Words to know
produce
To make the finished, polished version of a text.
publish
To share a final text with an audience.
present
To share a text with an audience in person or by recording, often aloud.
effect
The feeling or reaction you want your audience to have.
layout
How words, images and white space are arranged on a page or screen.
reflect
To think carefully about what you did, what worked and what you'll do next.
next step
A specific, doable goal for improving next time.
Remember from Grade 5
In Grade 5 you used design techniques like contrast, alignment and white space, chose digital tools to create an effect, explained how your choices helped your message, and wrote specific next steps.
In Grade 6 you'll select techniques and tools on purpose from a wider range, analyse how well your published text worked, and compare strategies and tools to plan your growth as a creator.
Producing: select techniques and tools for an effect
Ask: What effect do I want? Then choose tools and techniques that create it.
- Calm and serious: simple fonts, lots of white space, muted design.
- Exciting and energetic: bold title, action photos, short punchy text.
- Easy to follow: numbered steps, headings, diagrams.
Tools might include a word processor, a slideshow or design tool, a drawing app, an audio recorder, a video editor, or paper, markers and a ruler. The best tool is the one that helps your audience, not the fanciest one.
Publishing and presenting
Choose where your audience will find the text: a class bulletin board, a school newsletter, a family email, a class website (with permission and privacy rules), a reading at an assembly, or a recording.
When presenting aloud: make eye contact, speak with good volume and pace, pause before important points, and practise first.