Australian Curriculum Version 9.0

General capabilities

Cross-curriculum priorities

Content descriptions

Australian Curriculum Version 8.4

English Unit 1

Examine similarities and differences between imaginative, persuasive and interpretive texts including:explaining the ways language features, text structures and conventions communicate ideas and points of view (ACEEN004)

explaining the ways text structures, language features and stylistic choices are used in different types of texts (ACEEN005)

analysing how vocabulary, idiom and rhetoric are used for different purposes and contexts (ACEEN006)

evaluating the impact of description and imagery, including figurative language, and still and moving images in digital and multimodal texts. (ACEEN007)
Analyse and evaluate how responses to texts, including students’ own responses, are influenced by:personal, social and cultural context (ACEEN009)

the use of imaginative, persuasive and interpretive techniques. (ACEEN010)
Create a range of texts:using appropriate form, content, style and tone for different purposes and audiences in real and imagined contexts (ACEEN011)

using evidence-based argument (ACEEN014)

using appropriate quotation and referencing protocols (ACEEN015)

using strategies for planning, drafting, editing and proofreading (ACEEN016)

using accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and metalanguage. (ACEEN017)

English Unit 4

Investigate and evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts by:undertaking close analysis of texts (ACEEN060)
Evaluate how texts convey perspectives through:the ways points of view and values are represented (ACEEN067)

the selection of language features that generate empathy or controversy, for example, juxtaposition of image and text. (ACEEN068)
Create a range of texts:using appropriate language and stylistic features to sustain a personal voice and point of view (ACEEN069)

using nuanced language (ACEEN070)

synthesising ideas and opinions to develop complex argument (ACEEN071)

substantiating and justifying their own responses using textual evidence (ACEEN072)

using appropriate referencing, for example, footnotes, in-line citations and reference lists (ACEEN073)

using strategies for planning, drafting, editing and proofreading (ACEEN074)

using accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and metalanguage. (ACEEN075)
Reflect on their own and others’ texts by:identifying omissions, inclusions, emphases and marginalisations (ACEEN078)

discussing and evaluating different readings of texts. (ACEEN079)