of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create texts that show how images support the meaning of the text. Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learnt. They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They accurately spell words with regular spelling patterns and spell words with less common long vowel patterns. They use punctuation accurately, and write words and sentences legibly using unjoined upper- and lower-case letters. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum Version 8 English for Foundation–10, www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english Year 2 English standard elaborations Applying (AP) Making connections (AC) Working with (WW) Exploring (EX) Becoming aware (BA) The folio of a work has the following characteristics: student’s identification and detailed identification and identification of text guided identification of directed identification of description of text description of text structures and language aspects of text structures aspects of text structures structures and language structures and language features used to: and language features and language features features used to: features used to: used to: used to: describe characters and describe characters and describe characters and events describe characters and describe characters and events events events events communicate factual communicate factual communicate factual information communicate factual communicate factual information information information information understanding that Understanding understanding that similar understanding that similar partial understanding that fragmented understanding similar texts share mode texts share these texts share these similar texts share these that similar texts share these characteristics characteristics characteristics characteristics these characteristics clear and effective reading effective reading of texts that reading of texts that contain: demonstration of developing demonstration of emerging of texts that contain: contain: reading of texts that contain: reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures Receptive varied sentence structures varied sentence structures varied sentence structures varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary some unfamiliar some unfamiliar some unfamiliar some unfamiliar vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words Skills a significant number of a significant number of a significant number of a significant number of high frequency sight words high frequency sight words high frequency sight words high frequency sight words images that provide extra information images that provide extra images that provide extra images that provide extra images that provide extra information information information information
of texts using other texts as comparisons. They create texts that show how images support the meaning of the text. Students create texts, drawing on their own experiences, their imagination and information they have learnt. They use a variety of strategies to engage in group and class discussions and make presentations. They accurately spell words with regular spelling patterns and spell words with less common long vowel patterns. They use punctuation accurately, and write words and sentences legibly using unjoined upper- and lower-case letters. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum Version 8 English for Foundation–10, www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english Year 2 English standard elaborations Applying (AP) Making connections (AC) Working with (WW) Exploring (EX) Becoming aware (BA) The folio of a student’s work has the following characteristics: Receptive mode Understanding identification and detailed description of text structures and language features used to: describe characters and events communicate factual information understanding that similar texts share these characteristics identification and description of text structures and language features used to: describe characters and events communicate factual information understanding that similar texts share these characteristics identification of text structures and language features used to: describe characters and events communicate factual information understanding that similar texts share these characteristics guided identification of aspects of text structures and language features used to: describe characters and events communicate factual information partial understanding that similar texts share these characteristics directed identification of aspects of text structures and language features used to: describe characters and events communicate factual information fragmented understanding that similar texts share these characteristics Skills clear and effective reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words images that provide extra information effective reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words images that provide extra information reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words images that provide extra information demonstration of developing reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words images that provide extra information demonstration of emerging reading of texts that contain: varied sentence structures some unfamiliar vocabulary a significant number of high frequency sight words images that provide extra information