Tristan Bancks

(EN4-2A)-effectively uses a widening range of processes, skills, strategies and knowledge for responding to and composing texts in different media and technologies

(EN4-3B)-uses and describes language forms, features and structures of texts appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts

(EN4-8D)-identifies, considers and appreciates cultural expression in texts

(EN4-4B)-makes effective language choices to creatively shape meaning with accuracy, clarity and coherence

(ACELT1611)-Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes

(ACELT1603)-Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view

(ACELT1605)-Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tension

(ACELT1620)-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

(ACELT1622)-Recognise and analyse the ways that characterisation, events and settings are combined in narratives, and discuss the purposes and appeal of different approaches

(ACELT1629)-Recognise, explain and analyse the ways literary texts draw on readers’ knowledge of other texts and enable new understanding and appreciation of aesthetic qualities

(ACELT1630)-Identify and evaluate devices that create tone, for example humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody in poetry, humorous prose, drama or visual texts

(ACELY1711)-Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text

(ACELT1634)-Reflect on, discuss and explore notions of literary value and how and why such notions vary according to context