Elaboration (1) ACMNA051
explaining why all numbers that end in the digits 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 are even and that numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are odd
Elaboration (1) | ACMNA051 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1550
exploring examples of ‘Globish’ English
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1550 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1540
investigating borrowings from a range of languages into English, for example from French and Italian
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1502
recognising that a bare assertion (for example 'It's the best film this year') often needs to be tempered by: using the 'impersonal it' to distance oneself (for example 'It could be that it is the best film this year'); recruiting anonymous support (for …
Elaboration | ACELA1502 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1540
exploring examples of Singlish (Singapore English) from a Singlish dictionary
Elaboration | ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1563
investigating differences between spoken and written English by comparing the language of conversation and interviews with the written language of print texts
Elaboration | ACELA1563 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1431
learning that written text in Standard Australian English has conventions about words, spaces between words, layout on the page and consistent spelling because it has to communicate when the speaker/writer is not present
Elaboration | ACELA1431 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1487
identifying words used in Standard Australian English that are derived from other languages, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and determining if the original meaning is reflected in English usage, for example example ‘kangaroo’, …
Elaboration | ACELA1487 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1506
learning that in Standard Australian English regular plural nouns ending in ‘s’ form the possessive by adding just the apostrophe, for example ‘my parents' car’
Elaboration | ACELA1506 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1591
describing features of text settings including time, colours used to portray year, season, and place (country or city) and how this impacts on the characters
Elaboration | ACELT1591 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1584
discussing features of book settings including time (year, season) and place (country or city, realistic or imagined)
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1714
creating informative texts for two different audiences, such as a visiting academic and a Year 3 class, that explore an aspect of biodiversity
Elaboration | ACELY1714 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSHE119
researching developments in the understanding of astronomy, such as the predictions of eclipses and the calculation of the length of the solar year by Al‑Battani in the tenth century
Elaboration (2) | ACSHE119 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1506
learning that in Standard Australian English for proper nouns the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second ‘s’ is sometimes found, for example ‘James’s house’ or ‘James’ …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1506 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1515
recognising that all languages and dialects are of equal value, although we use different ones in different contexts, for example the use of Standard Australian English, Aboriginal English and forms of Creole used by some Torres Strait Islander groups …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1515 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1488
recognising that we can use language differently with our friends and families, but that Standard Australian English is typically used in written school texts and more formal contexts
Elaboration | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACTDIP029
using structured English to express algorithmic instructions, for example using conventional statements such as ‘while’ and ‘endwhile’ in a ‘while loop’ when describing interactive instruction
Elaboration (3) | ACTDIP029 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACELA1523
knowing that there are various ways in English to refer to future time, for example auxiliary ‘will’, as in ‘She will call you tomorrow’; present tense, as in ‘Tomorrow I leave for Hobart’; and adverbials of time, as …
Elaboration (4) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACTDIP012
exploring information systems that suit particular home or personal needs, for example using speech recognition software that can help speakers whose language background is not English, or a system to monitor energy or water consumption in the home
Elaboration (2) | ACTDIP012 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI099
analysing photographs to identify inferred messages (for example, how workers on a colonial banana plantation are positioned, dressed, posed and/or are absent, to reflect the status of different groups such as English managers, Chinese, Aboriginal and …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI099 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum