Year 9 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 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 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 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas English
Texts Texts provide the means for communication. They can be written, spoken, visual, multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Multimodal texts combine language with other means of communication such as visual images, soundtrack or spoken words, …
Key ideas | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1753
Choose a reading technique and reading path appropriate for the type of text, to retrieve and connect ideas within and between texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1753 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1690
describing the language which authors use to create imaginary worlds; how textual features such as headings, subheadings, bold type and graphic organisers are used to order and present information, and how visual codes are used, for example those used …
Elaboration | ACELY1690 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1466
Know some features of text organisation including page and screen layouts, alphabetical order, and different types of diagrams, for example timelines
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1466 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1549
Understand how to apply learned knowledge consistently in order to spell accurately and to learn new words including nominalisations
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1549 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELY1687
Interpret ideas and information in spoken texts and listen for key points in order to carry out tasks and use information to share and extend ideas and information
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELY1687 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1570
Analyse how higher order concepts are developed in complex texts through language features including nominalisation, clause combinations, technicality and abstraction
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1570 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1671
using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, appropriate to text type and purpose
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1671 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1463
identifying the topic and type of a text through its visual presentation, for example cover design, packaging, title/subtitle and images
Elaboration | ACELA1463 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1682
using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, relevant to the text type and purpose, and appropriate sentence structures to express and combine ideas
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1682 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELT1622
discussing a text’s intended audience, whether the text is typical of its type and whether it has fulfilled its purpose
Elaboration (3) | ACELT1622 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1805
transforming familiar print narratives into short video or film narratives, drawing on knowledge of the type of text and possible adaptations necessary to a new mode
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1805 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1691
reading new and different kinds of texts with the use of established word identification strategies, including knowledge of the topic and of text type together with self monitoring strategies; including rereading, self questioning and pausing, and including …
Elaboration | ACELY1691 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1435
learning that word order in sentences is important for meaning (for example 'The boy sat on the dog', 'The dog sat on the boy')
Elaboration | ACELA1435 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1822
saying sounds in order for a given spoken word, for example ‘s-p-oo-n’ and ‘f-i-s-t’
Elaboration | ACELA1822 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1466
recognising how chapters and table of contents, alphabetical order of index and glossary operate to guide access to information
Elaboration | ACELA1466 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1810
experimenting with text structures and language features, for example paragraph order and content, language choices or mode of delivery, to refine and clarify ideas and to improve text effectiveness
Elaboration | ACELY1810 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1742
evaluating techniques used to construct plot and create emotional responses such as comparison, contrast, exaggeration, juxtaposition, the changing of chronological order, or the expansion and compression of time
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1742 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum