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• VCEALC611

  Participate in common school routines

  Elaborations

  • understanding common classroom language, including questions, instructions and basic information
  • following a short set of instructions in sequence, such as ‘Divide your page into two columns. Label the columns A and B. Then number the rows 1 to 20’
  • asking for clarification, for example ‘Do I number the rows like this?’

  VCEALC611 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC654

  Write information texts for general school use, based on modelled language

  Elaborations

  • writing simple information texts (such as reports, essays, explanations) based on models, for example writing a short explanation of the water cycle
  • organising information into simple, logically-ordered paragraphs

  VCEALC654 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALL670

  Spell most commonly encountered words correctly

  Elaborations

  • learning high-frequency sight words from shared texts and classroom activities
  • recognising common letter patterns in familiar and new words

  VCEALL670 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALC634

  Locate specific information in fictional and factual texts using guide questions

  Elaborations

  • locating specific information in factual print texts by using organisational features such as headings or topic sentences
  • retelling ideas or events from familiar texts in response to guide questions
  • making connections between ideas stated directly and close together; for example predicting the ending, linking a diagram and label, linking simple cause and effect

  VCEALC634 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC633

  Locate specific information from subject-based diagrams, graphs and charts

  Elaborations

  • identifying a sentence that describes a graph or image, for example ‘More than half of the class walks to school’
  • using labels or captions to identify specific features on a diagram, illustration or map

  VCEALC633 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL642

  Identify different forms of texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding the basic structure of a range of texts used at school, such as narrative, information report, essay, poetry
  • identifying features of layout and content organisation in a text, such as title and chapter headings
  • labelling features of a text or sequencing parts

  VCEALL642 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALA638

  Identify and discuss the purpose, audience and context of particular texts

  Elaborations

  • engaging with texts from different contexts, such as school, the media, workplaces, community, different cultures
  • suggesting reasons why different audiences might read or view the text, for example ‘Teenagers might read this to study for a driving text’, ‘Adults might read this for safety information’
  • using a small range of modelled metalanguage to name and describe features of texts

  VCEALA638 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness