Links to the Victorian Curriculum

Foundation to Level 2:

• Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (VCSSU043)

Level 1:

• Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs) (VCELA179)

Level 2:

• Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose (VCELA212)
• Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction (VCELA214)
• Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways (VCELT219)
• Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures (VCELY222)

Level 2:

• Understand how texts are made cohesive by the use of resources, including word associations, synonyms, and antonyms (VCELA224)
• Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (VCELY230)
• Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure (VCELY231)

Level 1:

• Understand that language is used in combination with other means of communication (VCELA199)
• Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions through initiating topics, making positive statements, and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner (VCELY244)
• Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately, and using supportive props (VCELY245)

Pathway A

Speaking and listening

Level A1:

• Understand a simple spoken text (VCEALC005)
• Respond simply to questions and prompts (VCEALC002)
• Engage in simple, short dialogues and initiate short utterances using a range of formulas appropriate for different purposes and functions (VCEALL016)
• Recognise and use words from lexical sets related to immediate communicative need, interest or experience (VCEALL026)

Level A2:

• Understand key information in a short spoken or multimodal text (VCEALC087)
• Respond appropriately in a range of common social and classroom situations (VCEALC084)
• Use common time and sequence markers to link ideas in speech (VCEALL098)
• Use words learnt from a range of classroom and social contexts (VCEALL108)

Reading and viewing

Level A1:

• Recognise some familiar words in context (VCEALL048)
• Understand and explore the basic features of different texts (VCEALL043)
• Understand aspects of simple, familiar texts (VCEALC031)
• Recognise familiar words and phrases (VCEALL046)
• Identify familiar words and simple sentences and match them to images (VCEALC032)

Level A2:

• Recognise a small range of familiar words in different contexts (VCEALL129)
• Understand and use the basic features of different texts (VCEALL124)
• Understand information in texts read and viewed in class (VCEALC113)
• Use developing knowledge of English to predict some words or phrases (VCEALL127)
• Use knowledge of context, text structure and language to understand literal and inferred meanings (VCEALC114)

Writing

Level A1:

• Recognise the importance of accurate reproduction of letters and words (VCEALA060)
• Recognise and explore different text types (VCEALL042)
• Show evidence of layout or planning in writing (VCEALL070)
• Write sentences or phrases that reflect own oral structures (VCEALL073)
• Use some common noun–verb and adjective–noun combinations (VCEALL074)
• Write new words with an initial letter or several letters (VCEALL077)
• Handwrite, draw or choose materials with particular care when writing for special purposes (VCEALA064)
• Write a simple text that fulfils a function (VCEALC057)

Level A2:

• Identify and compare differences in text genres (VCEALL123)
• Demonstrate understanding that handwritten texts usually need to be planned, edited and presented (VCEALA143)
• Make a simple plan before writing (VCEALL150)
• Write sentences and phrases that reflect simple written-like structures (VCEALL152)
• Write common nouns and adjectives in the correct order in formulaic structures (VCEALL153)
• Use some curriculum or content area vocabulary (VCEALL156)
• Use a range of writing implements and writing styles for different purposes (VCEALA144)

Write a small range of everyday texts and personal texts (VCEALC138)