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• VCEALL307

  Organise some subject matter and write according to the structure of the text type, using modelled forms and repetitive patterns

  Elaborations

  • relying on templates or model texts for organisational structure, for example introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion
  • copying topic sentences or parts of sentences to support idea generation and to structure writing

  VCEALL307 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL104

  Express simple negation correctly

  Elaborations

  • expressing simple negation using common auxiliary verbs in full and contracted forms, such as ‘don’t’, ‘did not’, ‘can’t’

  VCEALL104 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL726

  Use basic knowledge of grammatical features at the sentence level to argue, persuade, describe, classify, explain or instruct

  Elaborations

  • choosing appropriate sentence structure for purpose, for example using imperatives for instructional texts, passive voice for procedural recounts, causal connectives in explanations

  VCEALL726 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL161

  Use keyboard skills to write short, simple texts

  Elaborations

  • using a keyboard to type capital and lower-case letters, numbers and basic punctuation marks
  • typing letters, numbers, symbols and words, copying from a print text or composing a short original text
  • using simple editing functions, such as inserting or deleting a word
  • using basic formatting functions, such as making text bold or changing font

  VCEALL161 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL732

  Employ a range of strategies to spell words with increasing accuracy

  Elaborations

  • applying knowledge of spelling conventions and phonic knowledge to new words, for example to distinguish between ‘mat’ and ‘mate’
  • learning an expanding repertoire of sight words from shared texts and classroom activities
  • referring to print and digital charts, dictionaries and texts to check and confirm spelling

  VCEALL732 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL363

  Understand and use a range of learnt metalanguage to talk about text

  Elaborations

  • matching labels to parts of a text, such as ‘introduction’, ‘topic sentence’, ‘example’
  • identifying and labelling learnt features of language in a text, for example ‘noun’, ‘verb’, ‘conjunction’

  VCEALL363 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL286

  Read some familiar words and phrases

  Elaborations

  • using previous knowledge to read familiar words and phrases in unfamiliar texts, such as words from a high-frequency word list and sentence starters such as ‘Once upon a time …’ and ‘Today is …’

  VCEALL286 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL017

  Recognise simple questions and instructions through intonation and context

  Elaborations

  • recognising that a question has been asked, based on intonation
  • recognising and following instructions based on the actions of peers

  VCEALL017 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL467

  Organise texts in simple, logically ordered paragraphs with topic sentences

  Elaborations

  • grouping sentences on the same topic into paragraphs
  • sequencing sentences logically within the paragraph to develop a simple elaboration or argument
  • writing topic sentences that indicate the topic using key words

  VCEALL467 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL648

  Recognise common vocabulary and learnt topic-specific vocabulary from different curriculum areas

  Elaborations

  • understanding words learnt from classroom interactions and texts
  • recognising in an unfamiliar text topic-specific vocabulary that has been learnt in other curriculum areas, for example ‘angle’, ‘primary’, ‘foul’

  VCEALL648 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL559

  Use simple cohesive devices to link spoken text

  Elaborations

  • using some coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’) to connect clauses, for example ‘I caught a bus and then walked’
  • using some common subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘after’, ‘because’) to connect clauses, for example ‘After we ate lunch, we played a game’
  • using personal pronouns (such as ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’) as cohesive devices to connect ideas in spoken text, for example ‘My friend gave me a present. It was a book’

  VCEALL559 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL521

  Name letters of the alphabet and relate them to sounds

  Elaborations

  • naming each letter of the alphabet and pronouncing its most common sound
  • recognising some common letter combinations, such as ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘–at’, ‘–er’, ‘–ing’, and attempting to pronounce them

  VCEALL521 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL498

  Use basic descriptive language

  Elaborations

  • using common prepositions such as ‘in’, ‘on’ and ‘at’ to add simple detail about place and time, for example ‘go on the train’, ‘stay at home’

  VCEALL498 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL074

  Use some common noun–verb and adjective–noun combinations

  Elaborations

  • writing simple adjectives and verbs as single words or part of short phrases, for example ‘tall tree’, ‘He runs’
  • using simple adjectives to express personal opinions or responses, such as ‘nice’, ‘little bit’

  VCEALL074 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL542

  Use basic punctuation

  Elaborations

  • writing capital and lower- case letters and full stops accurately
  • using basic punctuation, such as commas and question marks, accurately most of the time
  • experimenting with more complex punctuation such as exclamation marks, quotation marks

  VCEALL542 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL666

  Write using a range of tenses with varied accuracy

  Elaborations

  • controlling simple and continuous present and past tenses, for example ‘They are waiting’, ‘I was walking’
  • attempting more complex tenses, with varied accuracy, for example multi-word verb groups (‘Was not going to say’), elaborated tenses (‘He had not been told yet’)
  • consistently controlling agreement with common subjects and simple verbs, for example ‘I go’, ‘She goes’, ‘It is’, ‘They are’

  VCEALL666 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL522

  Interpret basic punctuation and spacing

  Elaborations

  • identifying common punctuation, such as full stops, question marks
  • counting words in a sentence or on a line, based on spacing
  • using capital letters and full stops to identify and count sentences in a text

  VCEALL522 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL134

  Sub-vocalise when reading silently

  Elaborations

  • rehearsing the sounds of familiar words, and breaking new words into phonemes, while reading silently

  VCEALL134 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL600

  Use single-word subject–verb–object word order in simple sentences and noun–pronoun agreements with few errors

  Elaborations

  • constructing basic sentences using single words for subjects, verbs and objects in the correct order, such as ‘I learn English’, ‘Yesterday we watch video’
  • using noun–pronoun agreement with varied accuracy, for example ‘I like apples’, ‘She like oranges’

  VCEALL600 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL494

  Use basic time and sequence markers

  Elaborations

  • understanding simple time markers, such as ‘yesterday’, ‘later’, ‘now’
  • following instructions that include sequence markers, such as ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘last’

  VCEALL494 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Speaking and Listening | Linguistic Structures and Features