Year 2 Understand that language varies when people take on different roles in social and classroom interactions and how the use of key interpersonal language resources varies depending on context Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose Year 2 Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were created Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts Year 2 Identify the audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught Years 3 to 4 Language Literature Literacy Year 3 Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their function and purpose, for example tense and types of sentences Year 3 Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others Develop criteria for establishing personal preferences for literature Discuss how language is used to describe the Year 3 Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print, and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angle Year 4 Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience Year 4 Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tension Create literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining Year 4 Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text 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 Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught Years 5 to 7 Language Literature Literacy Year 5 Year 5 Year 5
Years 5 and 6 Productive use of a narrative text structure to achieve a particular purpose and effects use of a grammar and vocabulary to achieve the purpose and effect of a narrative use of text and language features to engage and entertain an audience Year 7 Productive use of a narrative text structure to achieve a particular purpose and effects use of grammatical structures and vocabulary to achieve the purpose and effects of a narrative use of text and language features to engage and entertain an audience Prep to Year 2 Imaginative: Presentation (Multimodal) Retell a familiar imaginative story with visual aids. Prep Children create a short spoken presentation, including pictures, to retell a familiar imaginative story for teacher and peers. Year 1 Children create a short presentation that recreates an imaginative story and shows emerging use of appropriate text structure and language features for the teacher and peers. Year 2 Children create a multimodal imaginative retelling of a story that demonstrates knowledge of text structures and language features appropriate to share with another class. Weeks 7–8 Teachers gather evidence to make judgments about the following characteristics of children’s work: Prep Productive retelling of events, experiences and literary text to peers and known adults in familiar situations use of familiar words, phrases and images to convey ideas Year 1 Productive use of linked sentences and spoken language features in short presentations on learned topic