Year 8 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 8
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 8, students understand how the selection of text structures is influenced by the selection of language mode and how this varies for different purposes and audiences. Students explain …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1806
explaining how individual interpretations of these aspects are influenced by students’ own knowledge, values and cultural assumptions
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1806 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1629
writing or speaking about a literary text and outlining the impact of the text on a listener, viewer or reader, for example in a journal in which students reflect on their personal responses and on how language and structural features in the text contribute …
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1629 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1729
identifying how meanings or words change or shift depending on context, for example the word ‘cool’ is used to describe temperature or to express approval when used in informal contexts
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1729 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1808
choosing vocabulary and spoken text and sentence structures for particular purposes and audiences, such as debating a topic with a team from another school, creating a voiceover for a media presentation, and adapting language choices such as use of similes, …
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1808 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1732
exploring texts that attempt to solve moral problems in a particular way, for example by consideration of consequences or rights/duties, and by identifying strengths as well as problems that arise from this approach
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1732 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1734
explaining whether the author conveys meaning adequately, particularly in distinguishing fact from opinion
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1734 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1810
ordering paragraphs to best support and sustain an argument and to organise and convey information clearly
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1810 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum