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Text Structure & Organisation

Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality VCELA309 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 VCELA310 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 VCELA321 Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns VCELA322

Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas

Explain sequences of images in print texts and compare these to the ways hyperlinked digital texts are organised, explaining their effect on viewers’ interpretations VCELA311 Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause VCELA323 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 VCELA324 Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts VCELA325

Phonic & Word Knowledge

Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon plurals VCELA312 Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations VCELA326

Language for Interacting With Others

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time VCELA333 Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships VCELA334 Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view VCELA335

Literature & Contexts

Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts VCELT313

Engaging With & Responding to Literature

Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences VCELT314 Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others VCELT336

Examining Literature

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses VCELT315 Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes VCELT316

Creating Literature

Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors VCELT327 Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced VCELT328

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 VCELY317

Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating

Navigate and read imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by interpreting structural features, including tables of content, glossaries, chapters, headings and subheadings and applying appropriate text processing strategies, including monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning VCELY318 Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources VCELY319 Analyse the text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text VCELY320

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 VCELY329 Reread and edit own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features VCELY330 Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic VCELY331 Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements VCELY332

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 or recount an experience using interaction skills VCELY337 Participate in informal debates and plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements VCELY338