English

Wordplay and Intertextuality

Wordplay

I have learnt about:

  • The origins of English
  • The forms of English
  • The social importance of humour
  • The power of words 
 

Intertextuality

I have learnt about:

  • How ideas, storylines, characters and themes can be shared among texts.
  • The techniques of appropriation, allusion, images, parody and quotation.
  • How the meaning of a text varies with form, context and interpretation.

Identity and Imagery

Identity

I have learnt about:

  • Analysing visual texts.
  • How the media constructs celebrity identity
  • How political and social structures affect personal or group identity.
  • How values, attitudes and beliefs are conveyed in texts and how readers are positioned.
 
 

Imagery

I have learnt about:

  • How to critically analyse poetry
  • How language techniques are used to create sensory imagery in texts. 
  • How imagery can highten the emotional impact of texts.
  • How imagery in texts can prevoke thought and inspire action.

Interpretation and Relationships in narratives

Interpretation

I have learnt about:

  • What it means to interpret texts.
  • What gives texts value and meaning.
  • Interpreting a text by transforming it into a different type of text.
  • Analytical interpretation of a text.
 
 

Relationships in narratives

I have learnt about:

  • Techniques to create characters and their relationships
  • Why a writer chooses a particular context for their characters.
  • How a writer constructs a plot

Representing IdeaS

I have learnt about:

  • How non-fiction presents personal perspectives
  • Identifying and comparing different representations of an idea.
  • Alternative perspectives on key events or ideas, in both texts and images.

CHange & Continuity and Adaptations & Transformations

Change and Continuity

I have learnt about:

  • Analysing visual texts.
  • How the media constructs celebrity identity
  • How political and social structures affect personal or group identity.
  • How values, attitudes and beliefs are conveyed in texts and how readers are positioned.
 
 

Adaptations and Transformations

I have learnt about:

  • How to critically analyse poetry
  • How language techniques are used to create sensory imagery in texts. 
  • How imagery can highten the emotional impact of texts.
  • How imagery in texts can prevoke thought and inspire action

Text in Context and artistry

Text in context

I have learnt about:

  • Analysing visual texts.
  • How the media constructs celebrity identity
  • How political and social structures affect personal or group identity.
  • How values, attitudes and beliefs are conveyed in texts and how readers are positioned.
 
 

Artistry

I have learnt about:

  • How to critically analyse poetry
  • How language techniques are used to create sensory imagery in texts. 
  • How imagery can highten the emotional impact of texts.
  • How imagery in texts can prevoke thought and inspire action

Manipulation and CUrtain up!

Manipulation

I have learnt about:

  • Analysing visual texts.
  • How the media constructs celebrity identity
  • How political and social structures affect personal or group identity.
  • How values, attitudes and beliefs are conveyed in texts and how readers are positioned.
 
 

Curtain up!

I have learnt about:

  • How to critically analyse poetry
  • How language techniques are used to create sensory imagery in texts. 
  • How imagery can highten the emotional impact of texts.
  • How imagery in texts can prevoke thought and inspire action

People and places

I have learnt about:

  • How non-fiction presents personal perspectives
  • Identifying and comparing different representations of an idea.
  • Alternative perspectives on key events or ideas, in both texts and images.

Workbook Examples

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Jacaranda Learning Outcomes

Wordplay

Intertextuality

Identity

Imagery

Interpretation

Relationships in narratives

Representing Ideas