AC9E7LE07 • Year 7 English

And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and...: Year 7 English topic guide

create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts

What students learn in AC9E7LE07

This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.

  • Start with the main idea: create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts.
  • Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
  • using aspects of texts in imaginative recreations such as re-situating a character from a text into a new situation creating a prequel using an imagined series of life events of a character presented as a series of flashbacks in a scripted monologue
  • Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.

Curriculum coverage and elaborations

The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.

  • Content description: create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts
  • E1: using aspects of texts in imaginative recreations such as re-situating a character from a text into a new situation
  • E2: creating a prequel using an imagined series of life events of a character presented as a series of flashbacks in a scripted monologue
  • E3: creating chapters for an autobiography, short story or diary
  • E4: experimenting with different narrative structures such as the epistolary form, flashback and multiple narrators
  • E5: experimenting with imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choice when creating a literary text
  • E6: transforming familiar print narratives into short video or film narratives, drawing on knowledge of the type of text and possible adaptations to setting for a new mode

How to use this unit

Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.

Teacher resource

AC9E7LE07 teacher slide

Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.

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Common mistakes to watch for

  • Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
  • Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
  • Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.

International curriculum mapping

This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.

RegionCurriculumClosest mapping
AustraliaAustralian Curriculum v9.0AC9E7LE07 — create and edit literary texts that experiment with language features and literary devices encountered in texts
VictoriaVictorian Curriculum F-10Year 7 English: closest match in Creating literature. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference.
NSWNSW CurriculumStage 4 English: closest content focus for And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and... and related outcomes.
United StatesCommon Core / NGSSGrade 7 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and....
England / UKNational CurriculumKey Stage 3 / Year 7: closest programme-of-study match for And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and....
CanadaProvincial and territory curriculaGrade 7 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference.
New ZealandNew Zealand CurriculumLevel 4 English: closest achievement-objective topic for And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and....
IndiaNCERT / CBSEClass 7 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for And edit literary texts that experiment with language features and....

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