Representation of General capabilities English
General capabilities covered in English include: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding and Intercultural understanding. Literacy Literacy …
Representation of General capabilities | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale English
Rationale English focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes. It encourages students to engage with texts from their contemporary world, with texts from the past and with texts …
Rationale | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 English
In Unit 3, students explore representations of themes, ideas and concepts through a comparison of texts. They analyse and compare the relationships between language, genre and context, comparing texts within and/or across different genres and modes. Students …
Unit 3 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 English
In Unit 4, students examine different interpretations and perspectives to develop further their knowledge and analysis of purpose and style. They challenge perspectives, values and attitudes in literary and non-literary texts, developing and testing their …
Unit 4 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of English English
Units In Unit 1 students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and …
Structure of English | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Texts English
Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal …
Texts | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN014
using evidence-based argument
ACEEN014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN034
developing and sustaining voice, tone and style
ACEEN034 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN018
analysing textual evidence to assess the purpose and context of texts
ACEEN018 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN035
selecting and applying appropriate textual evidence to support arguments
ACEEN035 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN072
substantiating and justifying their own responses using textual evidence
ACEEN072 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN010
the use of imaginative, persuasive and interpretive techniques.
ACEEN010 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN051
making innovative and imaginative use of language features
ACEEN051 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN027
analysing how attitude and mood are created, for example, through the use of humour in satire and parody.
ACEEN027 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN064
analysing the use of voice and point of view such as in feature articles, reporting of current events or narration
ACEEN064 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
ACEEN030
the interplay between imaginative, persuasive and interpretive techniques, for example, how anecdotes are used in speeches to amuse, inform or influence, or the use of characteristation in advertising
ACEEN030 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum