Performing Scripts & Poetry
Improvise, rehearse, and perform play scripts and poetry — using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness, and action to generate language, explore meaning, and add impact to performance
How to tell they’ve got it
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When your child performs in a play or reads aloud from a script, do they use their voice — volume, pace, and expression — to bring the character or poem to life?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
explain the way authors use sound and imagery to create meaning and effect in poetry
examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.