Miss Peabody’s inheritance

General Capabilities evident across the unit include Literacy and Critical and creative thinking.

Content descriptions below link to Australian Curriculum: Literature (Unit 2).

Literature Unit 2
Analyse and reflect on the relationships between authors, texts and contexts

The ways in which texts are influenced by other texts and by contexts (ACELR019)

The relationship between conventions of genre, audience expectations, and interpretations of texts (ACELR020)

The ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts (ACELR022)
Compare and evaluate the form, language and content of literary texts

The ways in which text structures, language features and stylistic choices provide a framework for audiences’ expectations, responses and interpretations (ACELR023)

The ways in which different literary forms may evolve, for example, the development of digital storytelling (ACELR026)

The use of literary techniques, for example, poetic, dramatic and narrative structure and devices (ACELR027)
Create analytical texts

Organising points of view and arguments in different ways, for example, in essays, reviews and visual presentations (ACELR029)

Using appropriate linguistic, stylistic and critical terminology to compare and contrast texts (ACELR030)

Selecting appropriate argument and evidence to support points of view (ACELR031)

Experimenting with different modes, mediums and forms (ACELR032)
Create imaginative texts

Integrating real and imagined experiences by selecting and adapting particular aspects of texts to create new texts (ACELR033)

Using analysis of literary texts to inform imaginative response (ACELR034)

Transforming texts studied in one medium or genre to another for different audiences and purposes (ACELR035)

Reflecting on the significance and effects of variations to texts (ACELR036)

Source for content descriptions above: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).