Government Standards

Australian Curriculum

Language Arts - Grade 10

Assessment Exam - Australian Curriculum - Level 10 English

Language	eTAP Lesson
Language variation and change
Understand that Standard Australian English in its spoken and written forms has a history of evolution and change and continues to evolve ACELA1563	Etymology and Origins of Words
Language for interaction
Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people ACELA1564
Understand that people’s evaluations of texts are influenced by their value systems, the context and the purpose and mode of communication ACELA1565
Text structure and organisation
Compare the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary texts in different media ACELA1566	Structure and Format of Functional Documents
Understand how paragraphs and images can be arranged for different purposes, audiences, perspectives and stylistic effects ACELA1567	Essay Structure
Understand conventions for citing others, and how to reference these in different ways ACELA1568	Prepare Bibliography Reference Materials
Expressing and developing ideas
Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a wide range of sentence and clause structures as authors design and craft texts ACELA1569	Revise Text to Highlight the Individual Voice, Improve Sentence Variety and Style
Analyse how higher order concepts are developed in complex texts through language features including nominalisation, clause combinations, technicality and abstraction ACELA1570	Write Technical Documents
Evaluate the impact on audiences of different choices in the representation of still and moving images ACELA1572	Audience Analysis
Refine vocabulary choices to discriminate between shades of meaning, with deliberate attention to the effect on audiences ACELA1571
Understand how to use knowledge of the spelling system to spell unusual and technical words accurately, for example those based on uncommon Greek and Latin roots ACELA1573	Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon Roots and Affixes
Literature	eTAP Lesson
Literature and context
Compare and evaluate a range of representations of individuals and groups in different historical, social and cultural contexts ACELT1639	Connection Between Themes and Historical Periods
Responding to literature
Reflect on, extend, endorse or refute others’ interpretations of and responses to literature ACELT1640
Analyse and explain how text structures, language features and visual features of texts and the context in which texts are experienced may influence audience response ACELT1641	Philosophical Approach
Evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts ACELT1812
Examining literature
Identify, explain and discuss how narrative viewpoint, structure, characterisation and devices including analogy and satire shape different interpretations and responses to a text ACELT1642	Literary Devices
Compare and evaluate how ‘voice’ as a literary device can be used in a range of different types of texts such as poetry to evoke particular emotional responses ACELT1643
Responding to literature
Analyse and evaluate text structures and language features of literary texts and make relevant thematic and intertextual connections with other texts ACELT1774	Evaluating Information
Creating literature
Create literary texts that reflect an emerging sense of personal style and evaluate the effectiveness of these texts ACELT1814	Write Expository Compositions
Create literary texts with a sustained ‘voice’, selecting and adapting appropriate text structures, literary devices, language, auditory and visual structures and features for a specific purpose and intended audience ACELT1815	Active Voice Appropriate Manuscript Requirements
Create imaginative texts that make relevant thematic and intertextual connections with other texts ACELT1644
Literacy	eTAP Lesson
Texts in context
Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices ACELY1749
Interacting with others
Identify and explore the purposes and effects of different text structures and language features of spoken texts, and use this knowledge to create purposeful texts that inform, persuade and engage ACELY1750	Informative and Explanatory Texts
Use organisation patterns, voice and language conventions to present a point of view on a subject, speaking clearly, coherently and with effect, using logic, imagery and rhetorical devices to engage audiences ACELA1813	Features and Rhetorical Devices of Public Documents
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements to influence a course of action ACELY1751
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purposes and likely audiences ACELY1752	Analyze the Type of Arguments the Speaker Uses
Choose a reading technique and reading path appropriate for the type of text, to retrieve and connect ideas within and between texts ACELY1753
Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence ACELY1754	Evaluate Claims and Present Arguments
Creating texts
Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues ACELY1756	Deliver Multimedia Presentations
Review, edit and refine students’ own and others’ texts for control of content, organisation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and/or visual features to achieve particular purposes and effects ACELY1757	Demonstrate the Understanding of Proper English Usage and Grammar
Use a range of software, including word processing programs, confidently, flexibly and imaginatively to create, edit and publish texts, considering the identified purpose and the characteristics of the user ACELY1776	Create Word Processed Documents