Literacy Works for Geography contains dozens of worksheets covering focus areas in the new syllabus. It is easy to integrate activities into Geography programs. With Literacy Works’ books for Commerce, it provides a whole Social Science faculty approach to literacy and text types. Topics covered in Literacy Works for Geography include geographical tools, measuring climate change, the role of the geographer, geographical processes, wetlands, coral reefs, deserts, Antarctica and the Arctic, global commons, urbanisation, water pollution, solar and wind energy, Australia’s Aboriginal heritage, Australian coastal ecosystems, natural hazards, and land degradation.
Geography: 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.
Geography: 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