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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Stage 4

Expressing ideas and composing texts B
Planning, monitoring and revising
  • Engage with the features and structures of model texts to plan and consider implications for own text creation

  • Integrate information and perspectives from different sources to create detailed and informed texts

  • Develop a coherent thesis for extended analytical and persuasive texts that represents logical thinking about a text or topic

  • Plan a logical sequence of arguments or ideas, and set goals at conceptual, whole text and paragraph levels

  • Produce co-constructed texts to represent different ideas and values

  • Monitor word choice, spelling, grammar and punctuation for accuracy and purpose

  • Seek and respond to verbal and written feedback to improve clarity, meaning and effect

Reflecting
  • Reflect on own composition of texts, using appropriate technical vocabulary to explain choices of language and structure in line with the target audience and intended purpose

  • Describe the pleasures, challenges and successes experienced in the processes of understanding and composing texts

  • Consider how purposeful compositional choices are influenced by specific elements of model texts

  • Reflect on own ability to plan, monitor and revise during the composition process, and how this shapes clarity and effect

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