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General Capabilities evident across the unit include Literacy, Information and communication technology capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding, and Intercultural understanding.
The cross-curriculum priority highlighted in this unit is Sustainability.
The content in this unit of work links to the Australian Curriculum: English Year 8.
| Language Expressing and developing ideas |
Investigate how visual and multimodal texts allude to or draw on other texts or images to enhance and layer meaning (ACELA1548) (EN4-6C) |
| Literature Literature and context |
Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in literary texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts may reflect or challenge the values of individuals and groups (ACELT1626) (EN4-8D) Explore the interconnectedness of Country and Place, People, Identity and Culture in texts including those by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors (ACELT1806) (EN4-8D) |
| Responding to literature |
Share, reflect on, clarify and evaluate opinions and arguments about aspects of literary texts (ACELT1627) (EN4-5C) Understand and explain how combinations of words and images in texts are used to represent particular groups in society, and how texts position readers in relation to those groups (ACELT1628) (EN4-8D) Recognise and explain differing viewpoints about the world, cultures, individual people and concerns represented in texts (ACELT1807) (EN4-8D) |
| Examining literature | Interpret and analyse language choices, including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery and other language features, in short stories, literary essays and plays (ACELT1767) (EN4-3B) |
| Creating literature |
Create literary texts that draw upon text structures and language features of other texts for particular purposes and effects (ACELT1632) (EN4-4B) Experiment with particular language features drawn from different types of texts, including combinations of language and visual choices to create new texts (ACELT1768) (EN4-4B) |
| Literacy Interacting with others |
Interpret the stated and implied meanings in spoken texts, and use evidence to support or challenge different perspectives (ACELY1730) (EN4-1A) Use interaction skills for identified purposes, using voice and language conventions to suit different situations, selecting vocabulary, modulating voice and using elements such as music, images and sound for specific effects (ACELY1808) (EN4-3B) Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content, including multimodal elements, to reflect a diversity of viewpoints (ACELY1731) (EN4-4B) |
| Interpreting, analysing, evaluating | Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view (ACELY1734) (EN4-2A) |
| Creating texts |
Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate (ACELY1736) (EN4-4B) Experiment with text structures and language features to refine and clarify ideas to improve the effectiveness of students’ own texts (ACELY1810) (EN4-4B) |
Source for content descriptions above: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).