Australian Curriculum

Year 5

English: Language

AC9E5LA01 understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships 

AC9E5LA03 describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts 

AC9E5LA08 understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words

 English: Literature

AC9E5LE01 identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors

AC9E5LE02 present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others

AC9E5LE03 recognise that the point of view in a literary text influence how readers interpret and respond to events and characters 

AC9E5LE04 examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs

AC9E5LE05 create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced

English: Literacy

AC9E5LY01 describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created 

AC9E5LY02 use appropriate interaction skills including paraphrasing and questioning to clarify meaning, make connections to own experience, and present and justify an opinion or idea

AC9E5LY03 explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text

AC9E5LY04 navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming 

AC9E5LY06 plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation 

AC9E5LY09 build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations

The Arts: Drama

AC9ADR6C01 develop characters and situations, and shape and sustain dramatic action to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvised, devised and/or scripted forms

HASS: Skills

AC9HS5S03 evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships

Year 6

English: Language

AC9E6LA01 understand that language varies as levels of formality and social distance increase

AC9E6LA03 explain how texts across the curriculum are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases depending on purposes, recognising how authors often adapt text structures and language features

English: Literature

AC9E6LE01 identify responses to characters and events in literary texts, drawn from historical, social or cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors

AC9E6LE02 identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots

AC9E6LE03 identify and explain characteristics that define an author's individual style

AC9E6LE04 explain the way authors use sound and imagery to create meaning and effect in poetry

AC9E6LE05 create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices

English: Literacy

AC9E6LY02 use interaction skills and awareness of formality when paraphrasing, questioning, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, and sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions 

AC9E6LY04 select, navigate and read texts for a range of purposes, monitoring meaning and evaluating the use of structural features; for example, table of contents, glossary, chapters, headings and subheadings

AC9E6LY05 use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources

AC9E6LY06 plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, using paragraphs, a variety of complex sentences, expanded verb groups, tense, topic-specific and vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and visual features 

AC9E6LY09 use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words

The Arts: Drama

AC9ADR6C01 develop characters and situations, and shape and sustain dramatic action to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in improvised, devised and/or scripted forms

HASS: Skills

AC9HS6S02 locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources in a range of formats

AC9HS6S03 evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships