Use strategies and skills for comprehending texts including:
distinguishing different points of view about the main ideas in texts
identifying facts, opinions, supporting evidence and bias
understanding the way attitudes and values are represented
Consider how different perspectives and values are presented in texts including:
the relationships between context, purpose, and audience, and the impact on meaning in social, community and workplace texts
use of mediums, types of texts, text structures and language features; for example, the selective use of fact, evidence and opinion in newspaper reports, the use of statistics and graphs in advertisements, choice of colour and font-style in websites and use of questioning strategies and tone of voice in interviews
the use of narrative techniques; for example, characterisation and dialogue in novels and film, avatars in multiplayer video games and first person narrator.
Using information for specific purposes and contexts by:
gathering different points of view, for example, through interviews, surveys, questionnaires, library and/or internet resources
categorising and integrating ideas and information about specific themes or ideas
understanding ethical research practices.
Create a range of texts:
using personal voice and adopting different points of view to influence audiences in a range of mediums and digital technologies
selecting text structures, language features, and visual techniques to communicate and represent ideas and information for different contexts and purposes; for example, writing diary entries of real or imagined people, creating interactive websites, participating in workplace role plays and scripting fictional dialogues
developing appropriate vocabulary and using accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar
using strategies for planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, and appropriate referencing.