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Language for Interacting With Others

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time ACELA1500 Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships ACELA1501 Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view ACELA1502

Text Structure & Organisation

Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality ACELA1504 Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold ACELA1505 Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns ACELA1506 Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigation. ACELA1797

Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas

Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause ACELA1507 Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea ACELA1508 Explain sequences of images in print texts and compare these to the ways hyperlinked digital texts are organised, explaining their effect on viewers’ interpretations ACELA1511 Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts ACELA1512

Phonic & Word Knowledge

Understand how to use knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words ACELA1513 Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word ACELA1514 Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations ACELA1829

Literature & Contexts

Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts ACELT1608

Engaging With & Responding to Literature

Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others ACELT1609 Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences ACELT1795

Examining Literature

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses ACELT1610 Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes ACELT1611

Creating Literature

Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced ACELT1612 Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors ACELT1798

Texts in Context

Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context ACELY1698

Interacting with Others

Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences and present and justify a point of view ACELY1699 Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements ACELY1700 Use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning and interpreting non-verbal cues and choose vocabulary and vocal effects appropriate for different audiences and purposes ACELY1796

Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating

Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text ACELY1701 Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning ACELY1702 Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources ACELY1703

Creating Texts

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience ACELY1704 Re-read and edit student’s own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features ACELY1705 Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic ACELY1706 Use a range of software including word processing programs with fluency to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements ACELY1707