Y6 Strand Literature
Literature and contexts
Identify responses to characters and events drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts in literary texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, wide-ranging Australian and world authors
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For example:
- discussing how attitudes and responses to a text could be shaped by current events or values (now and then), such as in a historical novel or short story
- identifying stereotypes in texts and discussing how these influence the reader or evoke a personal response, such as in stereotypes of the roles of males and females represented from another time or culture
Engaging with and responding to literature
Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots
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For example:
- comparing and contrasting two or more literary texts that share similar topics, themes or plots, such as a written text and its film adaptation
Examining literature
Identify and explain characteristics that define an author’s individual style
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For example:
- comparing common style characteristics in two texts by the same author/illustrator, such as sentence structure, or use of colour
Explain the way authors use sound and imagery to create meaning and effect in literary texts, including poetry
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Creating literature
Create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices
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For example:
- experimenting with text features to create a hybrid text, such as creating a text that incorporates knowledge from another learning area but also contains literary devices
- editing writing, considering the use of literary devices to enhance plot, characters, setting and/or ideas