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 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 ACELT1613
recognising the influence our different historical, social and cultural experiences may have on the meaning we make from the text and the attitudes we may develop towards characters, actions and events
Elaboration | ACELT1613 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1614
exploring texts on a similar topic by authors with very different styles, for example comparing fantasy quest novels or realistic novels on a specific theme, identifying differences in the use of narrator, narrative structure and voice and language style …
Elaboration | ACELT1614 | 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 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
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 (1) ACELT1617
describing how a character’s experience expressed through a verse novel impacts on students personally, how the author controls the revelation of the experiences and how the verse story builds meaning to its climax when we understand the whole
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1617 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1618
creating narratives in written, spoken or multimodal/digital format for more than one specified audience, requiring adaptation of narrative elements and language features
Elaboration | ACELT1618 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELT1618
planning and creating texts that entertain, inform, inspire and/or emotionally engage familiar and less-familiar audiences
Elaboration (1) | ACELT1618 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELT1800
selecting and using sensory language to convey a vivid picture of places, feelings and events in a semi-structured verse form
Elaboration | ACELT1800 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1708
identifying and exploring news reports of the same event, and discuss the language choices and point of view of the writers
Elaboration | ACELY1708 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1708
using display advertising as a topic vehicle for close analysis of the ways images and words combine for deliberate effect including examples from the countries of Asia (for example comparing Hollywood film posters with Indian Bollywood film posters)
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1708 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACELY1709
using strategies, for example pausing, questioning, rephrasing, repeating, summarising, reviewing and asking clarifying questions
Elaboration | ACELY1709 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACELY1709
exploring personal reasons for acceptance or rejection of opinions offered and linking the reasons to the way our cultural experiences can affect our responses
Elaboration (1) | ACELY1709 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum