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• VCELT148

  Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences

  Elaborations

  • recognising that there are storytellers in all cultures
  • viewing stories by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers from online sources
  • comparing experiences depicted in stories with students’ own
  • engaging with texts that reflect the social and cultural groups to which students belong

  VCELT148 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT208

  Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and compare some features of characters in different texts

  Elaborations

  • examining different types of literature including traditional tales, humorous stories and poetry
  • discussing similarities and differences between texts ( for example features of main characters in different stories)
  • discussing features of book settings including time (year, season) and place (country or city, realistic or imagined)
  • discussing how plots develop including: beginnings (orientation), how the problem (complication) is introduced and solved (resolution)

  VCELT208 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT150

  Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text

  Elaborations

  • identifying some features of culture related to characters and events in literary texts, for example dress, food and daily routines
  • listening, responding to and joining in with rhymes, poems, chants and songs

  VCELT150 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT241

  Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences

  Elaborations

  • describing features of texts from different cultures including recurring language patterns, style of illustrations, elements of humour or drama, and identifying the features which give rise to their personal preferences
  • connecting the feelings and behaviours of animals in anthropomorphic stories with human emotions and relationships
  • drawing, writing and using digital technologies to capture and communicate favourite characters and events

  VCELT241 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT242

  Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts

  Elaborations

  • discussing each others’ preferences for stories set in familiar or unfamiliar worlds, or about people whose lives are like or unlike their own

  VCELT242 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT170

  Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators

  Elaborations

  • talking about stories and authors, choosing favourites, discussing how students feel about what happens in stories
  • engaging with the humour in some stories and repeating favourite lines, jokes and ideas
  • returning to preferred texts and commenting on reasons for selection

  VCELT170 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT207

  Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with own experiences

  Elaborations

  • discussing characters from books and films and whether these are life-like or imaginary (for example talking animals)
  • comparing characters and events in texts to own experiences

  VCELT207 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT172

  Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures

  Elaborations

  • using music and actions to enhance appreciation of rhymes, poems, chants and songs
  • reciting rhymes with actions

  VCELT172 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT171

  Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts

  Elaborations

  • talking about stories and authors, choosing favourites, discussing how students feel about what happens in stories
  • using art forms and beginning forms of writing to express personal responses to literature and film experiences
  • talking about people, events and ideas in texts to connect them to their own experiences and to express their own opinions about what is depicted

  VCELT171 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT219

  Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways

  Elaborations

  • describing features of text settings including time, colours used to portray year, season, and place (country or city) and how this impacts on the characters
  • describing plots including beginnings (orientation), how the problem (complication) is introduced and solved (resolution), and considering how these features construct meanings
  • identifying features of imaginary or fantasy texts, for example magic powers, shifts in time
  • investigating Aboriginal stories, found from online sources, that explain physical features of the landscape and identify and describe the common features of language used
  • comparing two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures, describing similarities and differences in authors’ points of view

  VCELT219 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT274

  Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons

  Elaborations

  • reading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central characters/protagonists and making links to own lives, noting similarities
  • exploring the ways that the same story can be told in many cultures, identifying variations in the storyline and in music (for example ‘The Ramayana’ story which is told to children in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Tibet and Malaysia)

  VCELT274 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT228

  Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts

  Elaborations

  • creating imaginative reconstructions of stories and poetry using a range of print and digital media
  • telling known stories from a different point of view
  • orally, in writing or using digital media, constructing a sequel to a known story

  VCELT228 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT243

  Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs

  Elaborations

  • exploring poems, chants, rhymes or songs from different cultures which class members may bring from home
  • learning to recite, sing or create interpretations of poems, chants, rhymes or songs from students’ own and other different cultures

  VCELT243 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT159

  Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images

  Elaborations

  • drawing, labelling and role playing representations of characters or events
  • reciting rhymes with actions
  • using digital technologies to retell events and recreate characters from favourite print and film texts

  VCELT159 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Writing | Literature

• VCELT192

  Recreate texts imaginatively using drawing, writing, performance and digital forms of communication

  Elaborations

  • creating visual representations of literary texts from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Asian cultures
  • writing character descriptions drawn from illustrations in stories
  • retelling key events in stories using oral language, arts, digital technologies and performance media

  VCELT192 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT264

  Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures including through the use of visual features

  Elaborations

  • drawing on literary texts read, viewed and listened to for inspiration and ideas, appropriating language to create mood and characterisation
  • innovating on texts read, viewed and listened to by changing the point of view, revising an ending or creating a sequel

  VCELT264 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT251

  Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others

  Elaborations

  • discussing relevant prior knowledge and past experiences to make meaningful connections to the people, places, events, issues and ideas in the text
  • exploring texts that highlight issues and problems in making moral decisions and discussing these with others
  • drawing on literature from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Asian cultures, to explore commonalities of experience and ideas as well as recognising difference in lifestyle and world view

  VCELT251 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT252

  Develop criteria for establishing personal preferences for literature

  Elaborations

  • building a conscious understanding of preference regarding topics and genres of personal interest (for example humorous short stories, school and family stories, mysteries, fantasy and quest, series books)
  • selecting and discussing favourite texts and explaining their reasons for assigning greater or lesser merit to particular texts or types of texts

  VCELT252 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• 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 prose

  Elaborations

  • identifying the effect of imagery in texts, for example the use of imagery related to nature in haiku poems
  • exploring how rhythm, onomatopoeia and alliteration give momentum to poetry and prose read aloud, and enhance enjoyment

  VCELT254 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT265

  Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts

  Elaborations

  • creating visual and multimodal texts based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or Asian literature, applying one or more visual elements to convey the intent of the original text
  • creating multimodal texts that combine visual images, sound effects, music and voice overs to convey settings and events in a fantasy world

  VCELT265 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Writing | Literature