in picture books by the same illustrator, noting characteristic features