Drama

Explore ideas for characters and situations through dramatic play (VCADRE017)

Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and improvise characters and situations (VCADRD018)

Present drama that communicates ideas and stories (VCADRP019)

Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why (VCADRR020)

English 2.0

Explore different ways of using language to express preferences, likes and dislikes (VC2EFLA02)

Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters depicted (VC2EFLE02)

Interact in informal and structured situations, using appropriate voice levels and listening while others read or speak (VC2EFLY01)

Deliver short spoken texts to an audience using features of voice (VC2EFLY02)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Develop a vocabulary and practise the expression of emotions to describe how they feel in different or familiar situations (VCPSCSE001)

Practise the skills required to include others and make friends with peers, teachers and other adults (VCPSCSO005)

Name and practise basic skills required to work collaboratively with peers (VCPSCSO006)

Use appropriate language to describe what happens and how they feel when experiencing positive interactions or conflict (VCPSCSO007)

Critical and Creative Thinking

Consider ways to express and describe thinking activity, including the expression of feelings about learning, both to others and self (VCCCTM007)

Drama

Explore roles, characters and dramatic action in dramatic play, improvisation and process drama (VCADRE021)

Use voice, facial expression, movement and space to imagine and establish role and situation (VCADRD022)

Present drama that communicates ideas, including stories from their community, to an audience (VCADRP023)

Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why, and why people in their local area make and perform drama, including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (VCADRR024)

English 2.0 (Year 2)

Explore how interpersonal language choices vary depending on the context, including the different roles taken on in interactions (VC2E2LA01)

Create texts by adapting structures and language features of previously encountered literary texts through writing, drawing and performance (VC2E2LE05)

Use interaction skills when engaging with topics and texts, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending their own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions (VC2E2LY01)

Deliver short spoken texts to an audience using features of voice (VC2E2LY02)

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and begin to analyse texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context and text structures to build literal and inferred meanings (VC2E2LY10)

Create short narrative, informative and persuasive texts for familiar audiences using simple text structures, topic-specific vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate (VC2E2LY11)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Explain how being prepared to try new things can help identify strategies when faced with unfamiliar or challenging situations (VCPSCSE010)

Listen to others’ ideas, and recognise that others may see things differently (VCPSCSO012)

Describe ways of making and keeping friends, including how actions and words can help or hurt others, and the effects of modifying their behaviour (VCPSCSO013)

Use basic skills required for participation in group tasks and respond to simple questions about their contribution to group tasks (VCPSCSO014)

Critical and Creative Thinking

Consider ways to express and describe thinking activity, including the expression of feelings about learning, both to others and self (VCCCTM007)

Drama

Explore ideas and narrative structures through roles and situations and use empathy in their own improvisations and devised drama (VCADRE025)

Use voice, body, movement and language to sustain role and relationships and create dramatic action with a sense of time and place (VCADRD026)

Shape and perform dramatic action using narrative structures and tension in devised and scripted drama (VCADRP027)

Identify intended purposes and meaning of drama, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (VCADRR028)

English 2.0 (Year 4)

Understand how language is used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations (VC2E4LA01)

Create texts by developing storylines, characters and settings, and using language features from literary texts they have encountered and from their own experiences (VC2E4LE05)

Use interaction skills to gather information in order to carry out tasks, contribute to discussions, acknowledge another opinion, link a response to the text or topic, and share and extend ideas and information (VC2E4LY01)

Deliver structured spoken texts to an audience using features of voice (VC2E4LY02)

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and begin to evaluate texts to build literal and inferred meanings (VC2E4LY09)

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate (VC2E4LY10)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Identify and explore the expression of emotions in social situations and the impact on self and others (VCPSCSE016)

Identify the importance of including others in activities, groups and games (VCPSCSO022)

Demonstrate skills for effective participation in group tasks and use criteria provided to reflect on the effectiveness of the teams in which they participate (VCPSCSO023)

Drama

Explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, play-building and scripted drama, to develop characters and situations (VCADRE029)

Develop skills and techniques of voice and movement to create character, mood and atmosphere and focus dramatic action (VCADRD030)

Perform devised and scripted drama that develops narrative and uses performance styles and design elements to engage an audience (VCADRP031)

English 2.0 (Year 6)

Understand how language varies as levels of formality and social distance change (VC2E6LA01)

Create texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from literary texts they have encountered, and experiment with vocabulary and literary devices (VC2E6LE05)

Use interaction skills and awareness of formality when paraphrasing, questioning, clarifying and interrogating ideas; developing and supporting arguments; and sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions (VC2E6LY01)

Deliver structured spoken and multimodal texts to an intended audience for a specific purpose, using appropriate features of voice (VC2E6LY02)

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and connect and compare ideas from a variety of sources to build literal and inferred meanings (VC2E6LY08)

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, with developed and organised ideas for purpose and audience, and multimodal elements as appropriate (VC2E6LY09)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Describe what it means to be confident, adaptable and persistent and why these attributes are important in dealing with new or challenging situations (VCPSCSE027)

Identify the characteristics of an effective team and develop descriptions for particular roles including leadership, and describe both their own and their team’s performance when undertaking various roles (VCPSCSO032)

Drama

Combine the elements of drama in devised and scripted drama to explore and develop issues, ideas and themes (VCADRE033)

Develop roles and characters consistent with situation, dramatic forms and performance styles to convey status, relationships and intentions (VCADRE034)

Plan, structure and rehearse drama, exploring ways to communicate and refine dramatic meaning (VCADRD035)

Develop and refine expressive skills in voice and movement to communicate ideas and dramatic action in different performance styles and conventions (VCADRD036)

Perform devised and scripted drama using a range of performance styles, maintaining commitment to role and applying stagecraft (VCADRP037)

English 2.0 (Year 8)

Understand how language shapes relationships and roles (VC2E8LA01)

Use interaction skills for identified purposes and contexts, including when supporting or challenging the stated or implied meanings of texts in discussion (VC2E8LY01)

Deliver structured spoken texts for particular purposes and audiences to suit formal and informal contexts, using features of voice and multimodal or digital elements (VC2E8LY02)

Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to interpret and evaluate ideas in texts (VC2E8LY07)

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and print, multimodal and/or digital elements as appropriate (VC2E8LY08)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Discuss the range of strategies that could be used to cope with difficult tasks or changing situations (VCPSCSE036)

Recognise the impact of personal boundaries, intimacy, distribution of power and social and cultural norms and mores on the ways relationships are expressed (VCPSCSO040)

Perform in a variety of team roles and accept responsibility as a team member and team leader, assessing how well they support other members of the team (VCPSCSO041)

Drama

Improvise with the elements of drama and narrative structure to develop ideas, and explore subtext to shape devised and scripted drama (VCADRE040)

Manipulate combinations of the elements of drama to develop and convey the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions in dramatic forms and performance styles (VCADRE041)

Practise and refine the expressive capacity of voice and movement to communicate ideas and dramatic action in a range of forms, styles and performances spaces (VCADRD042)

Structure drama to engage an audience through manipulation of dramatic action, forms and performance styles and by using design elements (VCADRD043)

Perform devised and scripted drama making deliberate artistic choices and shaping design elements to unify dramatic meaning for an audience (VCADRP044)

English 2.0 (Year 10)

Understand how language can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and how it can empower or disempower people (VC2E10LA01)

Use interaction skills to discuss an opinion about texts and analyse the purposes and effects of text structures and language features (VC2E10LY01)

Deliver structured spoken texts for particular purposes, experimenting with formality in deliberate consideration of an audience, using features of voice and multimodal or digital elements (VC2E10LY02)

Create different types of texts, written and spoken, that reflect on challenging and complex issues, including texts that combine specific print, multimodal and/or digital elements, for a range of purposes and in deliberate consideration of an audience (VC2E10LY08)

Personal and Social Capabilities

Evaluate behaviours and protective factors that contribute to the development of confidence, adaptability and self-reflection (VCPSCSE046)

Evaluate own and others contribution to group tasks, critiquing roles including leadership and provide useful feedback to peers, evaluate task achievement and make recommendations for improvements in relation to team goals (VCPSCSO050)