Reading and ViewingLanguage
Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose (ACELA1463) Know some features of text organisation including page and screen layouts, alphabetical order, and different types of diagrams, for example timelines (ACELA1466) Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction(ACELA1467) Identify visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives, and consider how these images add to or contradict or multiply the meaning of accompanying words (ACELA1469) 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 adjectives (ACELA1468) Recognise most sound–letter matches including silent letters, vowel/consonant digraphs and many less common sound–letter combinations (ACELA1474) Recognise common prefixes and suffixes and how they change a word’s meaning (ACELA1472) Literature Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways (ACELT1591) Literacy Discuss different texts on a similar topic, identifying similarities and differences between the texts (ACELY1665) Identify the audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts (ACELY1668) 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-correcting (ACELY1669) 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 structures (ACELY1670) WritingLanguage
Understand how texts are made cohesive through resources, for example word associations, synonyms, and antonyms (ACELA1464) Recognise that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas are used to separate items in lists (ACELA1465) 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 words (ACELA1471) Literature Create events and characters using different media that develop key events and characters from literary texts (ACELT1593) Literacy Create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using growing knowledge of text structures and language features for familiar and some less familiar audiences, selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1671) Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure (ACELY1672) Write legibly and with growing fluency using unjoined upper case and lower case letters (ACELY1673) Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word processing programs (ACELY1674) Speaking and ListeningLanguage
Understand that spoken, visual and written forms of language are different modes of communication with different features and their use varies according to the audience, purpose, context and cultural background (ACELA1460) Understand that language varies when people take on different roles in social and classroom interactions and how the use of key interpersonal language resources varies depending on context(ACELA1461) Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and things (ACELA1462) 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 purpose (ACELA1470) Literature Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were created (ACELT1587) Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences (ACELT1590) Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts (ACELT1589) Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs (ACELT1592) Literacy Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions (ACELY1666) Use interaction skills including initiating topics, making positive statements and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately (ACELY1789) Rehearse and deliver short presentations on familiar and new topics (ACELY1667) |
Reading and ViewingLanguage
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) (ACELA1478) Identify the features of online texts that enhance navigation (ACELA1790) Identify the effect on audiences of techniques, for example shot size, vertical camera angle and layout in picture books, advertisements and film segments (ACELA1483) Recognise high frequency sight words (ACELA1486) Literature Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others (ACELT1596) Develop criteria for establishing personal preferences for literature (ACELT1598) Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative (ACELT1599) 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 prose (ACELT1600) Literacy Identify the point of view in a text and suggest alternative points of view (ACELY1675) Identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts (ACELY1678) 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-correcting (ACELY1679) 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 features (ACELY1680) WritingLanguage
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts (ACELA1479) Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreement (ACELA1481) Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and relating) and that these processes are anchored in time through tense (ACELA1482) 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’ (ACELA1485) Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing letters (ACELA1480) Literature Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angle (ACELT1601) Create texts that adapt language features and patterns encountered in literary texts, for example characterisation, rhyme, rhythm, mood, music, sound effects and dialogue (ACELT1791) Literacy Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print, and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682) Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation (ACELY1683) Write using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size (ACELY1684) Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1685) Speaking and ListeningLanguage
Understand that languages have different written and visual communication systems, different oral traditions and different ways of constructing meaning (ACELA1475) Understand that successful cooperation with others depends on shared use of social conventions, including turn-taking patterns, and forms of address that vary according to the degree of formality in social situations (ACELA1476) Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful (ACELA1477) Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs (ACELA1484) Literature Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons (ACELT1594) Literacy Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations (ACELY1676) Use interaction skills, including active listening behaviours and communicate in a clear, coherent manner using a variety of everyday and learned vocabulary and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume (ACELY1792) Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence (ACELY1677) |
Reading and ViewingLanguage
Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audience(ACELA1490) Identify features of online texts that enhance readability including text, navigation, links, graphics and layout(ACELA1793) Explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image, and salience on composition of still and moving images in a range of types of texts(ACELA1496) Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity (ACELA1495) Investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech work in different types of text(ACELA1494) Literature Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques, for example character development and plot tension (ACELT1605) Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships (ACELT1602) 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 puns (ACELT1606) Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features of literary texts (ACELT1604) Literacy Identify and explain language features of texts from earlier times and compare with the vocabulary, images, layout and content of contemporary texts (ACELY1686) Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text(ACELY1690) Read different types of texts by combining contextual , semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies for example monitoring meaning, cross checking and reviewing (ACELY1691) Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts (ACELY1692) WritingLanguage
Understand how texts are made cohesive through the use of linking devices including pronoun reference and text connectives (ACELA1491) Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases(ACELA1493) Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA1498) Understand how to use strategies for spelling words, including spelling rules, knowledge of morphemic word families, spelling generalisations, and letter combinations including double letters (ACELA1779) Recognise homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling (ACELA1780) Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech (ACELA1492) Literature Create literary texts by developing storylines, characters and settings (ACELT1794) Create literary texts that explore students’ own experiences and imagining (ACELT1607) Literacy Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features(ACELY1694) Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure (ACELY1695) Write using clearly-formed joined letters, and develop increased fluency and automaticity (ACELY1696) Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements (ACELY1697) Speaking and ListeningLanguage
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 (ACELA1487) Understand that social interactions influence the way people engage with ideas and respond to others for example when exploring and clarifying the ideas of others, summarising their own views and reporting them to a larger group (ACELA1488) Understand differences between the language of opinion and feeling and the language of factual reporting or recording (ACELA1489) Literature Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view(ACELT1603) Literacy 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 (ACELY1687) Use interaction skills such as acknowledging another’s point of view and linking students’ response to the topic, using familiar and new vocabulary and a range of vocal effects such as tone, pace, pitch and volume to speak clearly and coherently (ACELY1688) Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular purposes and audiences (ACELY1689) |