EARLY STAGE 1

Speaking and Listening 1

ENe-lA communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction
- Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems.

Writing and Representing 1

ENe-2A composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
- compose texts on familiar topics using pictures and graphics to support their choice of words

Reading and Viewing 1

ENe-4A demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies
- recognise rhymes, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words, identify the beginning and end sounds of words, retell a familiar story in sequence

STAGE 1

Speaking and Listening 1

EN 1-1 A communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations
- identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs

Writing and Representing 1

EN 1-2A plans, composes and reviews a small range of texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers
- compose texts supported by visual information (e.g. diagrams and maps) on familiar topics
- use effective strategies to plan ideas for writing, e.g. making notes, drawing, using diagrams, planning a sequence of events or information

Reading and Viewing 1

EN 1-4A draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
- discuss the use of text connectives, e.g. sequencing ideas, indicating time

Reading and Viewing 2

EN1-8B recognises that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
- understand concepts about print and screen, including how different types of texts are organised using page numbering, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, bars and links
- know some features of text organisation including page and screen layouts, alphabetical order, and different types of diagrams, for example timelines

STAGE 2

Writing and Representing 1

EN2-2A plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language
- create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students' own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angle

Reading and Viewing 2

EN2-8B identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
- identify and interpret the different forms of visual information, including maps, tables, charts, diagrams, animations and images

STAGE 3

Reading and Viewing

EN3-3A uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
- identify and explain how analytical images like figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to our understanding of verbal information in factual and persuasive texts

Responding and Composing

EN3-5B discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts
- investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub-pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigation

Thinking

EN3-7C thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
- identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse