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• Roman Alphabet Languages - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students interact with peers and adults using written and spoken language to communicate about personal interests and relationships, practices and experiences, and about broader issues such as health and the environment. They respond to and create personal, descriptive,...

  Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10

• Vietnamese - F–10 Sequence: Levels 3 and 4 description

  Students explore Vietnamese sounds and spelling strategies to further develop their speaking and writing skills. They compare the formation of Vietnamese and English nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions to extend their vocabulary, and use simple sentences to provide information about...

  Level description | Languages | Vietnamese | F–10 Sequence

• VCCCTR013

  Examine and use the structure of a basic argument, with an aim, reasons and conclusion to present a point of view

  Elaborations

  • drawing the structure of a basic argument using digital and non-digital technologies
  • dropping and dragging jumbled sentences from an argument into order and explaining and comparing different orderings using digital technologies or hard copy cards
  • providing a prompt and sentence starters to structure arguments for and against a claim, for example that “Ignoring teasing is the best response”

  VCCCTR013 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 3 and 4 | Reasoning

• VCEALA555

  Use home language to formulate speech in English and communicate ideas

  Elaborations

  • formulating original utterances to communicate ideas, combining English vocabulary with home language sentence patterns
  • referring to home language while formulating speech, which may be reflected in pauses and hesitation
  • translating word for word from home language to English, before adapting the translation using English sentence structure

  VCEALA555 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Speaking and Listening | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA145

  Model writing on other texts

  Elaborations

  • using words, phrases or sentence patterns from a teacher-modelled text, a favourite story or home language text
  • constructing a short, basic text type, following the structure of a model text, for example copying sentence beginnings in the same order

  VCEALA145 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA148

  Understand a small range of terminology of writing

  Elaborations

  • understanding terminology such as ‘letter’, ‘word’, ‘sentence’, ‘comma’
  • understanding a small range of more technical terminology in structured activities, such as underlining verbs in a short text
  • following instructions for writing, for example ‘Fill in your name’, ‘Write each sentence on a new line’

  VCEALA148 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC055

  Copy well-known symbols, words, phrases or short texts

  Elaborations

  • tracing or copying letters, words and sentences written by the teacher
  • copying out a short text jointly constructed by the class
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe familiar images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • making corrections to own writing when copying text

  VCEALC055 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC057

  Write a simple text that fulfils a function

  Elaborations

  • writing a simple description, recount or procedure after a shared class experience, for example a short text recounting making pancakes
  • writing the names of items depicted in images
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • choosing a sentence from a class text to use as a caption for an image

  VCEALC057 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALL662

  Organise the content of a topic at paragraph level, with teacher guidance, to reflect given or new information

  Elaborations

  • following a model text or scaffold for paragraph structure, for example including a topic sentence, main idea, elaboration and summary
  • writing a simple topic sentence introducing and sequencing the key idea of the paragraph, for example ‘Another main reason to ban cars is …’

  VCEALL662 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL052

  Recognise capital letters, spaces and full stops

  Elaborations

  • showing awareness that words are separated by spaces, such as by pointing to words or counting words
  • pointing to capital letters and full stops in a text
  • pausing at full stops when reading aloud
  • using spaces to count words in a sentence or on a line
  • using capital letters and full stops to count sentences

  VCEALL052 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL071

  Label drawings of everyday personal activities using language learnt in the classroom

  Elaborations

  • using drawings as a basis for oral explanations or captioning using simple writing, such as ‘live here’, ‘play’, ‘study’
  • writing the names of items depicted in images
  • copying and completing short, formulaic sentences to describe images, such as ‘This is a …’
  • choosing a sentence from a class text to use as a caption for an image

  VCEALL071 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL601

  Use single clauses, or use simple coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to combine clauses

  Elaborations

  • constructing compound sentences with a range of coordinating conjunctions (such as ‘and’, ‘but’), for example ‘They knocked on door but nobody answered’
  • constructing complex sentences using some common subordinating conjunctions (such as ‘as’, ‘when’, ‘until’), for example ‘When they arrived, they knocked on door’

  VCEALL601 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C1 | Writing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCCCTR004

  Examine words that show reasons and words that show conclusions

  Elaborations

  • asking what happened or was decided ‘in the end’ to show what a conclusion is
  • listening to sentences that show a conclusion and a reason and identifying which words or phrases show each

  VCCCTR004 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Reasoning

• VCEALA379

  Write using language that is beginning to reflect the features of written language more than the features of spoken language

  Elaborations

  • expanding vocabulary to incorporate more topic-specific words
  • developing simple plans to support writing with some structure and complexity at the text, paragraph and sentence level

  VCEALA379 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA222

  Rewrite following explicit correction

  Elaborations

  • copying out a corrected version of own text, for example with corrected spelling or capital letters
  • attempting to self-correct by copying spelling or sentences from classroom texts

  VCEALA222 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA221

  Contribute ideas to shared writing activities

  Elaborations

  • making suggestions about the ideas to include in the text, for example the people and events
  • drawing on familiar vocabulary and sentence structures to suggest expressions for shared writing

  VCEALA221 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALA059

  Respond to the terms ‘writing’ and ‘drawing’ appropriately

  Elaborations

  • following instructions to write or draw, such as ‘Write your name’, ‘Draw a face’
  • understanding that English writing consists of words formed by letters, and sentences comprising words

  VCEALA059 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A1 | Writing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC609

  Provide information or assistance when requested in classroom interactions

  Elaborations

  • constructing relevant and useful responses using appropriate sentence structures and vocabulary
  • taking action in response to requests, such as responding to a teacher or assisting a peer

  VCEALC609 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC612

  Understand the gist of context-reduced spoken texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding texts that are less dependent on immediate contextual support such as images
  • applying knowledge of text structures, such as introduction or topic sentences, to follow key messages

  VCEALC612 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C2 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC401

  Contribute information, express ideas and give reasons for opinions in group tasks or classroom discussions

  Elaborations

  • contributing information that elaborates or clarifies the topic, or expressing ideas or opinions in response to other speakers
  • using a range of topic vocabulary and sentence structures that connect ideas

  VCEALC401 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Speaking and Listening | Communication