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• VCELY257

  Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features

  Elaborations

  • making connections between the text and own experience and other texts
  • making connections between the information in print and images
  • making predictions and asking and answering questions about the text drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic
  • using text features and search tools to locate information in written and digital texts efficiently
  • determining important ideas, events or details in texts, commenting on things learned or questions raised by reading, referring explicitly to the text for verification
  • making considered inferences taking into account topic knowledge or a character’s likely actions and feelings

  VCELY257 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELT265

  Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts

  Elaborations

  • creating visual and multimodal texts based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or Asian literature, applying one or more visual elements to convey the intent of the original text
  • creating multimodal texts that combine visual images, sound effects, music and voice overs to convey settings and events in a fantasy world

  VCELT265 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Writing | Literature

• 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

• English: Level 2 description

  In Level 2, students communicate with peers, teachers, students from other classes, and community members.

  Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is to entertain, as well as...

  Level description | English

• English | English: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

  Overview material | English

• English: Level B achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level B, students will listen to and view a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts from familiar contexts. They can focus on an image during the sharing of a text. They select a text using visual images and request a text to be read. Students can recognise images of familiar...

  Level description | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing

• VCELT274

  Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons

  Elaborations

  • reading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central characters/protagonists and making links to own lives, noting similarities
  • exploring the ways that the same story can be told in many cultures, identifying variations in the storyline and in music (for example ‘The Ramayana’ story which is told to children in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Tibet and Malaysia)

  VCELT274 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• English: Level 3 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students communicate with peers and teachers from other classes and schools in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments.

  Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which...

  Level description | English

• English: Level 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students experience learning in familiar contexts and a range of contexts that relate to study in other areas of the curriculum. They interact with peers and teachers from other classes and schools in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments.

  Students engage with...

  Level description | English

• VCELA036

  Recognise that texts can have many forms, can use images, objects and symbols

  Elaborations

  • beginning to understand that multimodal texts may include symbols, images and objects
  • recognising some photographs, images and objects in a text

  VCELA036 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA176

  Understand that the purposes texts serve shape their structure in predictable ways

  Elaborations

  • discussing and comparing the purposes of familiar texts drawn from local contexts and interests
  • becoming familiar with the typical stages of types of text including recount and procedure
  • using different types of texts, for example procedures (including recipes), and discussing the text structure

  VCELA176 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA017

  Experience people writing, speaking and communicating using various modes

  Elaborations

  • experiencing speech being broken down into different sounds
  • reacting to interactive and multimodal texts
  • exploring a range of sounds and movements, including facial expression and gesture

  VCELA017 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Language

• VCELA133

  Identify the sounds within familiar words

  Elaborations

  • identifying the beginning sound of their own name, and in familiar everyday words
  • tapping out a beat to represent the syllables in two and three syllable words including their own name

  VCELA133 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELY338

  Participate in informal debates and plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements

  Elaborations

  • planning a report on a topic, sequencing ideas logically and providing supporting detail, including graphics, sound and visuals to enhance audience engagement and understanding

  VCELY338 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCELT460

  Compare and evaluate a range of representations of individuals and groups in different historical, social and cultural contexts

  Elaborations

  • investigating and analysing the ways cultural stories may be retold and adapted across a range of contexts such as the ‘Cinderella’ story and the ‘anti-hero’
  • imaginatively adapting texts from an earlier time or different social context for a new audience
  • exploring and reflecting on personal understanding of the world and human experience gained from interpreting literature drawn from cultures and times different from the students’ own

  VCELT460 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Reading and Viewing | 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

• VCELA132

  Use vocabulary in the form of short phrases for a variety of purposes such as to request an object, communicate a need, recount information, or express a feeling

  Elaborations

  • building the vocabulary to label personal interests, experiences and associated objects
  • building vocabulary and images used to label experiences at school including those associated with topics or themes of study

  VCELA132 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA146

  Recognise all upper- and lower-case letters and the most common sound that each letter represents

  Elaborations

  • recognising and saying the name and most common sound made by each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet, including consonants and short vowel sounds, such as /a/ in cat
  • using familiar and common letters in handwritten and digital communications

  VCELA146 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA200

  Understand that there are different ways of asking for information, making offers and giving commands

  Elaborations

  • learning the difference between questions and statements, requests and commands
  • learning about different types of questions including closed and open questions and ‘where’, ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions

  VCELA200 | 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