Text The Conversation - Indigenous collection

TLF ID M018195

This is a series of short journalistic articles written by academic experts and researchers that provide facts, commentary, and independent analysis about issues, policies and culture relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The articles support student investigations and in-depth studies of issues relevant for secondary school students in English and the humanities. The collection is regularly updated with new contributions and contains over 40 articles about indigenous identity, culture, art, and issues such as health, social justice and others. .





Indirect alignments

English / Year 9 / Literature
Curriculum content descriptions

analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references (AC9E9LE05)

Elaborations
  • examining how different authors make use of devices such as imagery, and explaining the effect of these choices on audiences
  • identifying examples of literary devices in a range of poems and considering how they contribute to meaning and influence the emotional responses of the audience
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms
  • Literary devices
  • Text structure
  • Literary criticism
  • Language conventions
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English / Year 9 / Language
Curriculum content descriptions

analyse how vocabulary choices contribute to style, mood and tone (AC9E9LA08)

Elaborations
  • identifying the words used to create nuanced meaning; for example, identifying the words that create a sarcastic tone in a text
  • identifying how the vocabulary used in a text contributes to its stylistic effectiveness
ScOT terms
  • Register (Language)
  • Word meanings
  • Mood (Literary style)
  • Literary tone
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English / Year 9 / Literacy
Curriculum content descriptions

listen to spoken texts that have different purposes and audiences, analysing how language features position listeners to respond in particular ways, and use interacting skills to present and discuss opinions regarding these texts (AC9E9LY02)

Elaborations
  • discussing how stereotypes are created through language and how they position listeners to respond
  • using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in a range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and for an appropriate length of time, presenting an opinion and listening to the opinions of others
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms
  • Text purpose
  • Text audience
  • Speaking
  • Language conventions
  • Social relations
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English / Year 10 / Literature
Curriculum content descriptions

analyse how text structure, language features, literary devices and intertextual connections shape interpretations of texts (AC9E10LE05)

Elaborations
  • examining a range of short poems, a short story, or extracts from a novel or film to find and discuss examples of how language devices layer meaning and influence the responses of listeners, viewers or readers
  • examining satirical representations of events or ideas and determining how satire shapes interpretations and responses
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms
  • Literary devices
  • Text structure
  • Critical thinking
  • Intertextuality
  • Language conventions
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