This 108-slide Foundation Year How-To Writing unit turns your students into Teacher Writers. Over 12 structured lessons across 3 weeks, young writers choose something they know how to do, plan their steps, write and illustrate their own Teaching Chair Book, and read it aloud to the class at a celebration. Every lesson follows the Plan · Write · Teach framework with a clear learning target, mini-lesson, guided practice, independent writing, and a share-out — all fully scripted in the speaker notes. Aligned to Australian Curriculum v9.0 (AC9EFLY06 — Creating Texts).

WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 108-slide lesson deck (PPTX + PDF) — 12 fully scripted lessons with speaker notes on every slide
✓ Unit Overview — 14 pages with lesson plans, AC v9.0 content descriptions, success criteria, and conferring prompts
✓ 5 Student Worksheets — I Know How To…, Step Planner, Sequence Words Reference, Text Features Hunt, Editing Checklist
✓ How-To Book Template — 5-page scaffold: Cover, Introduction, Step 1 (First), Step 2 (Then), Ending (Now You Can!)
✓ Teacher Rubric (landscape, A4) — 4 criteria, 4-level scale (Beginning/Developing/Meeting/Extending), AC achievement standard language
✓ Summative Task (3 pages) — Independent writing task with student self-assessment checklist and teacher rubric
✓ Parent Letter (editable DOCX) — Introduces the unit, explains the Teaching Chair, references Australian Curriculum v9.0

FEATURES
Lesson framework: Every lesson follows TARGET · HOOK · MINI-LESSON · TRY TOGETHER · YOUR TURN · SHARE & CLOSE
Fully scripted: Every slide includes speaker notes with teaching script, model language, and conferring prompts
Sequence words: Students learn First, Then, Next, Last, Now You Can! across the unit — scaffolded and practised daily
Picture-first approach: Every step page has a large illustration box for Foundation Year writers who draw before they write
Planning first: Dedicated Step Planner lesson before drafting — students plan their steps before writing
Teaching Chair Celebration: Lesson 12 is a structured celebration where every student reads their book to the class

HOW TO USE

1. Print or display lesson slides in sequence — speaker notes contain your full teaching script.
2. Distribute worksheets as each lesson requires: I Know How To… (L1), Step Planner (L5–L6), Sequence Words (L3), Text Features Hunt (L4), How-To Book template (L7–L10), Editing Checklist (L11).
3. Use the Unit Overview as your week-by-week planning reference.
4. Send the parent letter home before Week 1 to explain the unit and the Teaching Chair Celebration.
5. Use the Summative Task at the end of Week 3 — students choose a new topic and write independently.

WHO THIS IS FOR
· Foundation Year classroom teachers in Australian schools using Australian Curriculum v9.0
· Teachers looking for a complete, ready-to-teach procedural writing unit with no prep required
· Schools implementing a structured writing workshop approach (Plan · Write · Teach)
· Teachers who want fully scr