ENGLISH (Reading and Viewing - Literature) Level 6
Analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots (ACELT1614)
Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and differences between texts, including those by the same author or illustrator, and evaluate characteristics that define an author’s individual style (ACELT1616)
Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts(ACELT1615)
ENGLISH (Reading and Viewing - Literacy) Level 6
Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text(ACELY1711)
Analyse strategies authors use to influence readers(ACELY1801)
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings (ACELY1712)
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts(ACELY1713)
ENGLISH (Writing - Language) Level 6
Investigate how complex sentences can be used in a variety of ways to elaborate, extend and explain ideas (ACELA1522)
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrases(ACELA1523)
Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion (ACELA1525)
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words, for example technical words and words adopted from other languages(ACELA1526)
Understand the uses of commas to separate clauses(ACELA1521)
ENGLISH (Writing - Literature) Level 6
Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways(ACELT1618)
ENGLISH (Writing - Literacy) Level 6
Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches (ACELY1708)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience(ACELY1714)
Reread and edit students’ own and others’ work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choices(ACELY1715)
Develop a handwriting style that is legible, fluent and automatic and varies according to audience and purpose (ACELY1716)
Use a range of software, including word processing programs, learning new functions as required to create texts (ACELY1717)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Language) Level 6
Understand that strategies for interaction become more complex and demanding as levels of formality and social distance increase (ACELA1516)
Understand the uses of objective and subjective language and bias (ACELA1517)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Literature) Level 6
Make connections between students’ own experiences and those of characters and events represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1613)
ENGLISH (Speaking and Listening - Literacy) Level 6
Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions (ACELY1709)
Use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken interactions such as voice volume, tone, pitch and pace, according to group size, formality of interaction and needs and expertise of the audience(ACELY1816)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasis(ACELY1710)
HUMANITIES - GEOGRAPHY (Geographical Knowledge and Understanding) Level 6 Students recommend ways of protecting environmentally sensitive areas in a sustainable way. They provide examples and evidence based on their inquiries. They use geographic language to identify and describe the human and physical characteristics of local and global environments depicted by different kinds of maps, diagrams, photographs and satellite images. HUMANITIES - GEOGRAPHY (Geospatial Skills) Level 6 Students use atlases, street directories and town plan maps to accurately describe the distance, direction and location of places. They identify features from maps, satellite images, and oblique photographs. They research, collect, record and describe data obtained through field study surveys and measurements to form conclusions about the use of resources.
The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)
SCIENCE (Science as a Human Endeavour - Nature and development of science) Level 6
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE098)
Important contributions to the advancement of science have been made by people from a range of cultures(ACSHE099)
SCIENCE (Science as a Human Endeavour - Use and influence of science) Level 6
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to solve problems that directly affect peoples’ lives (ACSHE100)
Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE220)
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP (Community Engagement) Level 6 They present a point of view on a significant current issue or issues and include recommendations about the actions that individuals and governments can take to resolve issues. They demonstrate understanding that there are different viewpoints on an issue, and contribute to group and class decision making.
INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (Building Social Relationships) Level 6 Students demonstrate, through their interactions in social situations, respect for a diverse range of people and groups. Students describe the impact of bullying. They accept and display empathy for the points of view and feelings of their peers and others. They identify and use a variety of strategies to manage and resolve conflict. INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (Working in Teams) Level 6 Students work effectively in different teams and take on a variety of roles to complete tasks of varying length and complexity. They work cooperatively to allocate tasks and develop timelines. Students accept responsibility for their role and tasks. They explain the benefits of working in a team. They provide feedback to others and evaluate their own and the team’s performance.