Year 5 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 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1500

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELA1500 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELA1500

exploring examples of words in which pronunciation, writing and meaning has changed over time, including words from a range of cultures

Elaboration (1) | ACELA1500 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1513

talking about how suffixes change over time and new forms are invented to reflect changing attitudes to gender, for example 'policewoman' or 'salesperson'

Elaboration | ACELA1513 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1507

knowing that complex sentences make connections between ideas, such as: to provide a reason, for example 'He jumped up because the bell rang.'; to state a purpose, for example 'She raced home to confront her brother.'; to express a condition, for example …

Elaboration | ACELA1507 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1798

drawing upon fiction elements in a range of model texts - for example main idea, characterisation, setting (time and place), narrative point of view; and devices, for example figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification), as well as non-verbal …

Elaboration | ACELT1798 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum