Vampyre

General Capabilities evident across the unit include Literacy and Critical and Creative Thinking.

The content in this unit of work links to the Australian Curriculum: Year 7 (English).

Language

Language variation and change

Understand the way language evolves to reflect a changing world, particularly in response to the use of new technology for presenting texts and communicating (ACELA1528) (EN4-2A)
Language for interaction Understand how language is used to evaluate texts and how evaluations about a text can be substantiated by reference to the text and other sources (ACELA1782) (EN4-1A)
Text structure and organisation Understand that the coherence of more complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers, for example overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or breadcrumb trails for online texts (ACELA1763) (EN4-3B)
Expressing and developing ideas

Understand how modality is achieved through discriminating choices in modal verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns (ACELA1536) (EN4-3B)

Analyse how point of view is generated in visual texts by means of choices, for example gaze, angle and social distance (ACELA1764) (EN4-4B)

Literature

Literature and context

Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1619) (EN4-8D)
Responding to literature

Reflect on ideas and opinions about characters, settings and events in literary texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others and justifying a point of view (ACELT1620) (EN4-2A)

Compare the ways that language and images are used to create character, and to influence emotions and opinions in different types of texts (ACELT1621) (EN4-1A)

Discuss aspects of texts, for example their aesthetic and social value, using relevant and appropriate metalanguage (ACELT1803) (EN4-5C)

Examining literature Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches (ACELT1622) (EN4-1A)
Creating literature

Create literary texts that adapt stylistic features encountered in other texts, for example, narrative viewpoint, structure of stanzas, contrast and juxtaposition (ACELT1625) (EN4-6C)

Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using rhythm, sound effects, monologuelayout, navigation and colour (ACELT1805) (EN4-4B)

Literacy

Texts in context

Analyse and explain the effect of technological innovations on texts, particularly media texts (ACELY1765) (EN4-2A)
Interacting with others Use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information, selecting body languagevoice qualities and other elements, (for example music and sound) to add interest and meaning (ACELY1804) (EN4-3B)
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating

Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purpose (ACELY1721) (EN4-3B)

Use prior knowledge and text processing strategies to interpret a range of types of texts (ACELY1722) (EN4-2A)

Compare the text structures and language features of multimodal texts, explaining how they combine to influence audiences (ACELY1724) (EN4-6C)

Creating texts

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas (ACELY1725) (EN4-4B)

Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impact (ACELY1726) (EN4-2A)

Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to confidently create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts (ACELY1728) (EN4-2A)