Search results

Result list

• VCELT355

  Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts

  Elaborations

  • selecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of places, feelings and events in a semi-structured verse form

  VCELT355 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT341

  Analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots

  Elaborations

  • exploring texts on a similar topic by authors with very different styles, for example comparing fantasy quest novels or realistic novels on a specific theme, identifying differences in the use of narrator, narrative structure and voice and language style and register

  VCELT341 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT315

  Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses

  Elaborations

  • identifying the narrative voice (the person or entity through whom the audience experiences the story) in a literary work, discussing the impact of first person narration on empathy and engagement
  • examining texts written from different narrative points of view and discussing what information the audience can access, how this impacts on the audience’s sympathies, and why an author might choose a particular narrative point of view
  • examining the narrative voice in texts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions, which include perspectives of animals and spirits, about how we should care for the Earth, for example reflecting on how this affects significance, interpretation and response

  VCELT315 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT356

  Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways

  Elaborations

  • creating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of narrative elements and language features
  • planning and creating texts that entertain, inform, inspire and/or emotionally engage familiar and less-familiar audiences

  VCELT356 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT342

  Identify and explain how choices in language, including modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts

  Elaborations

  • noting how degrees of possibility are opened up through the use of modal verbs (for example, ‘It may be a solution’ as compared to ‘It could be a solution’), as well as through other resources such as adverbs (for example, ‘It’s possibly/probably/certainly a solution’), adjectives (for example, ‘It’s a possible/probable/certain solution’); and nouns (for example, ‘It’s a possibility/probability’)

  VCELT342 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT344

  Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse

  Elaborations

  • identifying how language choice and imagery build emotional connection and engagement with the story or theme
  • describing how a character’s experience expressed through a verse novel impacts on students personally, how the author controls the revelation of the experiences and how the verse story builds meaning to its climax when we understand the whole

  VCELT344 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT343

  Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and evaluate characteristics that define an author’s individual style

  Elaborations

  • exploring two or more texts by the same author, drawing out the similarities, for example subject or theme, characterisation, text structure, plot development, tone, vocabulary, sense of voice, narrative point of view, favoured grammatical structures and visual techniques in sophisticated picture books

  VCELT343 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT386

  Create literary texts that adapt stylistic features encountered in other texts

  Elaborations

  • using aspects of texts in imaginative recreations such as re-situating a character from a text in a new situation
  • imagining a character’s life events (for example misadventures organised retrospectively to be presented as a series of flashbacks in scripted monologue supported by single images), making a sequel or prequel or rewriting an ending
  • creating chapters for an autobiography, short story or diary

  VCELT386 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT372

  Compare the ways that language and images are used to create character, and to influence emotions and opinions in different types of texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying stereotypes, prejudice and oversimplifications in texts
  • exploring ethical issues in literary texts drawing on a range of examples from the texts to illustrate and substantiate the views expressed

  VCELT372 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT393

  Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts

  Elaborations

  • building knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to the history, culture, and literary heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • identifying and explaining differences between points of view in texts, for example contrasting the city and the bush or different perspectives based on culture, gender or age

  VCELT393 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT385

  Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with different narrative structures such as the epistolary form, flashback, multiple perspectives
  • transforming familiar print narratives into short video or film narratives, drawing on knowledge of the type of text and possible adaptations necessary to a new mode
  • drawing on literature and life experiences to create a poem, for example ballad, series of haiku

  VCELT385 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT394

  Reflect on ideas and opinions about characters, settings and events in literary texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others and justifying a point of view

  Elaborations

  • exploring concepts about the criteria for heroism and testing these criteria in a range of texts, including more complex ones where the hero may be flawed
  • establishing forums for discussing the relative merits of fiction and film texts
  • comparing personal viewpoints on texts and justifying responses in actual and virtual discussions

  VCELT394 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• 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 poetry

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the sound and rhythm of poetry and using metalanguage, for example ‘refrain’, ‘chant’ to discuss the layers of meaning that are created

  VCELT375 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT373

  Discuss aspects of texts, including their aesthetic and social value, using relevant and appropriate metalanguage

  Elaborations

  • investigating how a text written about a social issue, for example racism, may have contributed to social change

  VCELT373 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT374

  Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches

  Elaborations

  • analysing and explaining the structure and features of short stories discussing the purposes and appeal of different authorial choices for structure and language
  • exploring traditional stories from Asia and discussing their engaging features, for example use of the oral mode, visual elements, verse, use of puppets to convey the narrative
  • analysing writers’ depictions of challenges in texts, for example those faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • discussing a text’s intended audience, whether the text is typical of its type and whether it has fulfilled its purpose

  VCELT374 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT419

  Create literary texts that draw upon text structures and language features of other texts for particular purposes and effects

  Elaborations

  • creating literary interpretations of short stories based on understanding and analysis of their context, narrative structure (including the twist at the end), layers of meaning, themes, point of view and style
  • combining visual and digital elements to create layers of meaning for serious and humorous purposes

  VCELT419 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT418

  Experiment with particular language features drawn from different types of texts, including combinations of language and visual choices to create new texts

  Elaborations

  • creating and performing scripts for short plays that make use of the affordances of visual, verbal and additional modes (for example music) to create atmosphere, to deepen interpretation of verbal meaning and to enhance the drama of a performance

  VCELT418 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT403

  Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in literary texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts may reflect or challenge the values of individuals and groups

  Elaborations

  • investigating texts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history from different sources and explaining differing viewpoints
  • comparing attitudes and ideas in texts drawn from contexts that are different to one's own

  VCELT403 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT407

  Recognise, explain and analyse the ways literary texts draw on readers’ knowledge of other texts and enable new understanding and appreciation of aesthetic qualities

  Elaborations

  • exploring how some writers use terse and relatively simple language choices while others use more elaborate and complex syntax
  • examining the language patterns, including sentence patterns, in a range of short texts and discussing the effect on readers’ interpretation of these choices
  • writing or speaking about a literary text and outlining the impact of the text on a listener, viewer or reader, for example in a journal in which students reflect on their personal responses and on how language and structural features in the text contribute to its impact
  • discussing, debating and assessing remakes of literary texts and their effectiveness and purpose
  • discussing, debating and assessing book or film series, sequels, prequels, fan fiction sites, tie-in publications or merchandise

  VCELT407 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT408

  Identify and evaluate devices that create tone in literary texts, including humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody

  Elaborations

  • understanding that tone (serious, bitter, sincere, amused) indicates attitude to the subject and to readers/listeners, who can identify or judge tone through past experience and language clues in the text

  VCELT408 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature