What is tested in the ondemand tests in English?

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
The ondemand test can move from areas in the Australian Curriculum from year 7 to Year 10- the
test goes along with your skill level and it also challenges you with questions from upper levels.
For your interest here below is the Year 9 Content.
Year 9 Content Descriptions
Text structure and organisation
Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for specific purposes and
effects (ACELA1553)
Compare and contrast the use of cohesive devices in texts, focusing on how they serve to signpost ideas,
to make connections and to build semantic associations between ideas(ACELA1770)
Understand how punctuation is used along with layout and font variations in constructing texts for different
audiences and purposes(ACELA1556)
Expressing and developing ideas
Explain how authors creatively use the structures of sentences and clauses for particular
effects (ACELA1557)
Understand how certain abstract nouns can be used to summarise preceding or subsequent stretches
of text (ACELA1559)
Analyse and explain the use of symbols, icons and myth in still and moving images and how these augment
meaning (ACELA1560)
Identify how vocabulary choices contribute to specificity, abstraction and stylistic
effectiveness (ACELA1561)
Understand how spelling is used creatively in texts for particular effects, for example characterisation and
humour and to represent accents and styles of speech (ACELA1562)
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Interpret, analyse and evaluate how different perspectives of issue, event, situation, individuals or groups
are constructed to serve specific purposes in texts (ACELY1742)
Apply an expanding vocabulary to read increasingly complex texts with fluency and
comprehension (ACELY1743)
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts, comparing and evaluating representations of
an event, issue, situation or character in different texts (ACELY1744)
Explore and explain the combinations of language and visual choices that authors make to present
information, opinions and perspectives in different texts (ACELY1745)

DATA ANALYSIS OF YOUR ON DEMAND TEST IN ENGLISH

fill in this google sheet

Name:__________________________________________________________

What are my challenges?

strand
Text structure and organisation

Write in the ACELY code of the answers you got incorrect.

Expressing and developing ideas

Interpreting, analysing,
evaluating

Looking at the table above, which area do you feel is your biggest challenge?

____________________________ Using the activity below you will explore your most challenging area

UNDERSTANDING MY CHALLENGES ACTIVITY

Go to this website : http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/
Home Page of The Australian Curriculum
Go to search box and put in the code ACELY- - - - (then the 4 digit number) for example ACELY1745
The search will come up with an explanation to help you understand this area of the content.
Year 9 Content Descriptions
http://v7-5.australiancurriculum.edu.au/english/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#level9

Challenge Accepted!
Choose 3 ACELY codes that you feel are the most important to work on. Write down what you think they
mean in the challenge area boxes below. If you find this too difficult- copy and paste definitions from the the
Australian Curriculum website to help you

CHALLENGE AREA 1:

English Skills Games

Choose an area to work on one of these games:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english/games?page=1

You will need a pin number to access this content below click the following URL:
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pin/

Punctuation Game

PIN number:ANTQNG

Sentence Structures: Syllabus Bites

PIN NUMBER: KCYUBP