Curriculum Alignment

Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts

Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others

Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses

Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes

Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced

Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors

Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context

Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences and present and justify a point of view

Use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning and interpreting non-verbal cues and choose vocabulary and vocal effects appropriate for different audiences and purposes

Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements

Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text

Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience

Reread and edit student's own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features

Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic

Use a range of software including word processing programs with fluency to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements