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• VCELA201

  Explore different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions

  Elaborations

  • extending students’ vocabularies for the expression of feelings and emotions
  • considering how others might respond before expressing their views, and how students might respond to others’ views in civil and constructive ways

  VCELA201 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA203

  Identify the separate phonemes in consonant blends or clusters at the beginnings and ends of syllables

  Elaborations

  • clapping the syllables in words and identifying the separate consonant sounds in blends or clusters in each syllable, for example in 'frost' and 'play-ing'

  VCELA203 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA184

  Understand how to use visual memory to write high-frequency words, and that some high-frequency words have regular and irregular spelling components

  Elaborations

  • using strategies such as look-say-cover-write-check to learn an increasing number of high-frequency sight words recognised in texts, including words with regular spelling patterns such as 'them' and 'got' and irregular patterns such as 'one' and 'was'

  VCELA184 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Language

• VCELT205

  Discuss how authors create characters using language and images

  Elaborations

  • identifying similarities between texts from different cultural traditions, for example representations of dragons in traditional European and Asian texts, and how spiritual beings are represented in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories
  • identifying some features of characters and how particular words and images convey qualities of their nature, for example some characters are portrayed as shy, others adventurous
  • discussing the characters of fictional animals and how they relate to those of humans

  VCELT205 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | 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

• 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

• 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

• VCELT209

  Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

  Elaborations

  • exploring performance poetry, chants and songs from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Asian cultures
  • listening to and performing simple haiku poems about familiar topics such as nature and the seasons

  VCELT209 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT206

  Express preferences for specific texts and authors and listen to the opinions of others

  Elaborations

  • sharing favourite texts and authors and some reasons for preferences
  • discussing different texts and considering what is entertaining or appealing
  • using arts methods and role play to express personal responses to characters and events in stories
  • identifying who is telling the story in different texts

  VCELT206 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT193

  Build on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • creating familiar text types in shared or independent writing by drawing on details of characters, repeated phrases and similar vocabulary encountered in known texts

  VCELT193 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literature

• VCELY188

  Describe some differences between imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, and identify the audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts

  Elaborations

  • comparing and discussing texts, identifying some features that distinguish those that ‘tell stories’ from those that ‘give opinions’
  • selecting texts for a particular purpose or task, for example a website that will give information about whales, a book that will tell a story about a possum

  VCELY188 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• 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 features

  Elaborations

  • using elements in books and screen texts, for example illustrations, diagrams, sound and movement, to support reading
  • making connections between the text and students’ own experiences, and between information in print and images
  • finding key information in a text
  • making inferences about characters’ feelings and motives
  • building knowledge about the topic of the text and learning new vocabulary before and during reading
  • making predictions from the cover, from illustrations and at points in the text before reading on
  • retelling the events or key information in the text orally, in writing and/or through digital or arts media

  VCELY186 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY185

  Respond to texts drawn from a range of cultures and experiences

  Elaborations

  • exploring some of the meanings and teachings embedded in Dreaming stories
  • using drawing and writing to depict and comment on people and places beyond their immediate experience

  VCELY185 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY187

  Read texts with familiar features and structures using developing phrasing, fluency, phonic, semantic, contextual, and grammatical knowledge and emerging text processing strategies, including prediction, monitoring meaning and rereading

  Elaborations

  • using contextual and semantic knowledge to make predictions about a text’s purpose and content
  • combining knowledge of context, meaning, grammar and phonics to decode text
  • recognising most high-frequency sight words when reading text
  • self-correcting when reading does not make sense, using pictures, context, meaning, phonics and grammatical knowledge
  • reading aloud with developing fluency and intonation

  VCELY187 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY196

  Understand how to use learned formation patterns to represent sounds and write words using combinations of unjoined upper- and lower-case letters

  Elaborations

  • using correct posture and pencil grip
  • learning how each letter is constructed including where to start and the direction to follow
  • writing words legibly using unjoined print script of consistent size

  VCELY196 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY194

  Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements

  Elaborations

  • referring to learned knowledge of text structure and grammar when creating a new text
  • applying new vocabulary appropriately in creating text
  • learning how to plan spoken and written communications so that listeners and readers might follow the sequence of ideas or events
  • beginning to consider audience in designing a communication involving visual components, selecting images for maximum impact

  VCELY194 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY195

  Reread student's own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation

  Elaborations

  • adding or deleting words on page or screen to improve meaning, for example adding an adjective to a noun
  • reading own work aloud to listen for grammatical correctness: checking use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
  • checking for inclusion of capital letters and full stops
  • identifying words which might not be spelt correctly
  • beginning to use dictionaries and classroom charts to check and correct spelling of less familiar words

  VCELY195 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY197

  Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing programs

  Elaborations

  • creating digital images and composing a story or information sequence on screen using images and captions
  • adding images to digital written communications such as emails with pictures of self, classmates or location

  VCELY197 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY211

  Make short presentations, speaking clearly and using appropriate voice and pace, and using some introduced text structures and language

  Elaborations

  • reporting the results of group discussions
  • providing simple explanations about how to do or make something
  • giving short oral presentations about areas of interest or content area topics, speaking clearly and with appropriate volume and using extended vocabulary and a growing knowledge of content-specific words

  VCELY211 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCELY210

  Engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions, taking turns and recognising the contributions of others

  Elaborations

  • listening for details in spoken informative texts
  • participating in informal and structured class, group and pair discussions about content area topics, ideas and information
  • speaking clearly and with appropriate volume
  • interacting confidently and appropriately with peers, teachers, visitors and community members
  • learning to value listening, questioning and positive body language and understanding that different cultures may approach these differently
  • formulating different types of questions to ask a speaker, such as open and closed questions and ‘when’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions

  VCELY210 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literacy