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• VCELY083

  Use images within text to identify key objects and events

  Elaborations

  • using images to select a text to be read or viewed
  • learning to sequence images to demonstrate an understanding of a text that has been listened to or viewed

  VCELY083 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY023

  React to software being used to construct texts that reflect everyday events and activities

  Elaborations

  • experiencing multimedia and text constructing software
  • being exposed to people creating text and images using a range of software, including word-processing programs
  • reacting to images, sounds and text being added to a digital text
  • responding to familiar texture, sound or image during text construction

  VCELY023 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY011

  Respond to texts within the everyday environment

  Elaborations

  • experiencing texts with different textures, finishes and sound
  • reacting to texts, images and objects that relate to everyday experiences and cultural events
  • using their senses to explore elements within a multimodal text, for example, texture, colour, sound

  VCELY011 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY056

  Make simple choices during shared construction of personalised multimodal text

  Elaborations

  • accepting and rejecting images and sounds to be used in multimodal text
  • refining grasp by handling and using a variety of writing medium

  VCELY056 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY119

  Identify some familiar informative and imaginary texts

  Elaborations

  • discussing whether characters in texts may be real or imaginary
  • co-constructing and following texts such as visual schedules based on classroom routines and activities

  VCELY119 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY055

  Select image to be used in a short text about a special event

  Elaborations

  • making simple choices when presented with options during the construction of class texts, for example using ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or a gesture to indicate a choice
  • attending to the construction of a class multimodal text about a shared experience

  VCELY055 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY139

  Listen and respond to communication of others in classroom situations and routines

  Elaborations

  • asking and answering questions to seek information
  • communicating in pairs during a classroom activity

  VCELY139 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCELY021

  Respond to group text and personalised text being edited

  Elaborations

  • experiencing people editing and changing a text, for example change music, photo, written word or image
  • experiencing people editing by review and changing photos and images in multimodal texts
  • reacting to some of the changes occurring to digital multimodal texts

  VCELY021 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY125

  Use symbols, letters and words to create a simple statement about an idea or event

  Elaborations

  • creating a drawing and simple statement (of own ‘writing’) about an event
  • participating in the construction of class texts by selecting images and suggesting simple sentences to accompany the image

  VCELY125 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY118

  Use images to retell or comment on a familiar text listened to and viewed

  Elaborations

  • beginning to identify key characters and the setting within a text
  • using images from text to assist with comprehending and discussing texts that have been listened to and viewed

  VCELY118 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY127

  Copy and write letters, symbols and numbers

  Elaborations

  • using letters (including letter-like symbols) when 'writing'
  • using a tripod grip to hold and handle writing implements
  • developing finger strength and endurance by holding and handling small objects and materials

  VCELY127 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY070

  Respond to a presentation on an everyday experience

  Elaborations

  • sharing a personal experience with an adult by using an object, picture or image
  • exploring an event or object of interest using a multimodal approach

  VCELY070 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• 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

• VCELY151

  Identify some familiar texts and the contexts in which they are used

  Elaborations

  • recognising the meaning of symbols in everyday contexts, for example exit signs, logos, hearts and flowers on greeting cards

  VCELY151 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | 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

• VCELY154

  Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts

  Elaborations

  • talking about what is ‘real’ and what is imagined in texts
  • identifying and selecting texts for information purposes and commenting on how the text might help with a task

  VCELY154 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY220

  Discuss different texts on a similar topic, identifying similarities and differences between the texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying examples and features of different kinds of spoken, non-verbal, written and visual communication from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and from several Asian cultures within Australia
  • comparing two or more versions of the same topic by different authors or from different cultures, describing similarities and differences

  VCELY220 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY222

  Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures

  Elaborations

  • making connections between the text and students’ own experiences and experiences with other texts, comparing authors’ differing point of view on a topic
  • making connections between information in print and images
  • building on and using prior knowledge and vocabulary
  • making valid inferences using information in a text and students’ own prior knowledge
  • predicting, asking and answering questions as they read, and summarising and reviewing meaning

  VCELY222 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy