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S3 - Understanding and Responding to Literature
Aligned to the NSW Syllabus for The Australian curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/home)
- outcomes and content listed at bottom of page
- outcomes and content listed at bottom of page
Narrative
.......Narrative Conventions
.......Aboriginal Dreaming Stories and Songlines
Characterisation
Characterisation - see also Reading Comprehension Resources
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Characterisation - see also Creating Written Texts Resources
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Imagery, symbol and connotation
Figurative Language - see also Reading Comprehension Resources
What is imagery? - BBC Bitesize (with explanatory video)
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Imagery - Teaching resources (wordwall.net) - interactives
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Genre
Genre - see also Creating Written Texts Resources
Genre - see also Reading Comprehension Resources
Theme
Perspective and Context
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Argument and Authority
Features of Text - see Creating Written Texts Resources
Reliability of Text - see also Reading Comprehension Resources
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Twinkl Resources - all requiring a subscription to Twinkl
"Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses (ACELT1610)"
"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)"
"Make connections between students' own experiences and those of characters and events represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1613)"
"Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view (ACELA1502)"
Develop and apply contextual knowledge - perspectives & point of view
"Respond to short films, documentaries and multimedia texts that express familiar and new aspects of the broader world"
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Syllabus Outcomes
EN3-UARL-01 Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-UARL-02 Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
EN3-UARL-02 Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Content
Narrative
- Describe how narrative conventions engage the reader through models of behaviour, and apply narrative conventions when creating texts
- Recognise that narratives reflect both personal and common lived experiences and offer models of behaviour, which may be rejected or accepted
- Describe how patterns in narratives set up expectations and notice when those patterns are subverted
- Describe the difference in purpose between Aboriginal Dreaming stories and Aboriginal Songlines
- Analyse attributes of character and use similar attributes when creating texts
- Recognise how character archetypes and stereotypes are represented in literature
- Analyse how engagement with characters within and between texts invites enjoyment of literature
- Identify the ways different elements of a text contribute to character development and adapt these elements when creating texts
- Analyse how figurative language in literature can enhance meaning and affect the audience
- Recognise recurring and universal symbols and imagery in literature, describe their meanings and experiment with symbol and imagery when creating texts
- Describe how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors use symbols and imagery to share cultural perspectives and stories in texts
- Explain how genre can be recognised by established codes and conventions that govern content and construction of literature, and apply this knowledge when creating texts
- Examine and experiment with elements in literature that do not follow the form and function of a single genre
- Identify core social, personal and moral messages within and between texts
- Identify and describe messages common to lived experiences that recur in literature and use these representations when creating texts
- Identify how perspective is made evident through authorial choices
- Explore how perspective is influenced by personal, social and cultural contexts
- Describe how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors’ language use promotes a shared understanding of cultural context
- Reflect on and explain how personal, social and cultural context is expressed in own texts
- Recognise how an argument is influenced by perspective and create texts that adopt a perspective beyond personal experience
- Understand the authority given to objectivity versus subjectivity in arguments
- Analyse and compare features within and between texts, that characterise an authoritative style
- Compare the reliability and validity of texts to make judgements about their authority
updated April 2023
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