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

Text knowledge - use knowledge of text cohesion Literacy Text knowledge Level 1e

use beginning knowledge of how language is used to comprehend and compose written texts with support

Text knowledge - use knowledge of text cohesion | Level 1e | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text cohesion Literacy Text knowledge Level 4

use knowledge of how cohesive links can be made in texts through omitting and replacing words

Text knowledge - Use knowledge of text cohesion | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning Literacy Visual Knowledge Level 4

explain how analytical images such as figures, diagrams, tables, maps and graphs contribute to understanding of factual information in texts

Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning | Level 4 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary Literacy Word Knowledge Level 5

use a wide range of new specialist and topic vocabulary to contribute to the specificity, authority and abstraction of texts

Word knowledge - Understand learning area vocabulary | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups Literacy Grammar knowledge Level 6

develop higher order concepts in academic texts through language features that compact and generalise ideas

Grammar knowledge - use knowledge of words and word groups | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility - Reflect on intercultural experiences Intercultural Understanding Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility Level 2

identify and describe what they have learnt about others from intercultural encounters and culturally diverse texts

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility - Reflect on intercultural experiences | Level 2 | Learning Continuum | Intercultural Understanding | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility - Challenge stereotypes and prejudices Intercultural Understanding Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility Level 6

critique the use of stereotypes and prejudices in texts and issues concerning specific cultural groups at national, regional and global levels

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility - Challenge stereotypes and prejudices | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Intercultural Understanding | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum

ACELT1575

Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences

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ACELT1575 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELT1578

Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text

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ACELT1578 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELY1651

Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge

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ACELY1651 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELY1652

Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops

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ACELY1652 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1453

Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning

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ACELA1453 | 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

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ACELT1584 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELY1662

Re-read student’s own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation

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ACELY1662 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELY1664

Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing programs

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ACELY1664 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1463

Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose

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ACELA1463 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1464

Understand how texts are made cohesive through language features, including word associations, synonyms, and antonyms

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

ACELT1590

Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences

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ACELT1590 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELT1591

Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways

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ACELT1591 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum