Year 9 English skills

recognise how language empowers relationships and roles

understand how evaluation can be expressed directly and indirectly using devices such as allusion, evocative vocabulary and metaphor

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

investigate a range of cohesive devices that condense information in texts, including nominalisation, and devices that link, expand and develop ideas, including text connectives

identify how authors vary sentence structures creatively for effects, such as intentionally using a dependent clause on its own or a sentence fragment

understand how abstract nouns and nominalisation can be used to summarise ideas in text

analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning

analyse how vocabulary choices contribute to style, mood and tone

understand punctuation conventions for referencing and citing others for formal and informal purposes

analyse the representations of people and places in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors

present a personal response to a literary text comparing initial impressions and subsequent analysis of the whole text

analyse how features of literary texts influence readers’ preference for texts

analyse texts and evaluate the aesthetic qualities and appeal of an author’s literary style

analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references

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

analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts

listen to spoken texts that have different purposes and audiences, analysing how language features position listeners to respond in particular ways, and use interacting skills to present and discuss opinions regarding these texts

analyse and evaluate how language features are used to represent a perspective of an issue, event, situation, individual or group

analyse the organisation of ideas in paragraphs and extended texts, and evaluate its impact on meaning

use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to compare and contrast ideas and opinions in and between texts

plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising, expanding and developing ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and multimodal features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical

plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations for purpose and audience, using language features, literary devices and features of voice such as volume, tone, pitch and pace, and organising, expanding and developing ideas in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical

understand how spelling is used in texts for particular effects; for example, characterisation, humour and to represent accents and distinctive speech