Tomorrow, When the War Began

General capabilities evident throughout the unit include Literacy, Information and Communication Technology Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability and Ethical Understanding.

The cross-curriculum priorities highlighted in this unit are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture and Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia.

Content links to Australian Curriculum (English): Year 10.

Language

Language for interaction

Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people (ACELA1564) (EN5-5C)

Understand that people’s evaluations of texts are influenced by their value systems, the context and the purpose and the mode of communication (ACELA1565) (EN5-7D)
Text structure and organisation Compare the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary sets in different media (ACELA1566) (EN5-6C)
Expressing and developing ideas

Evaluate the impact on audiences of different choices in the representation of still and moving images (ACELA1572) (EN5-1A)

Refine vocabulary choices to discriminate between shades of meaning, with deliberate attention to the effect on audiences (ACELA1571) (EN5-3B)

Literature

Literature and context

 Compare and evaluate range of representations of individuals and groups in different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1639) (EN5-8D)
Responding to literature

Reflect on, extend, endorse or refute others’ interpretations of and responses to literature (ACELT1640) (EN5-5C)

Analyse and explain how text structures, language features and visual features of texts and the context in which texts are experimented may influence audience response (ACELT1641) (EN5-3B)

Evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts (ACELT1812) (EN5-7D)

Identify, explain and discuss how narrative viewpoint, structure, characterisation and devices including analogy and satire share different interpretations and responses to a text (ACELT1642) (EN5-2A)

Compare and evaluate how ‘voice’ as a literary device can be used in a range of different types of texts such as poetry to evoke particular emotional responses (ACELT1643) (EN5-3B)
Creating literature

Create literary texts that reflect an emerging sense of personal style and evaluate the effectiveness of these texts (ACELT1814) (EN5-5C)

Create literary texts with a sustained ‘voice’, selecting and adapting appropriate text structures, literary devices, language, auditory and visual structures and features for a specific purpose and intended audience (ACELT1815) (EN5-3B)

Create imaginative texts that make relevant thematic and intertextual connections with other texts (ACELT1644) (EN5-6C)

Literacy

Texts in context

 Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices (ACELY1749) (EN5-8D)
Interacting with others

Identify and explore the purposes and effects of different text structures and language features of spoken texts, and use this knowledge to create purposeful texts that inform, persuade and engage (ACELY1750) (EN5-1A)

Use organisation patterns, voice and language conventions to present a point of view on a subject, speaking clearly, coherently and with effect, using logic, imagery and rhetorical devices to engage audiences (ACELY1813) (EN5-3B)

Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements to influence a course of action (ACELY1751) (EN5-2A)
Interpreting, analysing and evaluating

Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purpose and likely audiences (ACELY1752) (EN5-8D)

Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence (ACELY1754) (EN5-2A)
Creating texts

Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756) (EN5-1A)

Use a range of software, including word processing programs, confidently, flexibly and imaginatively to create, edit and publish texts, considering the identified purpose and the characteristics of the user (ACELY1776) (EN5-2A)