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Text Requirements for Stage 4 (Years 7-8)
Students in Stage 4 must read, listen to and view a variety of texts that are appropriate to their needs, interests and abilities. These texts become increasingly sophisticated as students move from Stage 4 to Stage 5. (Some students with special education needs may not be able to use all or some of the modes of language: reading, listening and viewing)
Students will undertake the essential content and work towards course outcomes through close reading, listening to or viewing the following:
In Stage 4 |
Fiction |
At least two works |
Poetry |
A wide range of types of poems |
Film, or film on Video or DVD |
At least two works |
Non-Fiction |
At least two works |
Drama |
At least two works |
The following specifications may be fulfilled through the required types of text outlined above and/or through other texts.
In each Year students must study examples of
- Spoken texts
- Print texts
- Visual Texts
- Media and Multi-Media which should, over Stages 4 and 5, include texts drawn from radio, television, newspapers, the internet and CD-ROMs
The selection of texts must give students experience of:
- A widely defined Australian literature, and other Australian texts including those that give insights into Aboriginal experiences in Australia
- Literature from other countries and times
- Cultural heritage, popular cultures and youth cultures
- Picture books
- Everyday and workplace texts
- A range of social, gender and cultural perspectives
Objectives |
Stage 4 Outcomes |
Through responding to and composing a wide range of texts in context and through close study of texts, students will develop skills, knowledge and understanding in order to: |
A student: |
- Speak, listen, read, write, view and represent
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- Responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure
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- Uses a range of processes for responding to and composing texts
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- Responds to and composes texts in different technologies
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- Use languages and communicate appropriately and effectively
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- Uses and describes language forms and features, and structures of texts appropriate to different purposes, audiences and contexts
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- Makes informed language choices to shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence
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- Think in ways that are imaginative, interpretive and critical
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- Draws on experience, information and ideas to imaginatively and interpretively respond to and compose texts
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- Thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts
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- Make connections between and among texts
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- Express themselves and their relationships with others and the world
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- Demonstrates understanding that texts express views of their broadening world and their relationships within it
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- Identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts
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- Learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English
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- Uses, reflects on and assesses individual and collaborative skills for learning
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