Year 4 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 4 | 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
Achievement Standard English Year 4
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 4, students understand that texts have different text structures depending on purpose and context. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage the interest …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELT1607
Create literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELT1607 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1498
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1498 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1688
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
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1688 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1492
experimenting with the use of quotation marks in students’ own writing
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1492 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1692
making connections between the text and students’ own experience and other texts
Elaboration | ACELY1692 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1603
sharing and discussing students’ own and others’ understanding of the effects of particular literary techniques on their appreciation of texts
Elaboration | ACELT1603 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1607
drawing upon literary texts students have encountered and experimenting with changing particular aspects, for example the time or place of the setting, adding characters or changing their personalities, or offering an alternative point of view on key …
Elaboration | ACELT1607 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1603
drawing comparisons between multiple texts and students’ own experiences. Commenting orally, in written form and in digital reviews on aspects such as: 'Do I recognise this in my own world?'; 'How is this text similar to or different from other texts …
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1603 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum