Curriculum summary

The chant of jimmie blacksmith

Content descriptions below link to Australian Curriculum: Literature (Unit 1).

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

Literature: Unit 1 Investigate and reflect on different ways of reading literary texts	the degree to which individual points of view, experiences and contexts shape responses to texts (ACELR001) how mode, medium and form shape responses to texts (ACELR002) the differences between initial personal responses and more studied and complex responses (ACELR003) how responses of readers and viewers can range from empathetic to critical (ACELR004)
Analyse distinctive features in literary texts	how text structures, language features and stylistic elements shape meaning and create particular effects and nuances, for example, through allusions, paradoxes and ambiguities (ACELR005) different points of view represented in texts, for example, those of characters, narrators and the implied author (ACELR006) approaches to characterisation, for example, the inclusion of archetypal figures, authorial intrusion, the dramatisation of a character’s inner life, and the use of interior monologue (ACELR007) different narrative approaches, for example, eye-witness accounts, multiple narrators, the unreliable narrator and the omniscient narrator (ACELR008) the use of figurative language and rhetorical devices to represent concepts and shape arguments, for example, symbolism, metonymy, types of irony, patterns of imagery (ACELR009)
Create analytical texts	structuring arguments and points of view using relevant textual evidence (ACELR011) using appropriate linguistic, stylistic and critical terminology to respond to texts (ACELR012) using stylistic features to craft and articulate points of view (ACELR013) experimenting with different modes, mediums and forms (ACELR014)
Create imaginative texts	developing connections between real and imagined experiences (ACELR015) drawing on knowledge and understanding of storytelling, style and the structure of texts (ACELR016) experimenting with aspects of style and form to achieve deliberate effects (ACELR017) reflecting on familiar and emerging literary forms for particular audiences and purposes (ACELR018)

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