Elaboration (1) ACELT1584
discussing similarities and differences between texts ( for example features of main characters in different stories)
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELT1584
discussing how plots develop including: beginnings (orientation), how the problem (complication) is introduced and solved (resolution)
Elaboration (3) | ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1668
identifying the main purpose of a text, including whether the author wants to entertain, explain or persuade and considering how audiences might respond to those texts
Elaboration | ACELY1668 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1599
identifying and discussing the use of descriptive adjectives (‘in the middle of a vast, bare plain’) to establish setting and atmosphere (‘the castle loomed dark and forbidding’) and to draw readers into events that follow
Elaboration | ACELT1599 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1599
discussing the language used to describe the traits of characters in stories, their actions and motivations: ‘Claire was so lonely; she desperately wanted a pet and she was afraid she would do anything, just anything, to have one to care for’
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1599 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1806
selecting aspects of a text related to Country/Place, People, Identity and Culture and adapt it for a new context, noting if changes in one aspect will result in changes in another
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1806 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1730
change the tone in which the speech or conversation is presented and discuss how interpretations can also change.
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1730 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1731
creating texts that express views and values other than students’ own
Elaboration | ACELY1731 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1553
experimenting with ways to present personal viewpoints through innovating with texts
Elaboration | ACELA1553 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1813
adapting voice effects, such as tone, volume, pitch, pauses and change of pace, for their specific effects such as putting forward a point of view or attempting to persuade an audience to a course of action
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1813 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
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 | ACELT1794 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1795
orally, in writing or using digital media, giving a considered interpretation and opinion about a literary text, recognising that a student’s view may not be shared by others and that others have equal claims to divergent views
Elaboration | ACELT1795 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1636
examining how different authors make use of devices like myth, icons and imagery and evaluating the effect of these choices on audiences
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1636 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1639
exploring and reflecting on personal understanding of the world and human experience gained from interpreting literature drawn from cultures and times different from the students’ own
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1639 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1430
sharing experiences of different texts and discussing some differences
Elaboration | ACELA1430 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1584
discussing features of book settings including time (year, season) and place (country or city, realistic or imagined)
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACELY1788
experimenting with voice volume and pace for particular purposes including making presentations, retelling stories and reciting rhymes and poems
Elaboration (4) | ACELY1788 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1679
reading text types from a student’s culture to enhance confidence in building reading strategies
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1679 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1518
examining different works by an author who specialises in humour or pathos to identify strategies such as exaggeration and character embarrassment to amuse and to offer insights into characters’ feelings, so building empathy with their points of view …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1518 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1626
comparing attitudes and ideas in texts drawn from contexts that are different to students’ own
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1626 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum