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

ACELY1734

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELY1734 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1732

evaluating an author's use of particular textual structures and language features in achieving the representation of a point of view

Elaboration | ACELY1732 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1632

creating literary interpretations of short stories based on understanding and analysis of their context, narrative structure (including the twist at the end), layers of meaning, themes, point of view and style

Elaboration | ACELT1632 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1548

comprehending a series of static images and combinations of language and images in a picture book, for example title, setting, characters, actions, as well as technical elements including position, size, colour, angle, framing, point of view

Elaboration | ACELA1548 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum