VM Literacy develops the communication skills that help students thrive. They will explore reading, writing, speaking, and listening with confidence across personal, community, and workplace settings.
Students explore how language shapes ideas and identity, learning to express themselves clearly and critically. They engage with texts that reflect real life, from social media posts and workplace emails to persuasive writing and public speaking.
For teachers, Literacy offers authentic contexts to teach analysis, creativity, and voice. For students, it’s about finding the confidence to communicate who they are and what they stand for, developing skills that connect directly with the other VM domains and with every path beyond school.
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Identifying text genre, audience and purpose
The place of digital text in a contemporary world
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## Curriculum
### Unit 1
#### Area of Study One: Literacy for personal use
| **Area of Study** | **Key Skill Description** |
| - | - |
| Area of Study 1.1 | read, watch, listen to and understand a range of text types for a variety of audiences and purposes |
| Area of Study 1.2 | use the skills of annotation to identify the layouts, designs and structural elements of print, visual and film texts |
| Area of Study 1.3 | identify, through annotations and summaries, the purpose, audience and context of different text types |
| Area of Study 1.4 | infer the meaning of content from the context |
| Area of Study 1.5 | listen and contribute to small group and whole class discussions |
| Area of Study 1.6 | identify reliable sources to be used for research |
| Area of Study 1.7 | compare the structure, language and presentation of different text types |
| Area of Study 1.8 | evaluate the effectiveness of content in terms of purpose and audience |
| Area of Study 1.9 | plan, create, draft, edit and refine a range of individual responses to different text types |
| Area of Study 1.10 | apply the conventions of literacy, including sentence structure, paragraphing, punctuation and spelling |
#### Area of Study Two: Understanding and Creating Digital Texts
### Unit 2
## Schedule
### Term one
### Term two
Digital Posters
Digital Biography
5W1H - Introductions
TEEL - Paragraphs
Paraphrasing - Conclusions
### Term three
### Term four
## Units of Work
[[Breakfast Club]]
[[Digital Texts]]
the different structures of written, spoken and multimedia persuasive and influential content
language and visuals that contribute to the effectiveness of an argument
the way authors and speakers use logic, reasoning and emotion to influence the audience
the principles of copyright and the conventions of attribution
the elements of oral communication, including eye contact, tone, body language and intonation
the conventions of discussion and debate, including active listening and questioning
the conventions of literacy, including punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing and spelling
draft, revise and edit persuasive responses to issues
identify reliable and trustworthy sources for research
sequence and structure persuasive texts to present a point of view logically
provide evidence and argue a point of view persuasively
present related pieces of information within a text, signalling these connections with appropriate semantic clues
use body language, eye-contact, gestures, pace and intonation appropriately
critically evaluate own work
apply the conventions of referencing and acknowledge attribution, where applicable
listen and participate effectively in small group and whole class discussions
apply the conventions of literacy, including sentence structure, paragraphing, punctuation and spelling.