Year 4 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 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1488
recognising the importance of using inclusive language
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1779
using knowledge of common prefixes and suffixes to spell words and explore their meaning, for example ‘friendly’, ‘calmly’ and ‘cleverly’ and ‘misfortune’
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1779 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1688
exploring the effects of changing voice tone, volume, pitch and pace in formal and informal contexts
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1688 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELY1692
finding specific literal information
Elaboration (3) | ACELY1692 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1488
understanding how age, status, expertise and familiarity influence the ways in which we interact with people and how these codes and conventions vary across cultures
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1491
describing how text connectives link sections of a text providing sequences through time, for example ‘firstly’, ‘then’, ‘next’, and ‘finally’
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1491 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1779
building morphemic word families and exploring word origins, for example ‘tricycle’, ‘triangle’ and ‘triple’
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1779 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1828
using knowledge of sounds and visual patterns to read and write more complex letter combinations that have multiple representations in writing, for example ‘boy’ and ‘boil’, ‘howl’ and ‘foul’, ‘taught ’and ‘saw’
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1828 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1688
choosing a variety of appropriate words and prepositional phrases, including descriptive words and some technical vocabulary, to communicate meaning accurately
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1688 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1691
reading a wide range of different types of texts for pleasure
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1691 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1692
building and using prior knowledge and vocabulary
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1692 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1694
using grammatical features including different types of verb groups/phrases, noun groups/phrases, adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases for effective descriptions as related to purpose and context (for example, development of a character’s …
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1694 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum