Stage 3 Grammar | Stage 3 | English

Summary

Duration
Sample term 10 weeks

Unit overview
Stage 3 Grammar and Punctuation Program

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EN3-1A communicates effecti el! for a ariet! of audiences and

purposes using increasingl! c"allenging topics# ideas# issues and language forms and features
EN3-$A composes# edits and presents well-structured and co"erent te%ts EN3-&' uses knowledge of sentence structure# grammar# punctuation

and oca(ular! to respond to and compose clear and co"esi e te%ts in different media and tec"nologies
EN3-)* t"inks imaginati el!# creati el!# interpreti el! and criticall! a(out

information and ideas and identifies connections (etween te%ts w"en responding to and composing te%ts
EN3-+, identifies and considers "ow different iewpoints of t"eir world#

including aspects of culture# are represented in te%ts

EN3--E recognises# reflects on and assesses t"eir strengt"s as a learner

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Stage 3 ' Grammar, pun$tuation and vo$a ulary
Students1 ,e elop and appl! conte%tual knowledge
understand t"at language is structured to

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,iscuss noun e%amples and arieties0 e0g0 people# place t"ing# emotion 3a(stract5 Students identif! nouns in a ariet! of sentences0 Students link ad7ecti es to nouns 8eek 3 - Past# Present and :uture .ense ;er(s 8"at is a er(9 ,iscuss er( e%amples and arieties0 *reate a class poster of er( e%amples0 ,iscuss "ow er(s can (e modified to (e used as a past# present or future tense0 8eek < - ;er(s 3."inking# =elating# Sa!ing# Action# :eeling5 ,iscuss t"e impact of er( c"oice on t"e >ualit! of a sentence0 Access .a/E resource - ;er(s and Ad er(s 8eek 4 - *on7unctions - after# (ecause# t"oug"# w"ere er# as# (ut# t"erefore# w"en etc ,iscuss and gi e e%amples of use of (asic con7unctions suc" as and# or# (ut and (ecause and t"e impact t"is "as on sentence strcutures0 Students create own e%amples emplo!ing eac" simple option0 E%tend to after# t"oug"# w"ere er etc0

create meaning according to audience# purpose and conte%t

understand t"at c"oices in grammar#

punctuation and oca(ular! contri(ute to t"e effecti eness of te%ts 2nderstand and appl! knowledge of language forms and features
identif! and e%plain "ow c"oices in

language# for e%ample modalit!# emp"asis# repetition and metap"or# influence personal response to different te%ts
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understand t"e difference (etween main

and su(ordinate clauses and t"at a comple% sentence in ol es at least one su(ordinate clause 3A*E/A140)5
e%periment using a range of language

features# eg connecti es# topic sentences# acti e and passi e oice and nominalisation
understand "ow noun groups6p"rases

and ad7ecti e groups6p"rases can (e e%panded in a ariet! of wa!s to pro ide a fuller description of t"e person# place# t"ing or idea 3A*E/A140+5
understand "ow ideas can (e e%panded

and s"arpened t"roug" careful c"oice of er(s# ela(orated tenses and a range

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Evaluation

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