Bound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements

ENGLISHSpeaking and ListeningIn Years 1, 2 and 3 students speak and listen through discussions, conversations and oral presentations in small and largegroups, which are usually informal. The students recount events and describe and report on people, places and thingsrelated to their own experiences.In Years 4, 5 & 6 students speak and listen through discussions, conversations and oral presentations in informal andformal contexts. The students provide explanations and formulate simple arguments to explore information, ideas andissues that extend beyond their immediate experience.In Years 7 & 8 students speak and listen through discussions, conversations and oral presentations including prepared andspontaneous discussions, meetings, debates and group discussions. Students examine ideas and information and presentarguments that are drawn from topics of interest to them and that may need to be researched.In Years 9 & 10 students speak and listen through discussions, conversations and oral presentations that include meetings,extended presentations, formal and parliamentary-style debates, and group discussions. They analyse and investigatechallenging ideas and issues and advance and refute arguments.In Year 1the student:In Year 2the student:In Year 3the student:In Year 4the student:In Year 5the student:In Year 6the student:In Year 7the student:In Year 8the student:In Year 9the student:In Year 10the student:understands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toshare information andexplore ideasunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexchange information, toshare and explore ideas,and to express opinionsand listen to other’sopinionsunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexchange information, toshare and explore ideas,and to express opinionsand listen to other’sopinionso they can adopt differentroles in discussions andconversations, and thatthese can support groupcooperationunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toshare and explore ideas,and to express opinionsand listen to other’sopinionso people, places, events andthings can be representedin either negative orpositive wayso delegation of roles andtasks is an element ofeffective groupdiscussionsunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toclarify ideas andunderstandings on a topic,to give simple argumentsand to seek the opinionsof otherso people, places, events andthings can be representedin particular wayso negotiation of roles andtasks are key elements ofgroup discussionsunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexplore and considerideas and issues about atopic, form a point ofview and influenceopinionso the likely characteristicsof the target audience aretaken into account whenconstructingrepresentations of people,places, events and thingso relationships betweenspeakers and theiraudiences vary withfamiliarity, authority andappealunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexplore and considerideas and issues, advanceopinions, and influenceand persuade others to apoint of viewo speakers use theirassumptions about thecharacteristics of listenersto engage interest andattentiono language can be adjustedto show or acknowledgepower, and to indicatecloseness or distance inrelationshipso some contexts requiremore formality oflanguage than othersunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexamine ideas and issues,make judgements in orderto challenge opinions andpresent different points ofview to persuade otherso speakers use theirassumptions aboutlisteners to influencepoints of viewo the formality of languagecan be adjusted to suit therelationship between theparticipants eg to show oracknowledge power, toreflect closeness (Mymate’s hat looks cool.) ordistance (Mrs Jake’s hatis attractive.)understands that:ooospeaking and listeningprovides opportunities toexamine issues, evaluateopinions, argue pointsand make judgements −in order to persuadeothers and convincelisteners by usingreasoning and evidencespeakers use theirassumptions aboutlisteners to try toposition them to accepttheir point of viewhumour and drama areused as devices topersuade listeners and toentertainunderstands that:o speaking and listeningprovides opportunities toanalyse other texts,entertain and persuadeaudiences, support astance on complexissues, interpret andevaluate texts and makeinferences about abstractconceptso speakers use theirassumptions aboutlisteners to position themto accept their point ofviewo humour and drama areused as devices topersuade listeners and toentertainspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o make oral presentationso retell, in sequence, keyevents from personal andfamiliar experiences andinterestso develop ideas orinformation aboutpersonally relevant topicso make connectionsbetween their ownexperiences andrepresentations of people,places, events and thingsin textso show respect for others inconversation through turntaking, eye contact andappropriate languagespeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o understand the topic,make oral presentationsthat provide somerelevant ideas andinformation, and