Elaboration ACELA1523
knowing that verbs often represent actions and that the choice of more expressive verbs makes an action more vivid (for example 'She ate her lunch' compared to 'She gobbled up her lunch')
Elaboration | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1523
knowing that adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases can provide important details about a happening(for example, ‘At nine o'clock the buzzer rang loudly throughout the school’) or state (for example, ‘The tiger is a member of the cat fam …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1523
knowing the difference between the simple present tense (for example 'Pandas eat bamboo.') and the simple past tense (for example 'She replied.')
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1523
knowing that the simple present tense is typically used to talk about either present states (for example, ‘He lives in Darwin’) or actions that happen regularly in the present (for example, ‘He watches television every night’) …
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | 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 ACELA1525
identifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the various aspects of the work in question
Elaboration | ACELA1525 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1709
recognising that closed questions ask for precise responses while open questions prompt a speaker to provide more information
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1709 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1712
identifying and using texts for a wide range of purposes, selecting texts by favourite authors and trying new ones
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1712 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1518
examining different works by an author who specialises in humour or pathos to identify strategies such as exaggeration and character embarrassment to amuse and to offer insights into characters’ feelings, so building empathy with their points of view …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1518 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1709
using strategies, for example pausing, questioning, rephrasing, repeating, summarising, reviewing and asking clarifying questions
Elaboration | ACELY1709 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1713
using prior knowledge and textual information to make inferences and predictions
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1713 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | 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 (5) ACELY1713
finding the main idea of a text
Elaboration (5) | ACELY1713 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACELY1713
summarising a text or part of a text
Elaboration (6) | ACELY1713 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1614
exploring texts on a similar topic by authors with very different styles, for example comparing fantasy quest novels or realistic novels on a specific theme, identifying differences in the use of narrator, narrative structure and voice and language style …
Elaboration | ACELT1614 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1800
selecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of places, feelings and events in a semi-structured verse form
Elaboration | ACELT1800 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1816
using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in range of familiar and new contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and at appropriate length, acknowledging and extending the contributions of others, asking pertinent questions and …
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1816 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1816
experimenting with voice effects for different audiences and purposes, such as tone, volume, pitch and pace, recognising the effects these have on audience understanding and engagement
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1816 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1517
differentiating between reporting the facts (for example in a news story) and providing a commentary (for example in an editorial)
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1517 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1618
planning and creating texts that entertain, inform, inspire and/or emotionally engage familiar and less-familiar audiences
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1618 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum