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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
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understanding that there are different ways of telling a story, such as Elders yarning, through song, dance and music and associated visual design and spectacle, and through painting (body, bark, rock, sand)
recognising that communication also occurs through sign language
understanding that texts have a purpose, for example, traditional stories, including hunting and travelling stories, paintings, songs and dances
understanding Country/Place as a text
identifying some features of narratives, for example, they are usually about journeys across Country/Place, involving landforms, people, animals and plants
recognising that writing, like speech, is rule-bound and involves following the conventions of different types of text
noticing how texts such as storybooks are sequenced and organised, for example, by identifying the main title and connections between pictures and written text
understanding that texts can take many forms; that they can be very short, for example, a sign, or quite long, for example, a story, song or multimodal presentation
recognising that written texts are made up of words, groups of words and illustrations or images that together make meaning