AC9E8LY02 Year 8 English

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 English provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

use interaction skills for identified purposes and situations, including when supporting or challenging the stated or implied meanings of spoken texts in presentations or discussion

Elaborations

• 1 participating in pair, group, class, school and community speaking and listening situations, including informal conversations, discussions, debates and presentations
• 2 listening to a conversation or speech, identifying the point being made, and explaining the tone and manner of presentation
• 3 using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and at appropriate length, asking questions about stated and implied ideas, and restating and summarising main ideas

Related Achievement Standards