to evaluate texts and how discussing and presenting ideas ICT capability Discuss aspects of , for example evaluations about a text can be and information, selecting body their and social value, using Explore and research persuasive substantiated by reference to the language, voice qualities and other relevant and appropriate . texts including media texts online, text and other sources elements (for example music and in print, and in electronic and digital sound) to add interest and Text structure and organisation formats meaning Understand and explain how the Incorporate ICTs to enhance or Plan, rehearse and deliver text structures and language record a persuasive speech presentations, selecting and features of texts become more Critical and creative thinking sequencing appropriate content complex in informative and Research, interpret, analyse and and multimodal elements to persuasive texts and identify synthesise ideas and information promote a point of view or enable a underlying structures such as Negotiate a persuasive speech to new way of seeing taxonomies, cause and effect, and present to a chosen audience. extended metaphors Interpreting, analysing, evaluating Personal and social capability Understand that the coherence of Analyse and explain the ways text Provide constructive feedback in more complex texts relies on structures and language features pairs devices that signal text structure shape meaning and vary according and guide readers, for example to audience and purpose Listen and respond to others’ work overviews, initial and concluding Use comprehension strategies to Show respect during others’ paragraphs and topic sentences, interpret, analyse and synthesise persuasive presentations indexes or site maps or ideas and information, critiquing breadcrumb trails for online texts ideas and issues from a variety of Expressing and developing ideas textual sources Understand how modality is Compare the text structures and achieved through discriminating language features of multimodal choices in modal verbs, adverbs, texts, explaining how they combine adjectives and nouns to influence audiences Analyse how point of view is Creating texts generated in visual texts by means Plan, draft and publish imaginative, of choices, for example gaze, informative and , selecting aspects angle, and social distance of matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas Achievement standard Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary affects meaning.
to evaluate texts and how evaluations about a text can be substantiated by reference to the text and other sources Text structure and organisation Understand and explain how the text structures and language features of texts become more complex in informative and persuasive texts and identify underlying structures such as taxonomies, cause and effect, and extended metaphors Understand that the coherence of more complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers, for example overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or breadcrumb trails for online texts Expressing and developing ideas Understand how modality is achieved through discriminating choices in modal verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns Analyse how point of view is generated in visual texts by means of choices, for example gaze, angle, and social distance Discuss aspects of , for example their and social value, using relevant and appropriate . discussing and presenting ideas and information, selecting body language, voice qualities and other elements (for example music and sound) to add interest and meaning Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements to promote a point of view or enable a new way of seeing Interpreting, analysing, evaluating Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purpose Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources Compare the text structures and language features of multimodal texts, explaining how they combine to influence audiences Creating texts Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and , selecting aspects of matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas ICT capability Explore and research persuasive texts including media texts online, in print, and in electronic and digital formats Incorporate ICTs to enhance or record a persuasive speech Critical and creative thinking Research, interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information Negotiate a persuasive speech to present to a chosen audience. Personal and social capability Provide constructive feedback in pairs Listen and respond to others’ work Show respect during others’ persuasive presentations Achievement standard Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary affects meaning.
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