AC9E3LE04
Official content description
discuss the effects of some literary devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and prose
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What Year 3 English students should achieve
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- They write texts using letters that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
- They group, logically sequence and link ideas.
- They use text structures including paragraphs, and language features including compound sentences, topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and/or visual features.
- By the end of Year 3, students interact with others, and listen to and create spoken and/or multimodal texts including stories.
- They create written and/or multimodal texts including stories to inform, narrate, explain or argue for audiences, relating ideas including relevant details from learnt topics, topics of interest or texts.
- They use language features including topic-specific vocabulary, and/or visual features and features of voice.
The Literature progression either side of AC9E3LE04
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Taught before · Year 2
- AC9E2LE01discuss how characters and settings are connected in literature created by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
- AC9E2LE02identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences
- AC9E2LE03discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways
Builds towards · Year 4
- AC9E4LE01recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
- AC9E4LE02describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions
- AC9E4LE03discuss how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions
Other Year 3 Literature codes
- AC9E3LE01discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
- AC9E3LE02discuss connections between personal experiences and character experiences in literary texts and share personal preferences
- AC9E3LE03discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence the mood of the narrative
- AC9E3LE05create and edit imaginative texts, using or adapting language features, characters, settings, plot structures and ideas encountered in literary texts
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