English
Outcomes
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Foundation Year
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA156
Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentencesExamples
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VCELA142
Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, for example directionalityExamples
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VCELA156
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA143
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideasPlay Activities 124Examples
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VCELA144
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaningExamples
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VCELA167
Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at schoolExamples
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VCELA157
Understand that spoken sounds and words can be written and know how to write some high-frequency words and other familiar words including their namePlay Activities 380Examples
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VCELA158
Know how to use onset and rime to spell words where sounds map more directly onto lettersPlay Activities 143Examples
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VCELA143
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Sound and letter knowledge
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VCELA168
Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken wordsPlay Activities 155Examples
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VCELA146
Recognise all upper- and lower-case letters and the most common sound that each letter representsExamples
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VCELA168
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Text structure and organisation
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY153
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independentlyExamples
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VCELY153
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 1
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Language
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA179
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)Examples
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VCELA202
Understand the use of vocabulary in everyday contexts as well as a growing number of school contexts, including appropriate use of formal and informal terms of address in different contextsExamples
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VCELA182
Understand how to spell one and two syllable words with common letter patternsPlay Activities 539Examples
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VCELA179
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Sound and letter knowledge
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VCELA204
Manipulate phonemes by addition, deletion and substitution of initial, medial and final phonemes to generate new wordsExamples
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VCELA181
Recognise short vowels, common long vowels and consonant digraphs, and consonant blendsPlay Activities 145Examples
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VCELA183
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel soundExamples
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VCELA204
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY186
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresPlay Activities 113Examples
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VCELY186
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 2
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Language
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Language for interaction
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VCELA236
Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and thingsExamples
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VCELA236
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA212
Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purposeExamples
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VCELA224
Understand how texts are made cohesive through resources, for example word associations, synonyms, and antonyms�Examples
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VCELA225
Recognise that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas are used to separate items in listsExamples
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VCELA212
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA216
Understand that nouns represent people, places, things and ideas and can be, for example, common, proper, concrete or abstract, and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectivesExamples
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VCELA237
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purposeExamples
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VCELA226
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters, and syllibication to spell simple words including compound wordsPlay Activities 421Examples
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VCELA216
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Sound and letter knowledge
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VCELA218
Recognise most letter-sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinationsPlay Activities 210Examples
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VCELA218
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Language for interaction
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY221
Read familiar and some unfamiliar texts with phrasing and fluency by combining phonic, semantic, contextual, and grammatical knowledge using text processing strategies, including monitoring meaning, predicting, rereading and self-correctingExamples
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VCELY222
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structuresPlay Activities 199Examples
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VCELY221
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Creating texts
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VCELY231
Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structureExamples
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VCELY231
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 3
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA246
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context, including tense and types of sentencesExamples
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VCELA246
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA262
Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and relating) and that these processes are anchored in time through tenseExamples
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VCELA273
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbsExamples
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VCELA263
Understand how to use letter-sound relationships and less common letter combinations to spell wordsPlay Activities 319Examples
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VCELA250
Recognise most high-frequency words, know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and know some homophones and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base wordPlay Activities 118Examples
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VCELA262
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT254
Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader's reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and proseExamples
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VCELT254
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Creating literature
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VCELT265
Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary textsExamples
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VCELT265
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY256
Read an increasing range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by combining phonic, semantic, contextual and grammatical knowledge, using text processing strategies, including confirming, rereadin, and cross-checkingExamples
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VCELY257
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresPlay Activities 220Examples
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VCELY256
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Creating texts
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VCELY267
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuationExamples
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VCELY267
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 4
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Language
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Language variation and change
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VCELA303
Understand that Standard Australian English is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languagesExamples
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VCELA303
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA277
Identify features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text, and understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audienceExamples
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VCELA290
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectivesExamples
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VCELA291
Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speechExamples
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VCELA277
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA292
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesExamples
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VCELA280
Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activityExamples
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VCELA293
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students' own texts including vocabulary encountered in research, into own textsExamples
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VCELA295
Understand how to use spelling patterns and generalisations including syllabification, letter combinations including double letters, and morphemic knowledge to build word familiesPlay Activities 139Examples
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VCELA296
Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spellingExamples
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VCELA292
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Language variation and change
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT285
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary textsExamples
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VCELT285
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY287
Read different types of texts for specific purposes by combining phonic, semantic, contextual and grammatical knowledge using text processing strategies, including monitoring meaning, skimming, scanning and reviewingExamples
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VCELY288
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsPlay Activities 220Examples
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VCELY287
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Creating texts
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VCELY300
Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structureExamples
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VCELY300
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 5
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA309
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formalityExamples
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VCELA322
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nounsExamples
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VCELA310
Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigationExamples
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VCELA309
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA324
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaExamples
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VCELA325
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contextsExamples
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VCELA312
Understand how to use banks of known words, syllabification, spelling patterns, word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes, to spell new words, including some uncommon pluralsExamples
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VCELA326
Recognise and write less familiar words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciationsExamples
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VCELA324
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT316
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odesExamples
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VCELT316
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY318
Navigate and read imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by interpreting structural features, including tables of content, glossaries, chapters, headings and subheadings and applying appropriate text processing strategies, including monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningExamples
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VCELY319
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesExamples
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VCELY318
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Creating texts
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VCELY330
Reread and edit student's own and others' work using agreed criteria for text structures and language featuresExamples
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VCELY330
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 6
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Language
- Text structure and organisation
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA350
Investigate how complex sentences can be used in a variety of ways to elaborate, extend and explain ideasExamples
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VCELA351
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrasesExamples
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VCELA354
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to spell new words, including technical words and words adopted from other languagesPlay Activities 112Examples
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VCELA350
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Literature
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Responding to literature
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VCELT342
Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different textsExamples
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VCELT342
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Examining literature
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VCELT344
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verseExamples
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VCELT344
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Responding to literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY346
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies to recall information and consolidate meaningExamples
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VCELY347
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsExamples
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VCELY345
Analyse strategies authors use to influence readersExamples
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VCELY346
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Creating texts
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VCELY359
Reread and edit students' own and others' work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choicesExamples
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VCELY359
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 7
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA369
Understand and explain how the text structures and language features of texts become more complex in informative and persuasive texts and identify underlying structures such as taxonomies, cause and effect, and extended metaphorsExamples
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VCELA380
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 textsExamples
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VCELA381
Understand the use of punctuation to support meaning in complex sentences with prepositional phrases and embedded clausesExamples
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VCELA369
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA384
Understand how to use spelling rules and word origins to learn new words and how to spell themPlay Activities 102Examples
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VCELA384
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT375
Understand, interpret and discuss how language is compressed to produce a dramatic effect in film or drama, and to create layers of meaning in poetryExamples
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VCELT375
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY379
Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purposeExamples
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VCELY377
Use prior knowledge and text processing strategies to interpret a range of types of textsExamples
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VCELY378
Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sourcesExamples
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VCELY379
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Creating texts
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VCELY388
Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impactExamples
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VCELY388
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 8
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Language
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Language for interaction
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VCELA397
Understand how rhetorical devices are used to persuade and how different layers of meaning are developed through the use of metaphor, irony and parodyExamples
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VCELA397
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA415
Understand the use of punctuation conventions, including colons, semicolons, dashes and brackets in formal and informal textsExamples
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VCELA415
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA401
Recognise that vocabulary choices contribute to the specificity, abstraction and style of textsExamples
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VCELA417
Understand how to apply learned knowledge consistently in order to spell accurately and to learn new words including nominalisationsPlay Activities 152Examples
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VCELA401
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Language for interaction
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT408
Identify and evaluate devices that create tone in literary texts, including humour, wordplay, innuendo and parodyExamples
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VCELT409
Interpret and analyse language choices, including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery and other language features, in short stories, literary essays and playsExamples
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VCELT408
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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VCELY411
Apply increasing knowledge of vocabulary, text structures and language features to understand the content of textsExamples
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VCELY412
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author's point of viewExamples
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VCELY411
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 9
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Language
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Language variation and change
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VCELA452
Understand that Standard Australian English is a living language within which the creation and loss of words and the evolution of usage is ongoingExamples
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VCELA452
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Text structure and organisation
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VCELA429
Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for specific purposes and effectsExamples
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VCELA429
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA432
Identify how vocabulary choices contribute to specificity, abstraction and stylistic effectivenessExamples
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VCELA432
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Language variation and change
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Literature
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Examining literature
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VCELT440
Interpret and analyse language choices, including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery and other language features, in short stories, literary essays and playsExamples
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VCELT440
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Creating texts
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VCELY450
Review and edit students' own and others' texts to improve clarity and control over content, organisation, paragraphing, sentence structure, vocabulary and audio/visual featuresPlay Activities 142Examples
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VCELY450
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Language
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Year 10
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Language
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Language variation and change
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VCELA482
Understand that Standard Australian English in its spoken and written forms has a history of evolution and change and continues to evolveExamples
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VCELA482
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Expressing and developing ideas
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VCELA475
Understand how to use knowledge of the spelling system to spell unusual and technical words accuratelyPlay Activities 216Examples
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VCELA475
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Language variation and change
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Literacy
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Creating texts
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VCELY480
Review, edit and refine students' own and others' texts for control of content, organisation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and/or visual features to achieve particular purposes and effectsExamples
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VCELY480
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Creating texts
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Language