English
Outcomes
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Foundation Year
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1432
Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentencesExamples
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ACELA1433
Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, for example directionalityExamples
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ACELA1432
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1435
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideasPlay Activities 124Examples
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ACELA1434
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaningExamples
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ACELA1437
Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at schoolExamples
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ACELA1758
Know that spoken sounds and words can be written down using letters of the alphabet and how to write some high-frequency sight words and known wordsPlay Activities 380Examples
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ACELA1438
Know how to use onset and rime to spell wordsPlay Activities 143Examples
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ACELA1435
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Sound and letter knowledge
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ACELA1439
Recognise rhymes, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken wordsPlay Activities 155Examples
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ACELA1440
Recognise the letters of the alphabet and know there are lower and upper case lettersExamples
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ACELA1439
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Text structure and organisation
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1650
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independentlyExamples
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ACELY1650
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 1
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Language
- Text structure and organisation
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1452
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)Examples
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ACELA1454
Understand the use of vocabulary in everyday contexts as well as a growing number of school contexts, including appropriate use of formal and informal terms of address in different contextsExamples
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ACELA1778
Know that regular one-syllable words are made up of letters and common letter clusters that correspond to the sounds heard, and how to use visual memory to write high-frequency wordsPlay Activities 539Examples
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ACELA1452
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Sound and letter knowledge
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ACELA1457
Manipulate sounds in spoken words including phoneme deletion and substitutionExamples
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ACELA1458
Recognise sound letter - matches including common vowel and consonant digraphs and consonant blendsPlay Activities 145Examples
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ACELA1459
Understand the variability of sound - letter matchesExamples
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ACELA1457
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1660
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresPlay Activities 113Examples
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ACELY1660
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 2
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Language
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Language for interaction
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ACELA1462
Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and thingsExamples
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ACELA1462
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1463
Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purposeExamples
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ACELA1464
Understand how texts are made cohesive through resources, for example word associations, synonyms, and antonyms�Examples
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ACELA1465
Recognise that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas are used to separate items in listsExamples
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ACELA1463
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1468
Understand that nouns represent people, places, things and ideas and can be, for example, common, proper, concrete or abstract, and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectivesExamples
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ACELA1470
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purposeExamples
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ACELA1471
Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell words, and use morphemes and syllabification to break up simple words and use visual memory to write irregular wordsPlay Activities 421Examples
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ACELA1468
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Sound and letter knowledge
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ACELA1474
Recognise most sound-letter matches including silent letters, vowel/consonant digraphs and many less common sound-letter combinationsPlay Activities 210Examples
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ACELA1474
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Language for interaction
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1669
Read less predictable texts with phrasing and fluency by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies, for example monitoring meaning, predicting, rereading and self-correctingExamples
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ACELY1670
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structuresPlay Activities 199Examples
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ACELY1669
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Creating texts
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ACELY1672
Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structureExamples
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ACELY1672
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 3
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1478
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences)Examples
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ACELA1478
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1482
Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and relating) and that these processes are anchored in time through tenseExamples
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ACELA1484
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbsExamples
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ACELA1485
Understand how to use sound-letter relationships and knowledge of spelling rules, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, morphemes and less common letter combinations, for example 'tion'Play Activities 319Examples
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ACELA1486
Recognise high frequency sight wordsPlay Activities 118Examples
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ACELA1482
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1600
Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader's reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and proseExamples
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ACELT1600
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Creating literature
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ACELT1791
Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts, for example characterisation, rhyme, rhythm, mood, music, sound effects and dialogueExamples
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ACELT1791
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1679
Read an increasing range of different types of texts by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge, using text processing strategies, for example monitoring, predicting, confirming, rereading, reading on and self-correctingExamples
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ACELY1680
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresPlay Activities 220Examples
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ACELY1679
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Creating texts
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ACELY1683
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuationExamples
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ACELY1683
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 4
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Language
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Language variation and change
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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 languagesExamples
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ACELA1487
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1490
Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audienceExamples
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ACELA1491
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectivesExamples
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ACELA1492
Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speechExamples
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ACELA1490
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1493
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesExamples
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ACELA1495
Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activityExamples
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ACELA1498
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students' own texts including vocabulary encountered in researchExamples
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ACELA1779
Understand how to use strategies for spelling words, including spelling rules, knowledge of morphemic word families, spelling generalisations, and letter combinations including double lettersPlay Activities 139Examples
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ACELA1780
Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spellingExamples
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ACELA1493
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Language variation and change
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1606
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and punsExamples
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ACELT1606
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1690
Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the textExamples
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ACELY1691
Read different types of texts by combining contextual , semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewingExamples
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ACELY1692
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsPlay Activities 220Examples
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ACELY1690
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Creating texts
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ACELY1695
Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structureExamples
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ACELY1695
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 5
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1504
Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formalityExamples
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ACELA1506
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nounsExamples
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ACELA1797
Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigationExamples
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ACELA1504
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1508
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaExamples
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ACELA1512
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contextsExamples
