Year 8 

Years 9  

Years 10 

Analysis, evaluation and interpretation 

AC9HC8S02 

Locate, select and organise information, data and ideas from different sources.

AC9HC9S02 

Locate, select and compare information, data and ideas from a range of sources.

AC9HC10S03 

Analyse information, data and ideas about political, legal or civic issues to identify and evaluate differences in perspectives and interpretations.

Year 8 

Year 9 

Year 10 

Language | 

Language for interacting with others 

AC9E8LA01 

Recognise how language shapes relationships and roles.

AC9E9LA01 

Recognise how language empowers relationships and roles.

AC9E10LA01 

Understand how language can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people.

Language | 

Text structure and organisation 

AC9E8LA03 

Explain how texts are structured depending on their purpose and how language features vary, recognising that some texts are hybrids that combine different genres or elements of different genres.

AC9E8LA08 

Identify and use vocabulary typical of academic texts.

AC9E9LA03 

Examine how authors adapt and subvert text structures and language features by experimenting with spoken, written, visual and multimodal elements, and their combination.

AC9E9LA08 

Analyse how vocabulary choices contribute to style, mood and tone.

AC9E10LA03 

Analyse text structures and language features and evaluate their effectiveness in achieving their purpose.

AC9E10LA08 

Use an expanded technical and academic vocabulary for precision when writing academic texts.

Literature | Creating literature 

AC9E8LE06 

Create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices for particular purposes and effects. 

AC9E9LE06 

Create and edit literary texts, that may be a hybrid, that experiment with text structures, language features and literary devices for purposes and audiences.

AC9E10LE06 

Compare and evaluate how “voice” as a literary device is used in different types of texts, such as poetry, novels and film, to evoke emotional responses.

Literacy | Texts in context 

AC9E8LY01 

Identify how texts reflect contexts.

AC9E9LY01 

Analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts.

AC9E10LY01 

Analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in textsand reflect contexts.

Literacy | Analysing, interpreting and evaluating 

AC9E8LY03 

Analyse and evaluate the ways that language features vary according to the purpose and audience of the text, and the ways that sources and quotations are used in a text.

AC9E9LY03 

Analyse and evaluate how language featuresare used to represent a perspective of an issue, event, situation, individual or group.

AC9E10LY02 

Listen to spoken texts and explain the purposes and effects of text structures and language features, and use interaction skillsto discuss and present an opinion about these texts.

Year 8 

Year 9 + Year 10 

Personal, social and community health | Making healthy and safe choices 

AC9HP8P09 

Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.

Making healthy and safe choices 

AC9HP8P09 

Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.

AC9HP10P10 

Plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.

Year 8 

Year 9+10 

Exploring and responding 

AC9AMA8E01 

Investigate the ways that media arts concepts are used in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.

AC9AMA10E01 

Investigate the ways that media artists use media arts concepts to construct representations in media arts works and practices across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.

Year 8 

Year 9+10 

Inquiring - Identify, process and evaluate information 

Identify and clarify significant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources.

Reflecting - Think about thinking (metacognition) 

Reflect on the thinking and processes used when completing activities or drawing conclusions.

Invite alternative perspectives and feedback, and consider reasonable criticism to adjust thinking and approaches.

Reflect on the thinking and processes used when completing activities and drawing conclusions. 

Identify possible limitations in their own positions by considering opposing viewpoints, reasonable criticism and feedback.

Inquiring - Identify, process and evaluate information 

Identify and clarify significant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources.

Analysing - Interpret concepts and problems 

Evaluate the information selected to determine bias and reliability.

Identify the objective and subjective aspects of a complex concept or problem, with sensitivity to context.

Reflecting - Transfer knowledge 

Transfer knowledge and skills gained in previous experiences to both similar and different contexts, and explain reasons for decisions and choices made.

Identify, plan and justify opportunities to transfer knowledge into new contexts.

Analysing - Draw conclusions and provide reasons 

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks by connecting evidence from within and across discipline areas to provide reasons and evaluate arguments for choices made.

Years 9 + Year 10 

Explore and analyse examples of the tensions between conflicting positions on issues of personal, social and global importance.  

Year 8 

Knowledge and understanding | Digital systems 

AC9TDI10P02 

Analyse and visualise data interactively using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends and outliers.