Literacy Works for Commerce can be used with any year group. Topics covered include contracts, customer databases, the Trade Practices Act, personal finance, budgeting, record-keeping, debt, local, state and federal government, consumer rights, employment statistics, part time work, equal opportunity, marketing, running a small business and e-commerce.
Commerce: Book 1
Each page is a stand-alone activity with content based on the syllabus.
Literacy skills include:
Adjectives; Plural; Subject/verb agreement; Capitals and full stops; Apostrophes; Spelling; Punctuation; Articles (a/an/the); Verbs; Mind Maps; Homophones; Adverbs; Rhyme; Conjunctions; Quotation marks; Paragraphs; Figures of Speech; Recount.
Commerce: Book 2
Each text type is clearly explained with simple activities based on the syllabus.
- Recount – past tense verbs, sequence
- Description / Explanation – cause and effect
- Procedure – command verbs
- Report – mind map, paragraphs
- Exposition – thesis, persuasive language
- Discussion – present tense, linking words
- Narrative – figures of speech