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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Tell us about the texts you teach: English K–10 Syllabus
We want to hear about the quality texts students read in their study of English K−10.

Content

Stage 2

Creating written texts
Imaginative purposes
  • Loading  Loading  to engage an Loading , using first person or third person Loading  Loading 

  • Experiment using second person narrative voice for effect

  • Use an orientation, complication, resolution structure to create narratives centred on time, place and Loading 

  • Sequence ideas and actions into Loading  aligned to the stages of the Loading , to provide elaborated details about settings, character motives and actions

  • Experiment with using and punctuating Loading  in texts

  • Experiment with different Loading  using stanzas

  • Experiment with poetry to include innovative use of punctuation to suit Loading  and for effect

Informative purposes
  • Create informative written texts that include headings, paragraphs beginning with Loading , and may conclude information in a final paragraph

  • Create written texts that Loading  experiences and observations to connect with and inform an audience

  • Create written texts that instruct, that may include a statement of purpose or goal, a list of resources and a series of steps

  • Create written texts that Loading  how or why something happens through a series of steps, including an opening statement and a conclusion

  • Create written factual and historical accounts that include an introduction with the who, what, when, where and why of an experience or event, a description of a series of events and a conclusion

Persuasive purposes
  • Create written texts that argue a viewpoint using Loading  to persuade an audience

  • Use a structure that includes a statement of position, has sequenced paragraphs and a conclusion

  • Sequence Loading  points in paragraphs that begin with a topic Loading  and support the development of ideas

  • Experiment with Loading  to modulate an argument for persuasive effect

  • Use facts or opinions to reinforce a viewpoint

Text features for multiple purposes
  • Maintain appropriate, consistent past, present or future Loading  across a text

  • Maintain Loading Loading  referencing across a text for cohesion

  • Use temporal, Loading  and Loading  within and between sentences for cohesion and effect

  • Maintain correct Loading  throughout a text

  • Use definite articles for particular things and indefinite articles for general things for cohesion

  • Use language to create Loading  or humour, including Loading , Loading , Loading  and Loading 

  • Select and use multimodal features to add meaning

Sentence-level grammar
  • Use Loading  with noun groups to add information to Loading  and Loading 

  • Use Loading  and Loading  to add information to a sentence, providing reasons or circumstances

  • Use Loading  in Loading  to signal addition, comparison, consequence or alternatives

  • Use Loading  in Loading  to signal sequence, cause and effect or Loading 

  • Use Loading  sentence openers to indicate action processes

  • Select and use precise saying, thinking, acting, and relating verbs and Loading  to align with text purposes

  • Create cause-and-effect statements

  • Use Loading  to provide facts or state a viewpoint

  • Use Loading  to advise, provide instructions, express a request or a command

  • Use Loading  to emphasise a point or express a strong emotion

  • Use Loading  to ask a direct Loading , or for rhetorical effect to engage the reader with a viewpoint

  • Use simple, compound and complex sentences of varying lengths for variation and readability

Punctuation
  • Use capital letters to indicate the beginning of a sentence, proper nouns, headings and subheadings, to indicate the beginning of a poetry line, for emphasis, and when using acronyms

  • Use Loading  between words in a list or to separate adjectives when more than one is used

  • Use a comma to separate a Loading  before a Loading 

  • Use bullet points or numbering to list items or a sequence of steps

  • Use Loading  for Loading , and to show singular and plural possession

  • Understand and use quoted and reported text or speech in own writing

Word-level language
  • Use topic-specific Loading  and Loading  vocabulary to Loading  Loading 

  • Experiment with words, word order and repetition for rhetorical effect or to create atmosphere

  • Experiment with modality to indicate probability, occurrence, obligation or inclination

  • Use personal pronouns to suit purpose and to connect personally with the audience

  • Use adjectives to develop descriptive features

  • Use Loading  to replace words to avoid repetition and engage the reader

Planning, monitoring and revising
  • Plan structures and language to suit the purpose of a text

  • Research, Loading  and list topic-related ideas when planning

  • Create texts by drawing on personal and others’ experiences, and texts read, viewed and listened to for inspiration and ideas

  • Create texts using digital technologies

  • Reflect on and Loading  texts according to given criteria, and respond to feedback from others

  • Proofread, revise and edit written texts to refine language, correct spelling and ensure cohesion and engagement for the reader

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