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Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion (ACELA1525)

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  • identifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the various aspects of the work in question
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
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Alliterations,  Figures of speech

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Syllabus bites: Visual literacy

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Syllabus bites: types of sentences

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These seven learning activities, which focus on 'presentation' using a variety of tools (software) and devices (hardware), illustrate the ways in which content, pedagogy and technology can be successfully and effectively integrated in order to promote learning. In the activities, teachers present students with models of ...

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