Australian Curriculum Version 9.0
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
Content descriptions
| Language | |
| Language for interacting with others | explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations (AC9E4LA01) |
| Text structure and organisation | Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes (AC9E4LA03) |
| Language for expressing and developing ideas | Explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image, and salience on composition of still and moving images in texts (AC9E4LA10) Expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources (AC9E4LA11) |
| Literature | |
| Literature and contexts | Recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors (AC9E4LE01) |
| Engaging with and responding to literature | Describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions (AC9E4LE02) |
| Examining literature | Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories engaging by the way they develop character, setting and plot tensions (AC9E4LE03) Examine the use of literary devices and deliberate word play in literary texts, including poetry, to shape meaning (AC9E4LE04) |
| Literacy | |
| Texts in context | Compare texts from different times with similar purposes and audiences to identify similarities and differences in their depictions of events (AC9E4LY01) |
| Interacting with others | Listen for key points and information to carry out tasks and contribute to discussions, acknowledging another opinion, linking a response to the topic, and sharing and extending ideas and information (AC9E4LY02) |
| Analysing, interpreting and evaluating | Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (AC9E4LY03) Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts (AC9E4LY05) |
| Creating texts | Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation (AC9E4LY06) Plan, create, rehearse and deliver structured oral and/or multimodal presentations to report on a topic, tell a story, recount events or present an argument using subjective and objective language, complex sentences, visual features, tone, pace, pitch and volume (AC9E4LY07) |
| Phonic and word knowledge | Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words (AC9E4LY10) |
Australian Curriculum Version 8.4
| Language | |
| Language and variation | Understand that Standard Australian English is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languages (ACELA1487) |
| Text structure and organisation | Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience (ACELA1490) |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image, and salience on composition of still and moving images in a range of types of texts (ACELA1496) Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA 1498) |
| Phonics and word knowledge | Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words (ACELA1779) |
| Literature | |
| Literature and context | Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships (ACELT1602) |
| Responding to literature | Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view (ACELT1603) Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts (ACELT1604) |
| Examining literature | Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving, absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tension (ACELT1605) Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and puns (ACELT1606) |
| Creating literature and texts | Create literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining (ACELT1607) |
| Literacy | |
| Text and context | Identify and explain language features of texts from earlier times and compare the vocabulary, images, layout and content of contemporary texts (ACELY1686) |
| Interacting with others | Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently (ACELY1688) Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular purposes and audiences (ACELY1689) |
| Interpreting, analysing, evaluating | Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1690) Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ides and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELY1692) |
| Creating texts | Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features (ACELY1694) |
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