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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Content

Stage 2

Understanding and responding to literature
Narrative
  • Loading  the interplay of plot, Loading  and setting in different types of Loading 

  • Describe how narratives set up expectations using familiar, real and imagined characters, situations and Loading 

  • Describe how narrative Loading  engage the reader

  • Describe connections between own or shared experiences and those depicted in narratives

  • Loading  the Loading  and structure of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural narratives

  • Experiment with narrative structures and narrative conventions encountered in Loading  when creating Loading 

Characterisation
  • Understand that Loading  refers to the qualities attributed to real and imagined characters, including their personality and emotional attributes

  • Recognise that characters may be identified through familiar, individual or group characteristics

  • Identify how authors use Loading  to convey what characters say and think, and experiment with dialogue when creating texts

  • Describe how a character drives the plot in a narrative

  • Describe how characters invite emotional engagement with literature

  • Describe ways in which characters are represented in literature and experiment with characterisation when creating texts

Imagery, symbol and connotation
  • Recognise Loading  and Loading  in literature

  • Identify Loading  in literature and how it can influence meaning, and experiment with figurative language when creating texts

  • Describe how words, sounds, images, logos and colour contribute to meaning in literature

  • Recognise how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors use imagery and symbols in texts

Genre
  • Understand that Loading  refers to texts that are grouped according to purpose, subject matter, form, structure and language choices, and that a type of text can differ in Loading  and Loading 

  • Identify different text genres when a text is characterised by more than a single genre

Theme
  • Describe the difference between Loading  and topics in literature

  • Identify themes in literature, recognising that there may be multiple themes within and between texts

Perspective and context
  • Understand that literature is Loading  by drawing upon personal, social and cultural Loading  and Loading 

  • Identify and describe ways in which perspective is represented in literature

  • Identify and Loading  the purpose of a text, and its intended Loading , mode and medium

  • Understand how context informs the setting within a text, and experiment with setting for different contexts when creating texts

  • Describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors use language to build cultural understanding and context

Argument and authority
  • Recognise that an Loading  is not a dispute but can be a single perspective that is presented or defended

  • Describe the difference between authorship and Loading 

  • Understand that to control impact and effect authors make intentional choices about language, form and structure

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