Elaboration (1) ACELA1506
learning that in Standard Australian English for proper nouns the regular possessive form is always possible but a variant form without the second ‘s’ is sometimes found, for example ‘James’s house’ or ‘James’ …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1506 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1508
learning how to expand a description by combining a related set of nouns and adjectives – ‘Two old brown cattle dogs sat on the ruined front veranda of the deserted house’
Elaboration | ACELA1508 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1511
interpreting narrative texts told as wordless picture books
Elaboration | ACELA1511 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1514
Using knowledge of word origins and roots and related words to interpret and spell unfamiliar words, and learning about how these roots impact on plurals, for example ‘cactus’ and ‘cacti’, ‘louse’ and ‘lice’
Elaboration | ACELA1514 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1523
knowing that verbs often represent actions and that the choice of more expressive verbs makes an action more vivid (for example 'She ate her lunch' compared to 'She gobbled up her lunch')
Elaboration | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1523
knowing that adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases can provide important details about a happening(for example, ‘At nine o'clock the buzzer rang loudly throughout the school’) or state (for example, ‘The tiger is a member of the cat fam …
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1523
knowing the difference between the simple present tense (for example 'Pandas eat bamboo.') and the simple past tense (for example 'She replied.')
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1523
knowing that the simple present tense is typically used to talk about either present states (for example, ‘He lives in Darwin’) or actions that happen regularly in the present (for example, ‘He watches television every night’) …
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACELA1523
knowing that there are various ways in English to refer to future time, for example auxiliary ‘will’, as in ‘She will call you tomorrow’; present tense, as in ‘Tomorrow I leave for Hobart’; and adverbials of time, as …
Elaboration (4) | ACELA1523 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1525
identifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the various aspects of the work in question
Elaboration | ACELA1525 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1709
recognising that closed questions ask for precise responses while open questions prompt a speaker to provide more information
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1709 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1712
identifying and using texts for a wide range of purposes, selecting texts by favourite authors and trying new ones
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1712 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1528
investigating changes in word use and meaning over time and some of the reasons for these changes, for example the influence on spelling and vocabulary of new forms of communication like texting, emoticons and email
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1528 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1764
comparing how different advertisements use visual elements to advertise the same product
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1764 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1622
analysing writers’ depictions of challenges in texts, for example those faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1622 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1542
identifying and evaluating examples of how rhetorical devices reveal the dark or serious aspects of a topic in ways that cause laughter or amusement, for example by making a statement but implying/meaning the opposite (irony); exaggerating or overstating …
Elaboration | ACELA1542 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1629
exploring how some writers use terse and relatively simple language choices while others use more elaborate and complex syntax
Elaboration | ACELT1629 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1630
understanding that tone (serious, bitter, sincere, amused) indicates attitude to the subject and to readers/listeners, who can identify or judge tone through past experience and language clues in the text
Elaboration | ACELT1630 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | 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 ACMNA017
showing that coins are different in other countries by comparing Asian coins to Australian coins
Elaboration | ACMNA017 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum