This resource has been developed with specific reference to English subject content descriptions for Year 7 students in the Australian Curriculum: 

The theme Poetry: Judith Wright—Bora Ring has been developed with specific reference to the following English subject content descriptions for Year 7 students in the Australian Curriculum: 

Literature: 

  • Literature and context (ACEL1619): Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts. 

  • Examining literature (ACELT1623): Understand, interpret and discuss how language is compressed to produce a dramatic effect in film or drama, and to create layers of meaning in poetry, for example haiku, tankas, couplets, free verse and verse novels. 

Literacy: 

Language: 

The theme Cartoons: Judy Horacek has been developed with specific reference to English subject content descriptions for Year 7 students in the Australian Curriculum: 

Literature: 

  • Literature and context (ACEL1619): Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts. 

Literacy: 

  • Creating texts (ACELY1725): Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas.  

Language: 

The theme Literature: Joan Lindsay—‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ has been developed with specific reference to English subject content descriptions for Year 7 students in the Australian Curriculum: 

Literature: 

  • Literature and context (ACEL1619): Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts. 

  • Responding to literature (ACEL1620): Reflect on ideas and opinions about characters, settings and events in literary texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others and justifying a point of view. 

Literacy: 

  • Creating texts (ACELY1725): Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas.  

Language: