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Elaboration ACELT1607

drawing upon literary texts students have encountered and experimenting with changing particular aspects, for example the time or place of the setting, adding characters or changing their personalities, or offering an alternative point of view on key …

Elaboration ACELY1686

viewing documentaries and news footage from different periods, comparing the style of presentation, including costumes and iconography with contemporary texts on similar topics and tracking changing views on issues, for example war, race, gender

Elaboration (1) ACELY1687

discussing levels of language — slang, colloquial (everyday) and formal language — and how their appropriateness changes with the situation and audience. Presenting ideas and opinions at levels of formality appropriate to the context and audience

Elaboration ACELY1688

participating in pair, group, class and school speaking and listening situations, including informal conversations, class discussions and presentations

Elaboration ACELY1692

making connections between the text and students’ own experience and other texts

Elaboration ACELA1493

creating richer, more specific descriptions through the use of noun groups/phrases (for example, in narrative texts, ‘their very old Siamese cat’; in reports, 'its extremely high mountain ranges')

Elaboration (1) ACELT1602

comparing different authors’ treatment of similar themes and text patterns, for example comparing fables and allegories from different cultures and quest novels by different authors

Elaboration (1) ACELT1604

sharing views using appropriate metalanguage (for example ‘The use of the adjectives in describing the character really helps to create images for the reader’)

Elaboration ACELT1604

examining the author’s description of a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the character’s development is evident through his or her dialogue and changing relationships and the reactions of other characters to him or her

Elaboration ACELT1605

examining the author’s description of a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the character’s development is evident through his or her dialogue and changing relationships and the reactions of other characters to him or her

Elaboration (1) ACELY1688

developing appropriate speaking and listening behaviours including acknowledging and extending others’ contributions, presenting ideas and opinions clearly and coherently

Elaboration ACELY1689

reporting on a topic in an organised manner, providing relevant facts and descriptive detail to enhance audience understanding, and beginning to refer to reliable sources to support claims

Elaboration ACELA1488

recognising that we can use language differently with our friends and families, but that Standard Australian English is typically used in written school texts and more formal contexts

Elaboration (1) ACELA1492

experimenting with the use of quotation marks in students’ own writing

Elaboration ACELY1687

making notes about a task, asking questions to clarify or follow up information, and seeking assistance if required

Elaboration (2) ACELY1691

reading a wide range of different types of texts for pleasure

Elaboration ACELA1793

participating in online searches for information using navigation tools and discussing similarities and differences between print and digital information

Elaboration (1) ACELT1603

drawing comparisons between multiple texts and students’ own experiences. Commenting orally, in written form and in digital reviews on aspects such as: 'Do I recognise this in my own world?'; 'How is this text similar to or different from other texts …

Elaboration ACELT1794

collaboratively plan, compose, sequence and prepare a literary text along a familiar storyline, using film, sound and images to convey setting, characters and points of drama in the plot

Elaboration ACELT1602

commenting on how authors have established setting and period in different cultures and times and the relevance of characters, actions and beliefs to their own time

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