Ready for a puzzle during an English lesson? This language features sorting activity will have your students piecing together text types with language features to create a combination that fits within the template.

This activity can be completed with the given base template (four A4 pages pieced together) or without it (students can reference the pattern on the instructions page.

Students will need to connect the text types to language features, knowing that each text type will share language features with others.

The text types included in the resource are:

1. Narrative
2. Explanation
3. Recount
4. Persuasive
5. Information Report

Both colour and low-colour options are included in the resource download. Check through the PDF file before printing to see what combinations suit you.

A student recording sheet that mirrors the final pattern created is also included as a black-and-white worksheet.