AC9E5LE02
Official content description
present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others
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What Year 5 English students should achieve
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- For particular purposes and audiences, they share, develop and expand on ideas and opinions, using supporting details from topics or texts.
- They explain how characteristic text structures support the purpose of texts.
- They explain how language features including literary devices, and visual features contribute to the effect and meaning of a text.
- They use language features including complex sentences, tenses, topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and/or multimodal features.
- They use language features including topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and/or multimodal features and features of voice.
- They read, view and comprehend texts created to inform, influence and/or engage audiences.
The Literature progression either side of AC9E5LE02
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Taught before · 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
Builds towards · Year 6
- AC9E6LE01identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
- AC9E6LE02identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots
- AC9E6LE03identify and explain characteristics that define an author's individual style
Other Year 5 Literature codes
- AC9E5LE01identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
- AC9E5LE03recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters
- AC9E5LE04examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
- AC9E5LE05create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
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