Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience(ACELA1490)
Identify features of online texts that enhance readability including text, navigation, links, graphics and layout(ACELA1793)
Explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image, and salience on composition of still and moving images in a range of types of texts(ACELA1496)
ENGLISH (Reading and Viewing - Literature) Level 4
Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships (ACELT1602)
ENGLISH (Reading and Viewing - Literacy) Level 4
Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text(ACELY1690)
Read different types of texts by combining contextual , semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge usingtext processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewing (ACELY1691)
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELY1692)
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectives (ACELA1491)
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA1498)
Understand how to use strategies for spelling words, including spelling rules, knowledge of morphemic word families, spelling generalisations, and letter combinations including double letters (ACELA1779)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features(ACELY1694)
Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure (ACELY1695)
Write using clearly-formed joined letters, and develop increased fluency and automaticity (ACELY1696)
Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1697)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Language) Level 4
Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others for example when exploring and clarifying the ideas of others, summarising their own views and reporting them to a larger group (ACELA1488)
Understand differences between the language of opinion and feeling and the language of factual reporting or recording (ACELA1489)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Literature) Level 4
Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view(ACELT1603)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Literacy) Level 4
Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and information(ACELY1687)
Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently (ACELY1688)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular purposes and audiences (ACELY1689)
History (Perspectives and interpretations) Level 4
Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (ACHHS087)
Science (Earth and Space Sciences) Level 4
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)
Science (Use and Influence) Level 4
Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
Science (Processing and analysing data and information) Level 4
Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS068)
Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (ACSIS216)
Civics and Citizenship (Community Engagement) Level 4 They work with other students to identify a local issue and plan possible actions to achieve a desired outcome. They describe the benefits of action at the local level and the democratic aspects of the process. They participate in activities to protect and care for the natural and built environment.
Interpersonal Development (Building Social Relationships) Working towards Level 4 Students demonstrate respect for others and exhibit appropriate behaviour for maintaining friendships with other people. They support each other by sharing ideas and materials, offering assistance, giving appropriate feedback and acknowledging individual differences. They work with others to reduce, avoid and resolve conflict. Interpersonal Development (Working In Teams) Working towards Level 4 Students cooperate with others in teams for agreed purposes, taking roles and following guidelines established within the task. They describe and evaluate their own contribution and the team’s progress towards the achievement of agreed goals.
Design, Creativity and Technology (Investigating and Designing) Working towards Level 4 Students, individually and in teams, generate ideas based on a design brief, demonstrating understanding that designs may need to meet a range of different requirements. They use words, labelled sketches and models to communicate the details of their designs, and clarify ideas when asked. They identify simple systems components and common materials/ingredients and explain the characteristics and properties that make them suitable for use in products. Students think ahead about the order of their work and list basic steps to make the product or system they have designed. Design, Creativity and Technology (Producing) Working towards Level 4 Students use their list of steps and are able to choose appropriate tools, equipment and techniques to alter and combine materials/ingredients and assemble systems components. Design, Creativity and Technology (Analysing and Evaluating) Working towards Level 4 Students test, evaluate and revise their designs, products or simple systems in light of feedback they have gained from others. They identify what has led to improvements and describe what they consider to be the strengths and drawbacks of their design, product or simple system. They consider how well a product or simple system functions and/or how well it meets the intended purpose.