Elaboration (4) ACELY1662
beginning to use dictionaries and classroom charts to check and correct spelling of less familiar words
Elaboration (4) | ACELY1662 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1482
exploring the use of sensing verbs and how they allow readers to know what characters think and feel
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1482 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1600
identifying the effect of imagery in texts, for example the use of imagery related to nature in haiku poems
Elaboration | ACELT1600 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1604
sharing views using appropriate metalanguage (for example ‘The use of the adjectives in describing the character really helps to create images for the reader’)
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1604 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1702
reading a wide range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for pleasure and to find and use information
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1702 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1763
writing structured paragraphs for use in a range of academic settings such as paragraph responses, reports and presentations
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1763 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1545
evaluating how speechmakers influence audiences though specific language features such as the use of embedded clauses to add information
Elaboration | ACELA1545 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1732
evaluating an author's use of particular textual structures and language features in achieving the representation of a point of view
Elaboration | ACELY1732 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1556
experimenting with the use of colons and semicolons in expositions and other extended writing to improve precision and clarity of expression
Elaboration | ACELA1556 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1636
examining how different authors make use of devices like myth, icons and imagery and evaluating the effect of these choices on audiences
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1636 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1568
understanding who to cite in essays, reviews and academic assignments and when it is appropriate to use direct quotations or to report sources more generally
Elaboration | ACELA1568 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1515
recognising that all languages and dialects are of equal value, although we use different ones in different contexts, for example the use of Standard Australian English, Aboriginal English and forms of Creole used by some Torres Strait Islander groups …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1515 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1450
learning about how books and digital texts are organised including page numbers, table of contents, headings, images with captions and the use of scrolling to access digital texts
Elaboration | ACELA1450 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1459
recognising that letters can have more than one sound, for example the letter ‘u’ in ‘cut’, ‘put’, ‘use’ and the letter ‘a’ in ‘cat’, ‘father’, ‘any’
Elaboration | ACELA1459 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1662
reading the students’ own work aloud to listen for grammatical correctness: checking use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1662 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1599
identifying and discussing the use of descriptive adjectives (‘in the middle of a vast, bare plain’) to establish setting and atmosphere (‘the castle loomed dark and forbidding’) and to draw readers into events that follow
Elaboration | ACELT1599 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1488
recognising that we can use language differently with our friends and families, but that Standard Australian English is typically used in written school texts and more formal contexts
Elaboration | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1541
understanding that our use of language helps to create different identities, for example teenage groups and sportspeople have adopted particular words or ways of speaking
Elaboration | ACELA1541 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1637
taking a particular area of study, a topic or theme and examining how different authors make use of devices like myth, icons and imagery in their work
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1637 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELT1638
creating written interpretations of traditional and contemporary poetry (for example sonnets and contemporary song lyrics) focusing on their use of symbol, myth, icons and imagery
Elaboration (3) | ACELT1638 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum