English Version 2.0 / Level 9 / Literacy / Word knowledge
Content description
use learnt knowledge to spell accurately and consistently, and understand that non-standard spelling is used in texts for particular effects, such as characterisation and humour, and to represent accents and distinctive speech
Elaborations
exploring the spelling of neologisms and their effect in media texts such as online posts, for example ‘selfie’ and ‘Paralympics’
analysing how spelling is used to represent the distinctive speech of a character by noting where authors have dropped letters from words to emulate the sound of spoken words
Code
VC2E9LY03
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