Elaboration ACELA1487
identifying words used in Standard Australian English that are derived from other languages, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and determining if the original meaning is reflected in English usage, for example example ‘kangaroo’, …
Elaboration | ACELA1487 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1487
identifying commonly used words derived from other cultures
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1487 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1488
recognising that we can use language differently with our friends and families, but that Standard Australian English is typically used in written school texts and more formal contexts
Elaboration | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1488
recognising that language is adjusted in different contexts, for example in degree of formality when moving between group discussions and presenting a group report
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1488
understanding how age, status, expertise and familiarity influence the ways in which we interact with people and how these codes and conventions vary across cultures
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACELA1488
recognising the importance of using inclusive language
Elaboration (3) | ACELA1488 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1489
identifying ways thinking verbs are used to express opinion, for example ‘I think’, ‘I believe’, and ways summary verbs are used to report findings, for example ‘we concluded’
Elaboration | ACELA1489 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1490
becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of such text types as: simple narrative, procedure, simple persuasion texts and information reports
Elaboration | ACELA1490 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1491
knowing how authors construct texts that are cohesive and coherent through the use of: pronouns that link to something previously mentioned; determiners (for example ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’, ‘those’, ‘the’,); …
Elaboration | ACELA1491 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1491
identifying how participants are tracked through a text by, for example, using pronouns to refer back to noun groups/phrases
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1491 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACELA1491
describing how text connectives link sections of a text providing sequences through time, for example ‘firstly’, ‘then’, ‘next’, and ‘finally’
Elaboration (2) | ACELA1491 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1492
exploring texts to identify the use of quotation marks
Elaboration | ACELA1492 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELA1492
experimenting with the use of quotation marks in students’ own writing
Elaboration (1) | ACELA1492 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1793
participating in online searches for information using navigation tools and discussing similarities and differences between print and digital information
Elaboration | ACELA1793 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1493
creating richer, more specific descriptions through the use of noun groups/phrases (for example, in narrative texts, ‘their very old Siamese cat’; in reports, 'its extremely high mountain ranges')
Elaboration | ACELA1493 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1494
investigating examples of quoted (direct) speech (‘He said, “I’ll go to the park today”’) and reported (indirect) speech (‘He told me he was going to the park today’) and comparing similarities and differences
Elaboration | ACELA1494 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1495
investigating in texts how adverb group/phrases and prepositional phrases can provide details of the circumstances surrounding a happening or state (for example, ‘At midnight (time) he rose slowly (manner) from the chair (place) and went upstairs (pl …
Elaboration | ACELA1495 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1496
examining visual and multimodal texts, building a vocabulary to describe visual elements and techniques such as framing, composition and visual point of view and beginning to understand how these choices impact on viewer response
Elaboration | ACELA1496 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1498
building etymological knowledge about word origins (for example 'thermometer') and building vocabulary from research about technical and subject specific topics
Elaboration | ACELA1498 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELA1779
applying generalisations for adding affixes, for example ‘hope’ and ‘hoping’, ‘begin’ and ‘beginning’, ‘country’ and ‘countries’
Elaboration | ACELA1779 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum