Elaboration ACELA1526
using a dictionary to explore and use knowledge of word origins, including some Greek roots, to spell words. For example, the Greek roots: ‘ath’ meaning ‘contest’ or ‘outstanding skill’, ‘pent’ meaning the number five, and ‘dec’ meaning the number ten, …
Elaboration | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1526
applying accumulated knowledge of a wide range of letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words, for example ‘vacuum’, ‘yacht’, ‘ratio’ and ‘synthesis’
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1526
expanding knowledge of prefixes and suffixes and exploring meaning relationships between words for example ‘disappearance’, ‘submarine’, ‘subterranean’, ‘poisonous’ and ‘nervous’
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1526
applying accumulated knowledge of a wide range of letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words, for example knowing how and why these words are spelt as follows: ‘reliability’, ‘handkerchief’ ‘receive’, ‘lollies’, ‘trolleys’, ‘climbing’, …
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACELA1526
spelling technical words by applying morphemic knowledge, for example ‘metaphorical’, ‘biology’ and ‘biodegradable’
Elaboration (4) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACELA1526
learning about words from other languages, for example ‘umbrella’ comes from the Italian word ombrello, and the word for ‘yabby’ is derived from the Aboriginal word ‘yabij’
Elaboration (5) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1520
noting how a general word is often used for a more specific word already mentioned, for example ‘Look at those apples. Can I have one?'
Elaboration | ACELA1520 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1521
identifying different uses of commas in texts
Elaboration | ACELA1521 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1522
investigating how the choice of conjunctions enables the construction of complex sentences to extend, elaborate and explain ideas, for example ‘the town was flooded when the river broke its banks’ and ‘the town was flooded …
Elaboration | ACELA1522 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1830
using phonic generalisations to read and write complex words with uncommon letter patterns, for example ‘pneumonia’, ‘resuscitate’ and ‘vegetation’
Elaboration | ACELA1830 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1615
noting how degrees of possibility are opened up through the use of modal verbs (for example, ‘It may be a solution’ as compared to ‘It could be a solution’), as well as through other resources such as adverbs (for example, ‘It’s …
Elaboration | ACELT1615 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1518
exploring a range of everyday, community, literary and informative texts discussing elements of text structure and language features and comparing the overall structure and effect of authors’ choices in two or more texts
Elaboration | ACELA1518 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1715
editing for coherence, sequence, effective choice of vocabulary, opening devices, dialogue and description, humour and pathos, as appropriate to the task and audience
Elaboration | ACELY1715 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELY1713
finding specific literal information
Elaboration (2) | ACELY1713 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1712
bringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge to new reading tasks, selecting, evaluating and using texts for their pertinence to the task and the accuracy of their information
Elaboration | ACELY1712 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1716
using handwriting efficiently as a tool for a wide range of formal and informal text creation tasks
Elaboration | ACELY1716 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1520
observing how relationships between concepts can be represented visually through similarity, contrast, juxtaposition, repetition, class-subclass diagrams, part-whole diagrams, cause-and-effect figures, visual continuities and discontinuities
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1520 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1617
identifying how language choice and imagery build emotional connection and engagement with the story or theme
Elaboration | ACELT1617 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1801
identify how authors use language to position the reader and give reasons
Elaboration | ACELY1801 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1616
exploring two or more texts by the same author, drawing out the similarities, for example subject or theme, characterisation, text structure, plot development, tone, vocabulary, sense of voice, narrative point of view, favoured grammatical structures …
Elaboration | ACELT1616 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum