1. Identifying and Exploring Ideas in Texts
EXPLORESuggested Learning Intentions
- To identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts
Sample Success Criteria
- I can identify a range of viewpoints in a variety of texts
- I can recognise layers of meaning in a text
2. Examining How Language Creates Character
EXPLORESuggested Learning Intentions
- To analyse the techniques authors use to position readers
- To evaluate the effectiveness of language forms and features
Sample Success Criteria
- I understand how language can be used to influence the emotions and opinions of a reader
- I can identify the ways in which language is used to create character
3. Understanding and Critiquing Issues in Texts
EXPLORESuggested Learning Intentions
- To use comprehension strategies to comprehend and critique ideas and issues in a variety of texts
Sample Success Criteria
- I can scan a text to find key pieces of information
- I can identify the key issues in a text
- I can interpret the abstract content in a text
4. Analysing Visual Texts
EXPLORESuggested Learning Intentions
- To understand how visual texts generate a point of view
Sample Success Criteria
- I can analyse visual texts to identify a point of view
- I can use a range of visual metalanguage
5. Creating Literary Texts: Pantoums
EXPLORESuggested Learning Intentions
- To create literary texts that adapt the stylistic features encountered in ‘The Bone Sparrow’
Sample Success Criteria
- I can experiment with text by adapting it into a different literary form
- I can develop an imaginative text around a theme or social issue