VCE VM Units 1 & 2 Literacy

VCE VM Units 1 & 2 Literacy

Overview

VCE Vocational Major Literacy focuses on the development of the knowledge and skills required to be literate in Australia today. The key knowledge and key skills encompass a student’s ability to interpret and create texts that have purpose, and are accurate and effective, with confidence and fluency.

Unit 1 Areas of Study:

1. Literacy for personal use – Demonstrate understanding of how text types are constructed for different purposes, audiences, and contexts through a range of written, digital, oral and visual responses.
2. Understanding and creating digital texts – Developed skills to design, develop and evaluate a software solution using a programming language.

Unit 2 Areas of Study:

1. Understanding issues and voices – Explain the purpose, audience and main ideas of diverse arguments presented in different text types by creating a range of annotations, written, oral and multimedia responses that reflect learning.
2. Responding to opinions – Interpret the values and opinions of others and present in oral form points of view supported by evidence.

Forms of Assessment

• Writing tasks
• Research Activities
• Oral Presentations

Link to Study Design

VCE VM Literacy 2023-2027 Study Design