ACELA1500

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELA1500 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELY1730

change the tone in which the speech or conversation is presented and discuss how interpretations can also change.

Elaboration (1) | ACELY1730 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1563

Understand that Standard Australian English in its spoken and written forms has a history of evolution and change and continues to evolve

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELA1563 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELY1698

Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELY1698 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELA1514

understanding how some suffixes change the grammatical form of words, for example ‘tion’ and ‘ment’ can change verbs into nouns, ‘protect’ to ‘protection’, ‘develop’ to ‘development’

Elaboration (1) | ACELA1514 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Structure English

Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: English Foundation to Year 10 is organised into three interrelated strands that support students' growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English (English). Each strand interacts …

Structure | English | F-10 curriculum

Key ideas English

Texts Texts provide the means for communication. They can be written, spoken, visual, multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Multimodal texts combine language with other means of communication such as visual images, soundtrack or spoken words, …

Key ideas | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELA1826

reading and writing consonant digraphs representing different sounds, for example ‘machine’, ‘change’ and ‘school’

Elaboration (1) | ACELA1826 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1767

select an aspect of a text such as a sentence pattern or an image or word and adapt it for a new context explaining how the change will affect meaning

Elaboration | ACELT1767 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1513

talking about how suffixes change over time and new forms are invented to reflect changing attitudes to gender, for example 'policewoman' or 'salesperson'

Elaboration | ACELA1513 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1729

identifying how meanings or words change or shift depending on context, for example the word ‘cool’ is used to describe temperature or to express approval when used in informal contexts

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1729 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1730

listen to a conversation or speech and identify the point being made and explain the tone and manner of presentation. Change the focus of the conversation or speech and identify how meaning has changed

Elaboration | ACELY1730 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACELY1813

adapting voice effects, such as tone, volume, pitch, pauses and change of pace, for their specific effects such as putting forward a point of view or attempting to persuade an audience to a course of action

Elaboration (3) | ACELY1813 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELA1563

understanding how and why spelling became standardised and how conventions have changed over time and continue to change through common usage, the invention of new words and creative combinations of existing words

Elaboration (2) | ACELA1563 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum