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• VCELT356

  Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways

  Elaborations

  • creating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of narrative elements and language features
  • planning and creating texts that entertain, inform, inspire and/or emotionally engage familiar and less-familiar audiences

  VCELT356 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT372

  Compare the ways that language and images are used to create character, and to influence emotions and opinions in different types of texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying stereotypes, prejudice and oversimplifications in texts
  • exploring ethical issues in literary texts drawing on a range of examples from the texts to illustrate and substantiate the views expressed

  VCELT372 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT375

  Understand, interpret and discuss how language is compressed to produce a dramatic effect in film or drama, and to create layers of meaning in poetry

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the sound and rhythm of poetry and using metalanguage, for example ‘refrain’, ‘chant’ to discuss the layers of meaning that are created

  VCELT375 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT419

  Create literary texts that draw upon text structures and language features of other texts for particular purposes and effects

  Elaborations

  • creating literary interpretations of short stories based on understanding and analysis of their context, narrative structure (including the twist at the end), layers of meaning, themes, point of view and style
  • combining visual and digital elements to create layers of meaning for serious and humorous purposes

  VCELT419 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT408

  Identify and evaluate devices that create tone in literary texts, including humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody

  Elaborations

  • understanding that tone (serious, bitter, sincere, amused) indicates attitude to the subject and to readers/listeners, who can identify or judge tone through past experience and language clues in the text

  VCELT408 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT448

  Create literary texts, including hybrid texts, that innovate on aspects of other texts, including through the use of parody, allusion and appropriation

  Elaborations

  • creating a contemporary parody of an historical text to highlight changes in societal attitudes

  VCELT448 | Curriculum content | English | Level 9 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT476

  Create literary texts that reflect an emerging sense of personal style and evaluate the effectiveness of these texts

  Elaborations

  • creating texts which draw on own experience of other texts and which have a personal aesthetic appeal
  • reflect on the authors who have influenced own aesthetic style and evaluate their impact

  VCELT476 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Writing | Literature

• VCELY160

  Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge

  Elaborations

  • using image-making and beginning writing to represent characters and events in written, film and web-based texts
  • using speaking, writing and drawing to represent and communicate personal responses to ideas and events experienced through texts
  • creating short spoken, written and multimodal observations, recounts and descriptions, extending vocabulary and including some content-specific words in spoken and written texts
  • using beginning concepts about print, sound–letter and word knowledge and punctuation to create short texts

  VCELY160 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY361

  Use a range of software, including word processing programs, learning new functions as required to create texts

  Elaborations

  • selecting and combining software functions as needed to create texts

  VCELY361 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY390

  Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding conventions associated with particular kinds of software and using them appropriately, for example synthesising information and ideas in dot points and sequencing information in presentations or timing scenes in animation

  VCELY390 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY422

  Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to create, edit and publish texts imaginatively

  Elaborations

  • investigating how digital tools or software can enhance a text that was originally print-based

  VCELY422 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELT264

  Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures including through the use of visual features

  Elaborations

  • drawing on literary texts read, viewed and listened to for inspiration and ideas, appropriating language to create mood and characterisation
  • innovating on texts read, viewed and listened to by changing the point of view, revising an ending or creating a sequel

  VCELT264 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Writing | Literature

• VCELT418

  Experiment with particular language features drawn from different types of texts, including combinations of language and visual choices to create new texts

  Elaborations

  • creating and performing scripts for short plays that make use of the affordances of visual, verbal and additional modes (for example music) to create atmosphere, to deepen interpretation of verbal meaning and to enhance the drama of a performance

  VCELT418 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literature

• VCELY420

  Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate

  Elaborations

  • integrating multimodal approaches within a spoken presentation to purposefully develop meaning for a given audience
  • selecting vocabulary to influence meaning and to position and persuade the audience, for example adjusting language to show or acknowledge power

  VCELY420 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY449

  Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments, including texts that integrate visual, print and/or audio features

  Elaborations

  • presenting arguments that advance opinions, justify positions, and make judgments in order to persuade others about issues such the importance of maintaining balance in the biosphere
  • creating imaginative texts with main ideas developed through the interconnections of plot, settings, characters, the changing of chronological order, foreshadowing in written, spoken and digital texts
  • creating informative and argumentative texts with explanations, details and evidence
  • following the structure of an argument which has a series of sequenced and linked paragraphs, beginning with an outline of the stance to be taken, a series of supported points that develop a line of argument, and a conclusion which summarises the main line of argument

  VCELY449 | Curriculum content | English | Level 9 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY479

  Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues

  Elaborations

  • presenting a structured argument by providing a statement of the major perspectives or concerns relating to an issue, previewing the structure of arguments, structuring the text to provide a major point for each paragraph with succinct elaboration, and concluding with a summary of the main issues or recommendations in an argument
  • creating spoken, written and multimodal texts that compel readers to empathise with the ideas and emotions expressed or implied
  • exploring models of sustained texts created for persuasive purposes about a challenging or complex issue from other cultures, including Asia

  VCELY479 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY481

  Use a range of software, including word processing programs, confidently, flexibly and imaginatively to create, edit and publish texts, considering the identified purpose and the characteristics of the user

  Elaborations

  • designing a webpage that combines navigation, text, sound and moving and still images for a specific audience

  VCELY481 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Writing | Literacy

• English: Level 4 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  Students can collaborate, listen for key points in discussions and use the information to carry out tasks. They use language features to create coherence and add detail to their texts. They understand how to express an opinion based on information in a text. They create texts that show understanding...

  Level description | English | Level 4 | Speaking and Listening

• English: Level 4 achievement standards - Writing

  Students use language features to create coherence and add detail to their texts. They make use of their increasing knowledge of phonics, and they understand how to express an opinion based on information in a text. They create texts that show understanding of how images and detail can be used...

  Level description | English | Level 4 | Writing

• English: Level 7 achievement standards - Writing

  Students understand how the selection of a variety of language features can influence an audience. They understand how to draw on personal knowledge, textual analysis and other sources to express or challenge a point of view. They create texts showing how language features, text structures, and...

  Level description | English | Level 7 | Writing