Investigate how interpersonal language choices vary depending on the context...
investigate how interpersonal language choices vary depending on the context, including the different roles taken on in interactions
Year 2 English
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investigate how interpersonal language choices vary depending on the context, including the different roles taken on in interactions
explore how language can be used for appreciating texts and providing reasons for preferences
identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes
understand how texts are made cohesive by using personal and possessive pronouns and by omitting words that can be inferred
navigate print and screen texts using chapters, tables of contents, indexes, side-bar menus, drop-down menus or links
understand that connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with 2 or more independent clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
understand that in sentences nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups
understand that images add to or multiply the meanings of a text
experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit the topic
recognise that capital letters are used in titles and commas are used to separate items in lists
discuss how characters and settings are connected in literature created by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators
identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences
discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways
identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes or songs
create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools
identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts
use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions
identify the purpose and audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts
read texts with phrasing and fluency, using phonic and word knowledge, and monitoring meaning by re-reading and self-correcting
use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning
create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic-specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words
create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations for familiar audiences and purposes, using text structure appropriate to purpose and topic-specific vocabulary, and varying tone, volume and pace
write words legibly and with growing fluency using unjoined upper-case and lower-case letters
manipulate more complex sounds in spoken words and use knowledge of blending, segmenting, phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution to read and write words
use phoneme-grapheme (sound-letter/s) matches, including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, consonant clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllables, including compound words
use knowledge of spelling patterns and morphemes to read and write words whose spelling is not completely predictable from their sounds, including high-frequency words
build morphemic word families using knowledge of prefixes and suffixes