English Writing Compositionusually ages 11–14

Writing Character & Dialogue

Write narratives that develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique — including establishing context and point of view, developing characters through dialogue, pacing, and description, using varied transitions, and providing a reflective conclusion

How to tell they’ve got it

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Open a narrative by establishing setting, point of view, and a hook that engages the reader
Use dialogue, pacing, and descriptive detail to develop characters and advance the plot
Craft a conclusion that reflects on the narrated events rather than simply ending the action

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When your child writes a story, do they use techniques like describing feelings, building suspense, or showing dialogue to make it interesting to read?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Narrative Writingages 7–11KS3 narrative writing extends KS2 writing narratives with settings, characters, and plot

Planning Narrativesages 10–11KS3 narrative technique builds on KS2 planning narrative writing from author techniques

Cohesion and Transitions Across Writingages 11–14Writing narratives with pacing, point of view, and varied transitions depends on command of the full toolkit of transitional and cohesive devices for signalling shifts in time, setting, and perspective

Writing Character & Dialoguethis skill · ages 11–14

Unlocks

Writing Across Genresages 11–14Writing scripts and poetry builds on narrative writing techniques

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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

AC9E5LE05medium confidenceYear 5 · Literature

create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced

AC9E5LE03medium confidenceYear 5 · Literature

recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters

AC9E6LE05medium confidenceYear 6 · Literature

create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN3-UARL-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

EN3-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E5LE03medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literature strand

VC2E5LE05medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literature strand

VC2E6LE05medium confidenceEnglish · Level 6 · Literature strand

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.

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Cohesion and Transitions Across Writingages 11–14 Developed Informational and Explanatory Writingages 11–14 Persuasive Writingages 11–14 Planning, Revising and Editing Writingages 11–14

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