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​This table aligns Education Perfect lessons with the relevant curriculum codes they help reinforce. 


​LANGUAGE
Language Variation and Change
Understand the influence and impact that the English language has had on other languages or dialects and how English has been influenced in return ACELA1540


 

Education Perfect Lessons
Borrowed Words
History of the English Language

Language for interaction
Understand how conventions of speech adopted by communities influence the identities of people in those communities ACELA1541



Understand how rhetorical devices are used to persuade and how different layers of meaning are developed through the use of metaphor, irony and parody ACELA1542


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​Language for Interaction
Slang/Jargon
Idioms for Interaction 


Adaption and Parody
Language Features in Advertising
​Persuasive Techniques in Advertising - Pathos, Ethos and Logos
Rhetorical Devices
Persuasive Techniques in Advertising - Language Features


​Text structure and organisation
Analyse how the text structures and language features of persuasive texts, including media texts, vary according to the medium and mode of communication ACELA1543 




Understand how cohesion in texts is improved by strengthening the internal structure of paragraphs through the use of examples, quotations and substantiation of claims ACELA1766

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Understand how coherence is created in complex texts through devices like lexical cohesion, ellipsis, grammatical theme, and text connectives ACELA1809


Understand the use of punctuation conventions, including colons, semicolons, dashes and brackets in formal and informal texts ACELA1544

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Expressing and developing ideas
Analyse and examine how effective authors control and use a variety of clause structures, including clauses embedded within the structure of a noun group/phrase or clause ACELA1545                                                
Understand the effect of nominalisation in the writing of informative and persuasive texts ACELA1546


Investigate how visual and multimodal texts allude to or draw on other texts or images to enhance and layer meaning ACELA1548




Recognise that vocabulary choices contribute to the specificity, abstraction and style of texts ACELA1547





Understand how to apply learned knowledge consistently in order to spell accurately and to learn new words including nominalisations ACELA1549

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​LITERATURE

Literature and context
Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in literary texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts may reflect or challenge the values of individuals and groups ACELT1626









​Explore the interconnectedness of Country/Place, People, Identity and Culture in texts including those by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors ACELT1806





Responding to literature
Share, reflect on, clarify and evaluate opinions and arguments about aspects of literary texts ACELT1627




Understand and explain how combinations of words and images in texts are used to represent particular groups in society, and how texts position readers in relation to those groups ACELT1628





Recognise and explain differing viewpoints about the world, cultures, individual people and concerns represented in texts ACELT1807



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Examining literature
Recognise, explain and analyse the ways literary texts draw on readers’ knowledge of other texts and enable new understanding and appreciation of aesthetic qualities ACELT1629

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Identify and evaluate devices that create tone, for example humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody in poetry, humorous prose, drama or visual texts ACELT1630

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​Interpret and analyse language choices, including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery and other language features, in short stories, literary essays and plays ACELT1767











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Creating literature
Create literary texts that draw upon text structures and language features of other texts for particular purposes and effects ACELT1632 








Experiment with particular language features drawn from different types of texts, including combinations of language and visual choices to create new texts ACELT1768




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LITERACY
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Texts in context
Analyse and explain how language has evolved over time and how technology and the media have influenced language use and forms of communication ACELY1729

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Interacting with others
Interpret the stated and implied meanings in spoken texts, and use evidence to support or challenge different perspectives ACELY1730
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Use interaction skills for identified purposes, using voice and language conventions to suit different situations, selecting vocabulary, modulating voice and using elements such as music, images and sound for specific effects ACELY1808





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​Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Analyse and evaluate the ways that text structures and language features vary according to the purpose of the text and the ways that referenced sources add authority to a text ACELY1732







Apply increasing knowledge of vocabulary, text structures and language features to understand the content of texts ACELY1733

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​Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author’s point of view ACELY1734
Explore and explain the ways authors combine different modes and media in creating texts, and the impact of these choices on the viewer/listener ACELY1735


​Creating Texts
Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate ACELY1736





Persuasive Perspectives
Analysing Language Features
Persuasive Techniques Across Different Mediums
Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
Influential Image and Language Techniques


Cohesion in Texts A
Cohesion in Texts B
Structuring Non-Fiction Writing


​Ellipses
Coherence in Complex Texts



Creating Plays: Dialogue
Punctuation
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​Embedded Clauses & Prepositions




Verb Nominalisation and Formal Texts



Documentaries
Advertisements and Audiences
Point of View in Visual Texts 
Television Programmes
​Static Images 

Formal Vocabulary
Slang/Jargon
Vocabulary Choices
Text Tones
Choosing Vocabulary
Persuasive Perspectives



​Spelling and Grammar








Comparing Contexts
Identity and Culture
World Viewpoints
Biographies and Autobiographies
Historical Value of Texts
Moral Problems in Texts
Ethics in Literature
Cultural and Historical Perspectives 
Australian Aboriginal Texts
Social Value of Texts 
Stereotypes, Oversimplification and Prejudice
​Persuasive Perspectives 
Identity and Culture
Australian Aboriginal Texts
Cultural and Historical Perspectives



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Moral Problems in Texts
Personal Viewpoints
Ethics in Literature



Creating Characters through Language and Imagery
Idioms for Interaction
Representing Social Groups
Words and Images
Types of Texts
Stereotypes, Oversimplification and Prejudice
​Persuasive Perspectives
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​World Viewpoints
Biographies and Autobiographies
Historical Value of Texts
Moral Problems in Texts
Australian Aboriginal Texts
Cultural and Historical Perspectives
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Language Patterns in Short Texts
Adaption and Parody
Contrasting Texts
Creating Adaptions
Aesthetic Value of Texts
Sequels, Prequels and Reboots
Simple vs Complex Language
Responding to Texts - Language Features
Responding to Texts - Character


Adaption and Parody
Text Tones
​Voice Effects 


Analysing Imagery
Creating Plays: Staging
Language Patterns in Short Texts
Analysing Sentence Patterns
Creating Plays: Dialogue
Dialogue and Character
Language Features
Analysing Language Features
Aesthetic Value of Texts
Analysing Short Texts
​Character Dialogue





Creating Literature B
Creativity Generator: Setting
Creativity Generator: Character
Creating Adaptions
Creativity Generator: Plot
Events in Texts
Language Features in Texts
Creating Text



​Language Features in Advertising
Slang/Jargon
Analysing Language Features
Television Programmes
Monologues







Digital Identity
Documentaries
History of English Language
Evolution of Language
Digital Storytelling
Influential Image and Language Techniques
Technology and Language
Word Meanings
Written Language and Technology
Television Programmes
Online Magazines
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Spoken Texts 
Voice Effects 
Lyrics in Poetry and Songs
Dialogue and Character
Inferencing
Documentaries
Moral Problems in Texts
Idioms for Interaction
Choosing Vocabulary
Monologue
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Debating
Choosing Vocabulary
Discussion Skills
Speech Writing
Monologues
Digital Storytelling
Examining Multimodal Texts
Voice Effects
Interviewing  


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Sources and Claims
Moral Problems in Texts 
Language Features in Texts
Blog Posts
Text Structure and Purpose
Reliable Sources
Representing Points of View
​Influential Image and Language Techniques



​Formal Vocabulary
Choosing Vocabulary 
Language Features in Texts

Website Credibility
Reliable Sources


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Examining Multimodal Texts
Persuasive Texts Across Different Mediums
Words and Images



Persuasive Texts Across Different Mediums
Text Structure and Purpose
Static Images
Stanza Structure
Writing Scripts
Writing Poetry
Writing Film Reviews
Writing Book Reviews
Writing for Communication
Informative and Persuasive Texts
Informative Presentations

Experiment with text structures and language features to refine and clarify ideas to improve the effectiveness of students’ own texts ACELY1810







Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to create, edit and publish texts imaginatively ACELY1738

Text Structure and Purpose
Writing Poetry
Structuring Non-Fiction Writing
Writing for Communication
Making Persuasive Arguments
Presentations - Planning
Simple vs. Complex Language
Discussion Skills
Informative Text Structures
Cause and Effect
Language Features in Texts
Literary Techniques


Purpose of Film Techniques
Informative Presentations
Presentations - Delivering
Examining Multimodal Texts
Digital Storytelling
Blog Posts

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