English / Year 4 / Literature / Responding to literature

Curriculum content descriptions

Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view (ACELT1603)

Elaborations
  • sharing and discussing students’ own and others’ understanding of the effects of particular literary techniques on their appreciation of texts
  • drawing comparisons between multiple texts and students’ own experiences. Commenting orally, in written form and in digital reviews on aspects such as: Do I recognise this in my own world?; How is this text similar to or different from other texts I’ve read?; How common is it to human experience in the real world?; What new ideas does it bring?; ’How do they fit with what I believe?
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Attitudes,  Personal responses

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