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English / Year 2 / Literature / Creating literature

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Curriculum content descriptions

create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools  (AC9E2LE05)

Elaborations
  • inventing some speech, dialogue or behaviour for a favourite character, which may include the use of video and audio tools, for an alternative event or outcome in the original text
  • reviewing and developing sentences; for example, adding prepositional phrases such as “with a long tail” to improve descriptions
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Editing,  Text structure,  Creating texts,  Imaginative texts,  Language conventions

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