Year 1 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 1
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 1, students understand the different purposes of texts. They make connections to personal experience when explaining characters and main events in short texts. They identify that texts …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1581
Discuss how authors create characters using language and images
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1581 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1582
Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students' own experiences
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1582 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1584
Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1832
Innovate on familiar texts by using similar characters, repetitive patterns or vocabulary
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1832 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1581
identifying some features of characters and how particular words and images convey qualities of their nature, for example some characters are portrayed as shy, others adventurous
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1581 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELT1581
discussing the characters of fictional animals and how they relate to those of humans
Elaboration (3) | ACELT1581 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1582
discussing characters from books and films and whether these are life-like or imaginary (for example talking animals)
Elaboration | ACELT1582 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1582
comparing characters and events in texts to students’ own experiences
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1582 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1583
using arts methods and role play to express personal responses to characters and events in stories
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1583 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1584
discussing similarities and differences between texts ( for example features of main characters in different stories)
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1832
imitating a characteristic piece of speech or dialogue, or the attitude or expression of favourite or humorous characters in texts
Elaboration | ACELT1832 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1660
making inferences about characters’ feelings and motives
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1660 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum