Stage Three
Outcomes
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Objective A
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Writing and Representing
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EN3-2A
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
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Identify and explore underlying themes and central storylines in imaginative texts
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Understand, interpret and experiment with the use of imagery in imaginative texts, poetry and songs, eg similes, metaphors, personification and sound devices such as alliteration
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Reread and edit students' own and others' work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choices (ACELY1705, ACELY1715)
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Identify and explore underlying themes and central storylines in imaginative texts
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EN3-2A
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Reading and Viewing
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EN3-3A
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
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Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
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Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes (ACELT1611)
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Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings (ACELY1712)
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Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning (ACELY1702)
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Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts (ACELY1703, ACELY1713)
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Summarise a text and evaluate the intended message or theme
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Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality (ACELA1504)
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EN3-3A
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Spelling
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EN3-4A
Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts
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Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words, for example technical words and words adopted from other languages (ACELA1513, ACEL
Play Activities 139Examples
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Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time (ACELA1500)
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Integrate a range of spelling strategies and conventions to accurately spell most words, including words of many syllables, when composing imaginative and other texts
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Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words, for example technical words and words adopted from other languages (ACELA1513, ACEL
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EN3-4A
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Writing and Representing
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Objective B
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Responding and Composing
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EN3-5B
Discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts
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EN3-5B
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Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary
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EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
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Understand that choices in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary contribute to the effectiveness of texts
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Experiment using a range of language features, eg connectives, topic sentences, active and passive voice and nominalisation
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Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts (ACELA1512)
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Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion (ACELA1525)
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Use grammatical features, eg pronouns, conjunctions and connectives, to accurately link ideas and information to ensure meaning when composing texts
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Understand that choices in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary contribute to the effectiveness of texts
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EN3-6B
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Responding and Composing
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Objective C
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Thinking Imaginatively, Creatively, Interpretively and Critically
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EN3-7C
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
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Think imaginatively when engaging with texts, using prediction, for example, to imagine what happens to characters after the text
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Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse (ACELT1617)
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Think imaginatively when engaging with texts, using prediction, for example, to imagine what happens to characters after the text
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EN3-7C
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Thinking Imaginatively, Creatively, Interpretively and Critically