includeevents in sequenceo develop ideas orinformation aboutfamiliar topics orknowledge and personalexperienceo describe their ownopiniono identify and describeanother’s opinion heard ingroup discussiono show respect for otherswhen discussing personalreactions to people,places, events and thingsspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o understand the topic,make oral presentationsthat provide somerelevant ideas andinformation , and includeevents in sequence andbrief descriptionso address their audience andthe needs of the listenerso identify opinionsprovided by members ofthe group in discussionsand conversations,agreeing or disagreeingwith reference to theirpersonal opiniono show interest in aspeaker’s turn orpresentationspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o extend ideas andinformation with somedetails in small groupdiscussions or whenmaking presentationso consider the audience andthe needs of the listenerso express opinions andidentify viewpoints indiscussions andconversationso organise and sequencemain ideas and supportingdetail to suit text type andmediumo listen constructively andprovide some positivefeedbackspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o refer to main ideas, givepossible explanations andsolutions, and supportthese with a few reasons –in small group discussionsor when makingpresentations on a topic orissueo speak with clarityo identify opinions offeredby others in discussionsand conversations,propose other relevantviewpoints, or extendideas in a constructivemannero provide a logicalsequence of events whendescribing a process orexplaining a phenomenono listen constructively, andprovide positive andencouraging feedbackspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o identify main issues of thetopic and provide simplearguments, which mayinclude some supportingdetail and evidenceo form and sustain a pointof viewo provide succinct accountsof important personalexperiences or eventso engage others byprojecting a sense ofcommitment and intereston a topico demonstrate respect andsensitivity towardsdifferent points of view,cultural values andperspectives of groupsand individuals whenexpressing opinions andpresenting argumentsspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o identify main issues of thetopic and providearguments, which mayinclude some supportingdetails and evidenceo sustain a point of viewo provide succinct accountsof important personalexperiences or events andreflect on theirsignificanceo engage others byprojecting a sense ofcommitment, interest andauthority on a topicspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:o identify main issues of thetopic and providearguments which includesupporting details andevidenceo respond to questions andcomments by clarifyingand paraphrasingo engage others byprojecting a sense ofcommitment, interest andauthority on a topico exercise respect andsensitivity to differentpoints of view andcultural valuesspeaks audibly and listensattentively to:oooocompare ideas, build onothers’ ideas, provideother points of view andreach conclusions thattake account of aspectsof an issueanticipate responsesfrom others and respondto questions andcomments by clarifying,paraphrasing, andintegrating those ideasthat are relevant to a lineof reasoningidentify and comment onomissions in informationidentify and explore themoral and ethicaldimensions of an issuespeaks audibly and listensattentively to:ooooodecide how to argue,elaborate details oremphasise ideasin formal situations,speakers maintain socialdistance through use ofan impersonal and/orauthoritative tonespeculate about what hasbeen excluded from thetextidentify and comment onthe moral and ethicaldimensions of an issueanticipate responsesfrom others and respondto questions andcomments by clarifying,paraphrasing, andintegrating those ideasthat are relevant to a lineof reasoningknows and uses:o statements to giveinformationo questions to requestinformationo relevant vocabulary toknows and uses:o statements to expressopinion, arguments andpresent informationo questions to clarifyinformation and gainknows and uses:o statements to expressopinion, arguments andpresent informationo questions to clarifyinformation and gainknows and uses:o statements to provideinformation and expressopiniono questions to gaininformation andknows and uses:o statements, questions andcommands to generateand maintain discussionsand conversationso specialist vocabularyknows and uses:o specialist vocabularyrelated to the topic −following researcho evaluative nouns, verbsand adjectives toknows and uses:o evaluative nouns, verbsand adjectives to expressopinions and to representpeople, places, events andthings in ways that appealknows and uses:o evaluative nouns, verbsand adjectives toconstruct textualrepresentations of people,places, things, events andknows and uses:o structures of formalpresentations includingintroduction to an issue,arguments for andagainst, elaborations andknows and uses:o structures of formalpresentations includingintroduction to an issue,arguments for andagainst, elaborations andBound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements V2 Page 12 Working Document Semester One 2007