English / Year 9 / Literacy / Interpreting, analysing, evaluating

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Explore and explain the combinations of language and visual choices that authors make to present information, opinions and perspectives in different texts (ACELY1745)

Elaborations
  • identifying or commenting on the authors approaches and use of techniques, design, form and style
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
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Creating texts

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