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ACELA1513
Understand how to use banks of known words, as well as word origins, prefixes and suffixes, to learn and spell new wordsExamples
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ACELA1514
Recognise uncommon plurals, for example 'foci'Examples
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ACELA1508
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1611
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odesExamples
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ACELT1611
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1702
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningExamples
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ACELY1703
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesExamples
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ACELY1702
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Creating texts
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ACELY1705
Reread and edit student's own and others' work using agreed criteria for text structures and language featuresExamples
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ACELY1705
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 6
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Language
- Text structure and organisation
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1522
Investigate how complex sentences can be used in a variety of ways to elaborate, extend and explain ideasExamples
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ACELA1523
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrasesExamples
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ACELA1526
Understand how to use banks of known words, word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes, morphemes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn and spell new words, for example technical words and words adopted from other languagesPlay Activities 112Examples
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ACELA1522
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Literature
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Responding to literature
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ACELT1615
Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different textsExamples
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ACELT1615
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Examining literature
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ACELT1617
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verseExamples
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ACELT1617
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Responding to literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1711
Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a textExamples
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ACELY1712
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies and interpreting structural features, for example table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadingsExamples
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ACELY1713
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsExamples
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ACELY1801
Analyse strategies authors use to influence readersExamples
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ACELY1711
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Creating texts
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ACELY1715
Reread and edit students' own and others' work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choicesExamples
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ACELY1715
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 7
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Language
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1531
Understand and explain how the text structures and language features of texts become more complex in informative and persuasive texts and identify underlying structures such as taxonomies, cause and effect, and extended metaphorsExamples
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ACELA1763
Understand that the coherence of more complex texts relies on devices that signal text structure and guide readers, for example overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or breadcrumb trails for online textsExamples
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ACELA1532
Understand the use of punctuation to support meaning in complex sentences with prepositional phrases and embedded clausesExamples
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ACELA1531
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1539
Understand how to use spelling rules and word origins, for example Greek and Latin roots, base words, suffixes, prefixes, spelling patterns and generalisations to learn new words and how to spell themPlay Activities 102Examples
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ACELA1539
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Text structure and organisation
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1623
Understand, interpret and discuss how language is compressed to produce a dramatic effect in film or drama, and to create layers of meaning in poetry, for example haiku, tankas, couplets, free verse and verse novelsExamples
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ACELT1623
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1721
Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purposeExamples
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ACELY1722
Use prior knowledge and text processing strategies to interpret a range of types of textsExamples
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ACELY1723
Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sourcesExamples
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ACELY1721
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Creating texts
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ACELY1726
Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impactExamples
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ACELY1726
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 8
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Language
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Language for interaction
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ACELA1542
Understand how rhetorical devices are used to persuade and how different layers of meaning are developed through the use of metaphor, irony and parodyExamples
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ACELA1542
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1544
Understand the use of punctuation conventions, including colons, semicolons, dashes and brackets in formal and informal textsExamples
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ACELA1544
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1547
Recognise that vocabulary choices contribute to the specificity, abstraction and style of textsExamples
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ACELA1549
Understand how to apply learned knowledge consistently in order to spell accurately and to learn new words including nominalisationsPlay Activities 152Examples
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ACELA1547
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Language for interaction
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1630
Identify and evaluate devices that create tone, for example humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody in poetry, humorous prose, drama or visual textsExamples
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ACELT1767
Interpret and analyse language choices, including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery and other language features, in short stories, literary essays and playsExamples
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ACELT1630
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Examining literature
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Literacy
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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ACELY1733
Apply increasing knowledge of vocabulary, text structures and language features to understand the content of textsExamples
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ACELY1734
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of content and the credibility of sources, including finding evidence in the text for the author's point of viewExamples
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ACELY1733
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Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Language
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Year 9
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Language
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Language variation and change
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ACELA1550
Understand that Standard Australian English is a living language within which the creation and loss of words and the evolution of usage is ongoingExamples
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ACELA1550
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Text structure and organisation
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ACELA1553
Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for specific purposes and effectsExamples
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ACELA1553
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1561
Identify how vocabulary choices contribute to specificity, abstraction and stylistic effectivenessExamples
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ACELA1561
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Language variation and change
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Literature
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Examining literature
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ACELT1637
Investigate and experiment with the use and effect of extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, icons, myths and symbolism in texts, for example poetry, short films, graphic novels, and plays on similar themesExamples
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ACELT1637
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Examining literature
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Literacy
- Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
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Creating texts
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ACELY1747
Review and edit students' own and others' texts to improve clarity and control over content, organisation, paragraphing, sentence structure, vocabulary and audio/visual featuresPlay Activities 142Examples
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ACELY1747
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Language
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Year 10
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Language
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Language variation and change
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ACELA1563
Understand that Standard Australian English in its spoken and written forms has a history of evolution and change and continues to evolveExamples
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ACELA1563
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Expressing and developing ideas
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ACELA1573
Understand how to use knowledge of the spelling system to spell unusual and technical words accurately, for example those based on uncommon Greek and Latin rootsPlay Activities 216Examples
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ACELA1573
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Language variation and change
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Literacy
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Creating texts
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ACELY1757
Review, edit and refine students' own and others' texts for control of content, organisation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and/or visual features to achieve particular purposes and effectsExamples
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ACELY1757
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Creating texts
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Language