English
Language
Content Descriptor: Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time (ACELA1500)
Elaboration: Exploring examples of words in which pronunciation, writing and meaning has changed over time, including words from a range of cultures
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Identifying ways in which cultures differ in making and responding to common requests, for example periods of silence, degrees of formality
Content Descriptor: Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Elaboration: Becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of such text types as: narrative, procedure, exposition, explanation, discussion and informative text and how they can be composed and presented in written, digital and multimedia forms
Literature
Content Descriptor: Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts (ACELT1608)
Elaboration: Describing how aspects of literature, for example visuals, symbolic elements, dialogue and character descriptions, can convey information about cultural elements, such as beliefs, traditions and customs
Elaboration: Identifying variability within cultural contexts in literary texts, recognising the diversity of people’s experiences within a cultural group such as differences in setting and lifestyle between urban and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Content Descriptor: Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses (ACELT1610)
Elaboration: Examining the narrative voice in texts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions, which include perspectives of animals and spirits, about how we should care for the Earth, for example reflecting on how this affects significance, interpretation and response
Content Descriptor: Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors (ACELT1798)
Elaboration: Drawing upon fiction elements in a range of model texts - for example main idea, characterisation, setting (time and place), narrative point of view; and devices, for example figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), as well as non-verbal conventions in digital and screen texts - in order to experiment with new, creative ways of communicating ideas, experiences and stories in literary texts
Literacy
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Asking specific questions to clarify a speaker’s meaning, making constructive comments that keep conversation moving, reviewing ideas expressed and conveying tentative conclusions
Content Descriptor: 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
Elaboration: Selecting an appropriate text structure for the writing purpose and sequencing content according to that text structure, introducing the topic, and grouping related information in well-sequenced paragraphs with a concluding statement
Elaboration: Using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, appropriate to purpose and context
Elaboration: Using appropriate grammatical features, including more complex sentences and relevant verb tense, pronoun reference, adverb and noun groups/phrases for effective descriptions
Content Descriptor: Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic (ACELY1706)Elaboration: Using handwriting with increasing fluency and legibility appropriate to a wide range of writing purposes
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Writing letters in print and by email, composing with increasing fluency, accuracy and legibility and demonstrating understanding of what the audience may want to hear
Content Descriptor: Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time (ACELA1500)
Elaboration: Exploring examples of words in which pronunciation, writing and meaning has changed over time, including words from a range of cultures
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Identifying ways in which cultures differ in making and responding to common requests, for example periods of silence, degrees of formality
Content Descriptor: Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
Elaboration: Becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of such text types as: narrative, procedure, exposition, explanation, discussion and informative text and how they can be composed and presented in written, digital and multimedia forms
Literature
Content Descriptor: Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts (ACELT1608)
Elaboration: Describing how aspects of literature, for example visuals, symbolic elements, dialogue and character descriptions, can convey information about cultural elements, such as beliefs, traditions and customs
Elaboration: Identifying variability within cultural contexts in literary texts, recognising the diversity of people’s experiences within a cultural group such as differences in setting and lifestyle between urban and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Content Descriptor: Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses (ACELT1610)
Elaboration: Examining the narrative voice in texts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions, which include perspectives of animals and spirits, about how we should care for the Earth, for example reflecting on how this affects significance, interpretation and response
Content Descriptor: Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors (ACELT1798)
Elaboration: Drawing upon fiction elements in a range of model texts - for example main idea, characterisation, setting (time and place), narrative point of view; and devices, for example figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), as well as non-verbal conventions in digital and screen texts - in order to experiment with new, creative ways of communicating ideas, experiences and stories in literary texts
Literacy
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Asking specific questions to clarify a speaker’s meaning, making constructive comments that keep conversation moving, reviewing ideas expressed and conveying tentative conclusions
Content Descriptor: 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
Elaboration: Selecting an appropriate text structure for the writing purpose and sequencing content according to that text structure, introducing the topic, and grouping related information in well-sequenced paragraphs with a concluding statement
Elaboration: Using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, appropriate to purpose and context
Elaboration: Using appropriate grammatical features, including more complex sentences and relevant verb tense, pronoun reference, adverb and noun groups/phrases for effective descriptions
Content Descriptor: Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic (ACELY1706)Elaboration: Using handwriting with increasing fluency and legibility appropriate to a wide range of writing purposes
Content Descriptor: 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)
Elaboration: Writing letters in print and by email, composing with increasing fluency, accuracy and legibility and demonstrating understanding of what the audience may want to hear