English / Year 8 / Language / Expressing and developing ideas

Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise that vocabulary choices contribute to the specificity, abstraction and style of texts (ACELA1547)

Elaborations
  • experimenting with vocabulary choices in a range of written and spoken texts and assessing the different effects these choices generate
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Vocabularies

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Trade and Investment at a Glance

Using an illustrated report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides ten learning sequences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian imports and exports. Students: identify Australia's major exports and imports; investigate international trade ...

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Waste not want not: How are our lifestyles shaping and changing the planet?

This is a unit of inquiry made up of 12 learning sequences for year 8 in the English for the Australian Curriculum resource. Each learning sequence contains a series of resources, suggested activities to carry out with students and a post-activity reflection. Students will explore how the concept of rubbish, garbage or ...

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Persuasive Language

This PDF provides a valuable reference guide and teaching and learning resource for students and teachers on the purpose, features and influence of written and visual persuasive texts. The text provides the reader with information on the techniques employed in creating persuasive texts including appealing to emotions through ...