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 

AC9E5LA02 understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources 

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 

AC9E5LA04 understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text 

AC9E5LA05 understand that the structure of a complex sentence includes a main clause and at least one dependent clause, and understand how writers can use this structure for effect 

AC9E5LA06 understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea 

AC9E5LA07 explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning 

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 

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 

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 

AC9E5LY05 use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas

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

AC9E5LY07 plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include relevant, elaborated ideas, sequencing ideas and using complex sentences, specialist and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features 

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

HASS: Geography

AC9HS5K05 the management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences

HASS: Economics and Business

AC9HS5K08 types of resources, including natural, human and capital, and how they satisfy needs and wants

HASS: Skills

AC9HS5S06 propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

Science

AC9S5H02 investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

AC9S5I06 write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S5U01 examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats

Year 6

English: Language

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

AC9E6LA02 understand the uses of objective and subjective language, and identify bias

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

AC9E6LA05 understand how embedded clauses can expand the variety of complex sentences to elaborate, extend and explain ideas

AC9E6LA07 identify and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning

AC9E6LA09 understand how to use the comma for lists, to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause, and in dialogue

English: Literature 

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

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

AC9E6LY01 examine texts including media texts that represent ideas and events, and identify how they reflect the context in which they were created

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

AC9E6LY03 analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences 

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

AC9E6LY07 plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include information, arguments and details that develop a theme or idea, organising ideas using precise topic-specific and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital 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

HASS: Skills

AC9HS6S06 propose actions or responses to issues or challenges and use criteria to assess the possible effects

Science

AC9S6H02 investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

AC9S6I06 write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S6U01 investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions