AC9E7LE03
Official content description
explain the ways that literary devices and language features such as dialogue, and images are used to create character, and to influence emotions and opinions in different types of texts
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What Year 7 English students should achieve
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- They adopt text structures to organise, develop and link ideas.
- They identify the aesthetic qualities of texts.
- They create written and/or multimodal texts, including literary texts, for different purposes and audiences, expressing and expanding on ideas with evidence.
- With different purposes and for audiences, they discuss, express and expand ideas with evidence.
- They adopt language features including 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 AC9E7LE03
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Taught before · 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
Builds towards · Year 8
- AC9E8LE01explain the ways that ideas and points of view may represent the values of individuals and groups in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
- AC9E8LE02share opinions about the language features, literary devices and text structures that contribute to the styles of literary texts
- AC9E8LE03explain how language and/or images in texts position readers to respond and form viewpoints
Other Year 7 Literature codes
- AC9E7LE01identify and explore ideas, points of view, characters, events and/or issues in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and/or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
- AC9E7LE02form an opinion about characters, settings and events in texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others’ opinions and justifying a response
- AC9E7LE04discuss the aesthetic and social value of literary texts using relevant and appropriate metalanguage
- AC9E7LE05identify and explain the ways that characters, settings and events combine to create meaning in narratives
- AC9E7LE06identify and explain how literary devices create layers of meaning in texts including poetry
- AC9E7LE07create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts
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