Structure English
Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: English Foundation to Year 10 is organised into three interrelated strands that support students' growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English (English). Each strand interacts …
Structure | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 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 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 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 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
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
Rationale English
The study of English is central to the learning and development of all young Australians. It helps create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. It is through the study of English that individuals learn to analyse, understand, …
Rationale | English | F-10 curriculum
ACELA1487
Understand that Standard Australian English is one of many social dialects used in Australia, and that while it originated in England it has been influenced by many other languages
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACELA1487 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (8) ACELY1650
drawing events in sequence, recognising that for some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories the sequence of events may be cyclical
Elaboration (8) | ACELY1650 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1585
exploring performance poetry, chants and songs from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Asian cultures
Elaboration | ACELT1585 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1586
creating visual representations of literary texts from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Asian cultures
Elaboration | ACELT1586 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1619
building knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to the history, culture, and literary heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Elaboration | ACELT1619 | 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 ACELT1626
investigating texts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history from different sources and explaining differing viewpoints
Elaboration | ACELT1626 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1426
learning that different languages exist; discussing the various languages encountered in the community and at school; acknowledging the home languages of students who speak another language, and valuing the ability to speak more than one language
Elaboration | ACELA1426 | Content Descriptions | Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1460
recognising some phrases in the languages of the class and community, for example greetings and expressions of politeness
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1460 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1540
investigating borrowings from a range of languages into English, for example from French and Italian
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1540 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1739
analysing and identifying how socio-cultural values, attitudes and beliefs are conveyed in texts, for example comparing and analysing perspectives about an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issue reported in commercial media compared to public and …
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1739 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELT1591
investigating Aboriginal stories, found from online sources, that explain physical features of the landscape and identify and describe the common features of language used
Elaboration (3) | ACELT1591 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1594
reading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central characters/protagonists and making links to students’ own lives, noting similarities
Elaboration | ACELT1594 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELT1596
drawing on literature from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Asian cultures, to explore commonalities of experience and ideas as well as recognising difference in lifestyle and world view
Elaboration (2) | ACELT1596 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum