Year 7 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 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 7
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1621
Compare the ways that language and images are used to create character, and to influence emotions and opinions in different types of texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1621 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1724
Compare the text structures and language features of multimodal texts, explaining how they combine to influence audiences
ScOT Terms
ACELY1724 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1722
Use prior knowledge and text processing strategies to interpret a range of types of texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1722 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1528
Understand the way language evolves to reflect a changing world, particularly in response to the use of new technology for presenting texts and communicating
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1528 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1532
Understand the use of punctuation to support meaning in complex sentences with prepositional phrases and embedded clauses
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1532 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1723
Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources
ScOT Terms
ACELY1723 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1728
Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to confidently create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1728 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1539
Understand how to use spelling rules and word origins, for example Greek and Latin roots, base words, suffixes, prefixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn new words and how to spell them
ScOT Terms
ACELA1539 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1804
Use interaction skills when discussing and presenting ideas and information, selecting body language, voice qualities and other elements, (for example music and sound) to add interest and meaning
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1804 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1722
identifying cause and effect in explanations and how these are used to convince an audience of a course of action
Elaboration | ACELY1722 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1529
developing dialogues authentic to characters in comics, cartoons and animations
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1529 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1782
responding to points of view by developing and elaborating on others’ responses
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1782 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1719
identifying key evidence supporting an argument in a discussion between two speakers
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1719 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1764
comparing how different advertisements use visual elements to advertise the same product
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1764 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1622
exploring traditional stories from Asia and discussing their engaging features, for example use of the oral mode, visual elements, verse, use of puppets to convey the narrative
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1622 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1763
writing structured paragraphs for use in a range of academic settings such as paragraph responses, reports and presentations
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1763 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1528
investigating changes in word use and meaning over time and some of the reasons for these changes, for example the influence on spelling and vocabulary of new forms of communication like texting, emoticons and email
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1528 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum