This element is about expressive language and involves students composing different types of texts for a range of purposes as an integral part of learning in all curriculum areas.
These texts include spoken, written, visual and multimodal texts that explore, communicate and analyse information, ideas and issues in the learning areas. Students create formal and informal texts as part of classroom learning experiences including group and class discussions, talk that explores and investigates learning area topics, and formal and informal presentations and debates. In developing and acting with literacy, students:
- compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal learning area texts
- use language to interact with others
- deliver presentations.
The element of Composing texts can apply to students at any point in their schooling. The beginning of the learning sequence for this element has been extended by four extra levels (Levels 1a to 1d) to describe in particular the development of communication skills. The descriptions for Composing texts at these levels apply across the elements of Text knowledge, Grammar knowledge, Word knowledge and Visual knowledge.
The following areas of knowledge apply to both processes.
Level 3
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
Compose spoken written visual and multimodal learning area texts
compose and edit a range of learning area texts
Use language to interact with others
use pair, group and class discussions about learning area topics as learning tools to explore and represent ideas and relationships, test possibilities and to prepare for creating texts
Deliver presentations
plan, rehearse and deliver presentations on learning area topics, incorporating some learned content and appropriate visual and multimodal elements
Level 4
Typically by the end of Year 6, students:
Compose spoken written visual and multimodal learning area texts
compose and edit learning area texts
Use language to interact with others
use pair, group and class discussions and informal debates as learning tools to explore ideas and relationships, test possibilities, compare solutions and to prepare for creating texts
Deliver presentations
plan, research, rehearse and deliver presentations on learning area topics, selecting appropriate content and visual and multimodal elements to suit different audiences
Level 5
Typically by the end of Year 8, students:
Compose spoken written visual and multimodal learning area texts
compose and edit longer sustained learning area texts
Use language to interact with others
use pair, group and class discussions and formal and informal debates as learning tools to explore ideas, test possibilities, compare solutions, rehearse ideas and arguments in preparation for creating texts
Deliver presentations
plan, research, rehearse and deliver presentations on learning area topics, sequencing selected content and multimodal elements for accuracy and their impact on the audience