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• VCEALA037

  Participate in shared reading activities

  Elaborations

  • focusing during group reading activities
  • participating with key repetitive phrases or choruses in shared reading activities
  • imitating the pronunciation of the teacher and peers in shared reading activities
  • participating in activities to accompany texts, such as performing actions for a song, following instructions for a simple science activity
  • contributing to shared responses to texts, such as sequencing images in order, matching sentence stems and endings, answering simple questions about ideas in a text

  VCEALA037 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC113

  Understand information in texts read and viewed in class

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating understanding of simple factual or fictional texts by performing a task, such as following written instructions to plant a seed in a pot, dramatising or drawing parts of a story
  • answering simple questions, indicating true/false statements or sequencing information from a text
  • matching phrases and sentences from the text to images or diagrams showing the same ideas
  • obtaining information from simple diagrams or graphs
  • demonstrating understanding of new texts and responding to them, for example reading along with repetitive sections or predicting what comes next

  VCEALC113 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALC137

  Write beyond the immediate environment and beyond known language with support from the teacher

  Elaborations

  • following the structure of model texts, such as the use of a greeting, sequence of events and reflection in a diary
  • altering phrases and sentences modelled in a class text to include personal and imaginative details
  • recounting personal experiences in a blog or diary, based on reading similar texts in class
  • writing imaginative texts adapted from or in response to classroom texts, for example following the same narrative structure, writing about a character in a new setting

  VCEALC137 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALL787

  Use an extended range of cohesive devices to improve fluency

  Elaborations

  • using connectives to show contrast (‘however’, ‘nevertheless’, ‘although’), sequence (‘finally’, ‘subsequently’), adding (‘additionally’, ‘furthermore’) and consequence (‘therefore’, ‘consequently’)
  • using pronouns to refer to repeated ideas in a section of text, for example ‘The first reason … It is … This leads to …’
  • using complex prepositions to show relationships between ideas, for example ‘Among the causes …’, ‘Following the protests …’

  VCEALL787 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL441

  Understand the cohesion of ideas between and within paragraphs

  Elaborations

  • locating the topic sentence at the beginning of each paragraph, and finding the key words to identify the main idea
  • reordering sentences in a paragraph to follow a logical order of ideas and language
  • sequencing sentences using conjunctions of time (for example ‘then’, ‘next’, ‘first’, ‘after’) to make a cohesive paragraph
  • understanding items referred to by pronouns, and tracing these references through a text

  VCEALL441 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL149

  Use a variety of simple text structures

  Elaborations

  • relying on templates or model texts for organisational structure, for example using an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion
  • copying topic sentences or parts of sentences to support idea generation and to structure writing
  • reflecting the vocabulary and structure of spoken English in print texts
  • using a variety of simple text structures, such as a title, an opening, an ending, a caption
  • using basic conjunctions and connectives to show time and sequence, such as ‘On Saturday I … We went … We saw … I went ... Then I ... And then ...’

  VCEALL149 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELA458

  Compare the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary texts in different media

  Elaborations

  • reproducing and adapting existing print texts for an online environment and explaining the reasons for the adaptations (for example accounting for the navigation and use of hyperlinks as structuring principles in hypertext narratives)
  • investigating the structure and language of similar text types like information reports and narratives and how these are influenced by different technological affordances (for example hyperlinks as structuring principles in hypertext narratives versus linear text sequencing principles in print narratives)

  VCELA458 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELY266

  Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose

  Elaborations

  • using print and digital resources to gather information about a topic
  • selecting appropriate text structure for a writing purpose and sequencing content for clarity and audience impact
  • using appropriate simple, compound and complex sentences to express and combine ideas
  • using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, relevant to the text type and purpose, and appropriate sentence structures to express and combine ideas

  VCELY266 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | 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

• VCESC115

  Create and perform simple imaginative texts that involve repetitive language, experimenting with sound patterns, rhymes and non-verbal forms of expression

  Elaborations

  • performing songs, rhymes and action stories using non-verbal forms of expression such as clapping, gestures and facial expressions to support the making of meaning
  • creating and presenting a shared class story that involves repeated actions and audience involvement
  • creating a new version of well-known stories, songs or rhymes such as Tengo, tengo, tengo by substituting words, phrases and expressions
  • composing original short stories by matching or sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels using modelled language

  VCESC115 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCESC007

  Create short imaginative texts such as cartoons, raps and stories to communicate own ideas, experiences and emotions

  Elaborations

  • creating imaginary characters, situations or events in forms designed to entertain others, such as a video clip, digital photo story, comic strip, or Big Book for younger students,
  • reinterpreting and performing stories and songs that feature repetitive language and familiar contexts or characters, for example, by changing the sequence or creating alternative endings
  • composing and performing a skit based on an imagined scenario that involves elements such as comedy, emotion or surprise

  VCESC007 | Languages | Spanish | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Creating

• VCESU032

  Analyse textual features of spoken, written and digital texts and consider how they shape meaning and influence responses

  Elaborations

  • comparing language features of Spanish and English versions of different types of texts, such as riddles, weather reports, text messages or horoscopes, noting differences that may be culturally significant
  • examining language structures and features used for specific communicative effect, such as to persuade, amuse, sympathise, challenge, include or exclude
  • understanding textual elements that provide coherence at a whole text level, such as cohesive devices (sin, aunque, debido a, según, por otro lado), linked paragraphs, introductions and summaries, and sequencing of ideas

  VCESU032 | Languages | Spanish | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCHHK021

  Indicate the events at the beginning of the day, at midday and evening

  Elaborations

  • following simple now and then schedule
  • identifying what is next in a familiar regular routine or classroom visual schedule, for example pointing to the image that represents the next activity
  • following and assisting to construct simple timetables using images or objects that reflect regular daily events
  • completing regular daily routine events in sequence, such as unpacking a bag, getting a lunch box out for morning tea

  VCHHK021 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHPEM137

  Demonstrate and explain how the elements of effort, space, time, objects and people can enhance performance

  Elaborations

  • performing a range of movements and analysing technique related to take-off, body position and landing
  • demonstrating an understanding of how to adjust the angle of release of an object and how this will affect the height and distance of flight
  • creating, performing and appraising movement sequences that demonstrate variations in flow and levels
  • designing and refining movement concepts and strategies to manipulate space and their relationship to other players in this space

  VCHPEM137 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 7 and 8 | Movement and Physical Activity | Understanding movement

• VCHPEM121

  Apply critical and creative thinking processes in order to generate and assess solutions to movement challenges

  Elaborations

  • recognising that there may be a number of solutions to movement challenges and justifying which solution is most appropriate or effective
  • applying movement skills and strategies from other contexts to generate a solution to an unfamiliar movement challenge
  • assessing and refining strategies to persist and successfully perform new and challenging movement skills and sequences
  • devising strategies and formulating plans to assist in successfully performing new movement skills

  VCHPEM121 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 5 and 6 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM153

  Evaluate own and others’ movement compositions, and provide and apply feedback in order to enhance performance situations

  Elaborations

  • using knowledge of results feedback to support another student in performing a skill with greater accuracy or control
  • responding to teacher and peer feedback to enhance performance
  • using ICT to record others’ performance, and providing feedback on synchronicity and timing of movements in relation to other people, objects or external stimuli
  • providing constructive feedback on their own and others’ performance by using movement-analysis software to break down a skill or sequence

  VCHPEM153 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 9 and 10 | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCIDC007

  Use familiar words, phrases and patterns to create captions and participate in shared performances and games

  Elaborations

  • creating own version of a story by sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels using modelled language, for example, Pada hari Senin, si ulat makan…
  • creating a new part of a text such as changing a character or adding an extra verse in a song, for example, by matching pictures and captions
  • making a shared big book based on an event, experience or shared text, for example, Ini hari kelas kita; Pergi ke kebun binatang

  VCIDC007 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCIDC023

  Listen to, read and view creative texts such as rhymes, songs and stories, identifying characters and acting out events

  Elaborations

  • reading, listening to and viewing texts, through shared and guided reading, and responding to questions about characters, ideas and events, including by illustrating and captioning aspects of texts
  • expressing personal opinions about and reactions to creative texts using artefacts, for example, using a puppet or mask to give an opinion about a character in a story or song
  • using movement or actions to reinforce meaning in texts such as a television program, song or game
  • sequencing texts, such as by creating a storyboard using pictures and captions

  VCIDC023 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Creating

• VCIDU065

  Expand understanding of textual conventions, particularly related to social and informational media

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with language appropriate to particular text types, such as descriptive language in documentaries, reflective language in diary and journal entries, and persuasive language in advertisements
  • analysing the informal style of language associated with social media texts and texting, such as the use of emoticons and abbreviated forms of words, for example, brngkt (berangkat), dng (dengan), kmn (ke mana)
  • analysing the forms, features and purpose of texts, such as how texts are organised in terms of layout, sequencing of ideas, headings and stylistic devices

  VCIDU065 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCKOC121

  Create captions to images for individual presentation and participate in shared performances and imaginative activities using familiar words, phrases and language patterns

  Elaborations

  • creating own version of a story by sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels using modelled language, for example, 안녕하세요?; … 있어요? 네, 있어요 / 아니요, 없어요; 고맙습니다
  • performing songs, rhymes and action stories using non-verbal forms of expression such as clapping, gestures and facial expressions to support the making of meaning
  • creating and presenting own Big Books, storyboards or digital texts based on imaginary scenarios in familiar contexts, for example, 곰 세 마리

  VCKOC121 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating