Achievement Standard English Year 7

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard English Foundation Year

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of the Foundation year, students use predicting and questioning strategies to make meaning from texts. They recall one or two events from texts with familiar topics. They understand that there …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standard | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1808

using effective strategies for dialogue and discussion in range of formal and informal contexts, including speaking clearly and coherently and at appropriate length, asking questions about stated and implied ideas, and restating and summarising main …

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1808 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1771

interrogating and making judgements about a text, comparing others’ ideas against the student’s own and reaching an independent decision or shared consensus about the interpretations and ideas expressed

Elaboration | ACELT1771 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1651

using speaking, writing and drawing to represent and communicate personal responses to ideas and events experienced through texts

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1651 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1656

participating in informal and structured class, group and pair discussions about content area topics, ideas and information

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1656 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1661

learning how to plan spoken and written communications so that listeners and readers might follow the sequence of ideas or events

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1661 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1464

exploring how texts develop their themes and ideas, building information through connecting similar and contrasting dissimilar things

Elaboration | ACELA1464 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1671

learning how to plan spoken and written communications so that listeners and readers might follow the sequence of ideas or events

Elaboration | ACELY1671 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1596

discussing relevant prior knowledge and past experiences to make meaningful connections to the people, places, events, issues and ideas in the text

Elaboration | ACELT1596 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1601

drawing on literary texts read, viewed and listened to for inspiration and ideas, appropriating language to create mood and characterisation

Elaboration | ACELT1601 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1676

participating in collaborative discussions, building on and connecting ideas and opinions expressed by others, and checking students’ own understanding against group views

Elaboration | ACELY1676 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1677

drawing on relevant research into a topic to prepare an oral or multimodal presentation, using devices such as storyboards to plan the sequence of ideas and information

Elaboration | ACELY1677 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACELY1680

determining important ideas, events or details in texts commenting on things learned or questions raised by reading, referring explicitly to the text for verification

Elaboration (4) | ACELY1680 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACELY1682

using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, relevant to the text type and purpose, and appropriate sentence structures to express and combine ideas

Elaboration (3) | ACELY1682 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1688

developing appropriate speaking and listening behaviours including acknowledging and extending others’ contributions, presenting ideas and opinions clearly and coherently

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1688 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1695

revising written texts: editing for grammatical and spelling accuracy and clarity of the text, to improve the connection between ideas and the overall flow of the piece

Elaboration | ACELY1695 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1705

editing for flow and sense, organisation of ideas and choice of language, revising and trying new approaches if an element is not having the desired impact

Elaboration | ACELY1705 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1731

researching subject matter on social issues and/or relationships and presenting ideas in particular ways to appeal to different audiences

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1731 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELA1556

investigating instances of colons and semicolons in expository texts and discuss their uses in elaborating on and clarifying ideas in complex sentences

Elaboration (1) | ACELA1556 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum