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Elaboration (2) ACELA1482

exploring the use of sensing verbs and how they allow readers to know what characters think and feel

noting how the relationship between characters can be depicted in illustrations through: the positioning of the characters (for example facing each other or facing away from each other); the distance between them; the relative size; one character looking …

Elaboration ACELA1484

exploring examples of language which demonstrate a range of feelings and positions, and building a vocabulary to express judgements about characters or events, acknowledging that language and judgements might differ depending on the cultural context

Elaboration ACELT1594

reading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central characters/protagonists and making links to students’ own lives, noting similarities

Elaboration (1) ACELT1599

discussing the language used to describe the traits of characters in stories, their actions and motivations: ‘Claire was so lonely; she desperately wanted a pet and she was afraid she would do anything, just anything, to have one to care for’

Elaboration ACELY1675

discussing how a text presents the point of view of the main character, and speculating on what other characters might think or feel

Elaboration (2) ACELY1675

speculating about what other characters might think or feel and retelling the story from other perspectives (for example ‘Cinderella’ from the view of the ‘Ugly Sisters’)

Elaboration ACELT1602

commenting on how authors have established setting and period in different cultures and times and the relevance of characters, actions and beliefs to their own time

Elaboration ACELT1604

examining the author’s description of a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the character’s development is evident through his or her dialogue and changing relationships and the reactions of other characters to him or her

Elaboration ACELT1605

examining the author’s description of a character’s appearance, behaviour and speech and noting how the character’s development is evident through his or her dialogue and changing relationships and the reactions of other characters to him or her

Elaboration (1) ACELT1605

identifying pivotal points in the plot where characters are faced with choices and commenting on how the author makes us care about their decisions and consequences

Elaboration ACELT1607

drawing upon literary texts students have encountered and experimenting with changing particular aspects, for example the time or place of the setting, adding characters or changing their personalities, or offering an alternative point of view on key …

Elaboration ACELT1794

collaboratively plan, compose, sequence and prepare a literary text along a familiar storyline, using film, sound and images to convey setting, characters and points of drama in the plot

Elaboration ACELT1609

posing and discussing questions, such as ‘Should this character have behaved as they did?’, and beginning to make balanced judgements about the dilemmas characters face and relative merit and harm

Elaboration (1) ACELA1518

examining different works by an author who specialises in humour or pathos to identify strategies such as exaggeration and character embarrassment to amuse and to offer insights into characters’ feelings, so building empathy with their points of view …

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