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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Stage 5

Expressing ideas and composing texts A
Writing
  • Select and adapt appropriate codes, Loading  and structures to shape meaning when composing written Loading  that are analytical, informative, Loading , discursive and/or imaginative

  • Develop a personal and informed Loading  that generates ideas and positions an Loading  through selection of appropriate word-level language and text-level features

  • Experiment with language to create tone, atmosphere and mood

  • Use rhetorical language strategically and subtly to shape complex ideas and convince others of a Loading , as appropriate to audience and Loading 

  • Use Loading  accurately and purposefully

  • Apply Loading  voice to depict complex ideas and enhance engagement

  • Create engaging and authentic temporal and spatial settings for a range of purposes and audiences

Representing
  • Experiment with a variety of Loading  to create Loading  qualities that have the power to communicate ideas and influence viewpoints in own texts

  • Loading  Loading  and Loading  to express complex ideas, using a range of digital technologies where appropriate

Speaking

For students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, this will be through signing and/or speaking. For students who use other forms of communication to supplement speech, content should be taught through speaking (and listening) experiences, where appropriate, in combination with the student's preferred communication form.

  • Select effective rhetorical strategies to position an audience and evoke an emotional response

  • Communicate complex information, ideas and viewpoints using purposeful verbal and/or nonverbal language, including Loading , to emphasise key points, enhance engagement and Loading  meaning

  • Craft a range of Loading , signed or communicated texts that convey complex ideas for specific audiences

  • Deliver spoken, signed or communicated texts with engaging use of Loading , emphasis, volume, pace and timing

  • Participate in and lead a range of informal discussions about texts and ideas, including analytical, speculative and exploratory talk, to consolidate personal understanding and generate new ideas

  • Signal the development of ideas through language, structure and presentational features

Text features
  • Express ideas, using appropriate structures for purpose and audience, that reflect an emerging personal Loading 

  • Introduce and Loading  complex key ideas, academic concepts and positions for Loading  in sustained analytical and persuasive texts

  • Use the structural conventions of analytical writing purposefully, including a well-articulated and considered thesis, a sustained and cohesive progression of supporting points, and a rhetorically effective conclusion

  • Use the structural conventions of persuasive texts to purposefully Loading  opinions and develop expanding arguments, including a focused opening and thesis, logically sequenced elaboration Loading , and a conclusion that Loading  complex ideas

  • Use the structural conventions of Loading  purposefully to build a field of relevant facts and Loading 

  • Use the structural conventions of Loading  purposefully, including shaping complex complications and conflicts, and crafting authentic Loading , to depict ideas

  • Experiment with the process of transformation to Loading  texts with new meaning

  • Use the structural conventions of Loading  purposefully, including the transition between personal and abstract texts, to present complex and nuanced ideas

  • Experiment with a range of Loading  to explore ideas and express personal perspectives

  • Experiment with a combination of Loading  for specific effect and impact

Sentence-level grammar and punctuation
  • Select and justify the use of varied Loading  type, length and complexity to support cohesion and for effect

  • Maintain Loading , identifying the Loading  in collective Loading , extended Loading  or in extended Loading 

  • Control the use of passive and active voice when crafting sentences for effect and to suit the purpose of a text

  • Craft concise sentences to suit text purpose

  • Craft elaborated noun and/or Loading  for effect, clarity or complexity of description

  • Apply punctuation to suit text purpose, support clarity and meaning, for effect, and to control reader response

Word-level language
  • Apply orthographic and morphological knowledge, using Loading  and dictionary Loading  resources as needed, to spell unfamiliar, complex and technical words

  • Select technical vocabulary to write with accuracy in a range of modes and Loading  appropriate to audience, purpose, form and Loading 

  • Use a variety of grammatical features to Loading  relationships between complex ideas

  • Make vocabulary choices that enhance stylistic features of writing, and shape meaning through Loading 

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