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Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches (ACELT1622)

Elaborations
  • analysing and explaining the structure and features of short stories discussing the purposes and appeal of different authorial choices for structure and language
  • exploring traditional stories from Asia and discussing their engaging features, for example use of the oral mode, visual elements, verse, use of puppets to convey the narrative
  • analysing writers’ depictions of challenges in texts, for example those faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • discussing a text’s intended audience, whether the text is typical of its type and whether it has fulfilled its purpose
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
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Mahtab’s Story: Unit of work

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Vampyre: Unit of work

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The Mahabharata

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