Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 4
expand and sharpen ideas through careful choice of verbs and phrases and elaborated tenses
Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge Literacy Word Knowledge Level 4
spell topic words and use word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes when spelling new words
Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary Literacy Word Knowledge Level 4
use vocabulary, including subject-specific vocabulary from a range of learning areas and vocabulary that expresses shades of meaning
Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning Literacy Visual Knowledge Level 4
explain how analytical images such as figures, diagrams, tables, maps and graphs contribute to understanding of factual information in texts
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Comprehending texts - navigate, read and view learning area texts Literacy Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing Level 5
navigate, read and view a variety of challenging subject-specific texts with a wide range of graphic representations
Comprehending texts - navigate, read and view learning area texts | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Comprehending texts - listen and respond to learning area texts Literacy Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing Level 5
listen to extended spoken and audio texts, including audio-visual texts, respond to and interpret stated and implied meanings, and evaluate information and ideas
Comprehending texts - listen and respond to learning area texts | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Comprehending texts - interpret and analyse learning area texts Literacy Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing Level 5
interpret and evaluate information, identify main ideas and supporting evidence, and analyse different perspectives using comprehension strategies
Comprehending texts - interpret and analyse learning area texts | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Composing texts - compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal learning area texts Literacy Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating Level 5
compose and edit longer sustained learning area texts
Composing texts - compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal learning area texts | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Composing texts - Use language to interact with others Literacy Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating Level 5
use pair, group and class discussions and formal and informal debates as learning tools to explore ideas, test possibilities, compare solutions, rehearse ideas and arguments in preparation for creating texts
Composing texts - Use language to interact with others | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Composing texts - deliver presentations Literacy Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating Level 5
plan, research, rehearse and deliver presentations on learning area topics, sequencing selected content and multimodal elements for accuracy and their impact on the audience
Composing texts - deliver presentations | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Grammar knowledge - Express opinion and point of view Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 5
use language to evaluate an object, action or text, and language that is designed to persuade the reader/viewer
Grammar knowledge - Express opinion and point of view | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Grammar knowledge - Use knowledge of sentence structures Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 5
control a range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures to record, explain, question, argue, describe and link ideas, evidence and conclusions
Grammar knowledge - Use knowledge of sentence structures | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 5
recognise and use aspects of language to suggest possibility, probability, obligation and conditionality
Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text cohesion Literacy Text knowledge Level 5
use knowledge of word functions to make connections in texts
Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text cohesion | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text structures Literacy Text knowledge Level 5
use wide knowledge of the structure and features of learning area texts to comprehend and compose texts, using creative adaptations of text structures and conventions for citing others
Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text structures | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge Literacy Word Knowledge Level 5
spell specialist topic words and use knowledge of word origins, base words, prefixes and suffixes and unusual letter combinations to spell correctly
Word knowledge - Use spelling knowledge | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary Literacy Word Knowledge Level 5
use a wide range of new specialist and topic vocabulary to contribute to the specificity, authority and abstraction of texts
Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning Literacy Visual Knowledge Level 5
analyse the effects of different visual elements upon the reader/viewer, and how visual texts such as advertisements and informative texts draw on and allude to other texts to enhance meaning
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Comprehending texts - navigate, read and view learning area texts Literacy Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing Level 6
navigate, read and view a wide range of more demanding subject-specific texts with an extensive range of graphic representations
Comprehending texts - navigate, read and view learning area texts | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Comprehending texts - listen and respond to learning area texts Literacy Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing Level 6
listen to a range of extended spoken and audio texts, including audio-visual texts, and respond to, interpret and evaluate ideas, information and opinions
Comprehending texts - listen and respond to learning area texts | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum