Year 11 Extension course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 1 course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 2 course outcomes A student: EE11-2 analyses and experiments with language forms, features and structures of complex texts, evaluating their effects on meaning in familiar and new contexts EE12-2 analyses and experiments with language forms, features and structures of complex texts, discerningly evaluating their effects on meaning for different purposes, audiences and contexts EEX12-2 strategically and effectively manipulates language forms and features to create a substantial extended composition for a specific purpose, audience and context Objective C Through responding to and composing a wide range of texts and through the critical study of texts, students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in order to: express imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical ideas based on sophisticated analysis and theorising about complex texts and values Year 11 Extension course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 1 course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 2 course outcomes A student: EE11-3 thinks deeply, broadly and flexibly in imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical ways to respond to, compose and explore the relationships between sophisticated texts EE11-4 develops skills in research methodology to undertake effective independent investigation EE12-3 independently investigates, interprets and synthesises critical and creative texts to analyse and evaluate different ways of valuing texts in order to inform and refine response to and composition of sophisticated texts EEX12-3 applies knowledge, understanding and insight, refined through analysis, interpretation, criticism and evaluation of strategically chosen texts, to shape new meaning in an original composition Objective D Through responding to and composing a wide range of texts and through the critical study of texts, students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in order to: express understanding of how cultural, historical and social contexts are represented in critical and creative texts Year 11 Extension course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 1 course outcomes A student: Year 12 Extension 2 course outcomes A student: EE11-5 articulates understanding of how and why texts are echoed, appropriated EE12-4 critically evaluates how perspectives, including the cultural assumptions and values EEX12-4 undertakes extensive independent investigation to articulate a personal
figurative language Words or phrases used in a way that differs from the expected or everyday usage. Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas. Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect, for example simile, metaphor, personification. Figurative language may also use elements of other senses, as in hearing with onomatopoeia, or in combination as in synaesthesia. finite verbs Verbs that have a specific tense and a subject with which they grammatically agree (see verb). A complete sentence must contain a finite verb. fluency Ease of flow, for example in talking, reading, handwriting and spelling. framing The way in which elements in a still or moving image are arranged to create a specific interpretation of the whole. Strong framing creates a sense of enclosure around elements while weak framing creates a sense of openness. full stop (.) A punctuation marker used to indicate the end of a sentence that is a statement or command, for example 'Maria came into the room.', 'Come into the room, Maria.' gaze The directed look of either a viewer or figure in an image, including demand and offer. gender In text study, exploration of the way notions of gender identity are constructed by the language and values of the text. In grammar, a requirement for agreement between nouns, adjectives, verbs and pronouns that must agree when they are referring to males or females. genre The categories into which texts are grouped. The term has a complex history within literary and linguistic theory and is often used to distinguish texts on the basis of, for example, their subject matter (detective fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy fiction) and form and structure (poetry, novels, short stories). grammar The structure of the language we use and the description of language as a system. In describing language, attention is paid to both structure (form) and meaning (function) at the level of the construction of words (graphemes), the word, the sentence and the text. information Information about language structure in comprehending a text, for example sentence structure, text organisation and word order. grapheme A letter or combination of letters that corresponds to or represents phonemes, for example the f in frog, the ph in phone, the gh in cough.