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Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech (ACELA1492)

Elaborations
  • exploring texts to identify the use of quotation marks
  • experimenting with the use of quotation marks in students’ own writing
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Direct speech,  Quotation marks

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