Australian Curriculum V9 English
Bring Australian Curriculum V9 to your English lesson plans with teacher-created worksheets, games, hands-on activities and more teaching resources aligned to the latest version of the Australian curriculum!
This robust resource collection comes from the expert English teachers of Teach Starter, who have applied the changes made to the F–10 Australian Curriculum in version 9.0 to our popular resources and added even more printable and digital options for teachers!
Curious about what's new for English teachers in V9? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
Changes to English in Version 9.0
ACARA has called version 9 a "more stripped-back and teachable curriculum," and English teachers will notice there's more of an emphasis on phonics instruction than ever before.
Here are some other important changes that have come in the latest Aus curriculum, as well as some things that have remained the same!
- There's more of a cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
- References to 'predictable texts' and the '3-cueing system' have been removed from the new curriculum, along with 'combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge.' Year 1 teachers will notice that the term 'visual memory' is also gone from mentions of reading and writing high-frequency words.
- The three strands of Language, Literature and Literacy remain as organisers.
- Content descriptors that deal with students learning word level knowledge and reading no longer appear in the 'Language' section. Instead, you will find them in the 'Literacy' section.
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Homophones Practice Workbook 2
Consolidate your students’ ability to recognise homophones in context with this set of 9 worksheets with answers.
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Writing the Alphabet Chart
A chart to assist students when learning how to form letters.
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Inference Real Estate Advertisements - Worksheet
A series of real estate advertisement worksheets to use when teaching your students how to infer information from written texts.
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The Egyptian Pyramids - Comprehension Task
A 2 page comprehension task for students to use in the classroom when learning about the Egyptian pyramids.
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Character Archetype Teaching Slides
Download this character archetype slide deck to help your students identify and analyse common character types in literature.
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Archetype Characters Booklet
Explore archetype characters with this engaging 8-page mini book that helps students analyse a character from a book they have recently read.
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Collaborative Language Teaching Slides
Introduce collaborative language to your students with this easy-to-use slide deck that provides practical examples for developing confident, respectful communication.
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Persuasive Paragraph Topic Sentences – Digital Template
Unlock persuasive writing paragraph starters with this ready-to-use slide deck designed to inspire confident, well-structured writing.
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Visual Text Techniques Teaching Slides
Teach your students about visual text techniques with this engaging presentation, which features elements like layout, gaze, salience, angle and shot.
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Mood Anchor Chart- Literary Element Poster
Introduce your students to mood, the atmosphere-creating literary element, with a printable Mood Anchor Chart.
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Author's Purpose Task Cards
Help your students master the skill of identifying the author’s purpose with this set of engaging Author’s Purpose task cards.
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Reading Response Task Cards
Explore reading comprehension with your students using this set of reading response task cards.
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Self Monitoring Reading Strategy Poster
Help students reflect on their reading with this Self Monitoring Reading Strategy Poster.
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Free Author’s Purpose Handout
Use this Author’s Purpose Handout in the form of a brochure to explore the different reasons authors write.
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Word Detective - Interactive Context Clues Game
Play interactive Context Clues games to help your students practise determining the meaning of unknown words in context.
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Vocab Graphic Organisers - Lower Years
Use Vocabulary Graphic Organisers to help your early years' students build their vocabulary skills.
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Free Story Prediction Worksheet
Encourage students to think critically before reading with this Story Prediction Worksheet.
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Fact and Opinion Sorting Activity
Use this fact and opinion sort to teach your students the difference between statements of fact and statements of opinion.
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Verb Tense Regular and Irregular Sorting Activity
Help students understand the difference between a regular and irregular verb tense group with this hands-on verb sorting activity.
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Quotation Mark Sorting Worksheet
Sort examples of correct and incorrect dialogue punctuation with a cut-and-paste quotation marks worksheet.
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Past, Present, and Future Verb Tense Matching Activity - Irregular Verbs
Master past, present, and future tenses of irregular verbs with a butterfly matching activity.
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Magical Story Starters Task Cards
Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.
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Secret Code Contractions Activity
Explore contractions and decode the secret code with this fun secret code activity.
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STEAL Characterisation Anchor Charts
Use the S.T.E.A.L. method of characterisation to help your students ‘steal’ the show with their writings using handy printable anchor charts.
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Phoneme Find - N, NN & KN - Spelling Game
Practise spelling words with n, nn or kn to spell the /n/ sound with an engaging Interactive Phonics Activity!
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Comprehension Task Cards Summarising
Practise summarising text with these relevant events-based texts.
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Making Inferences – Birthday Activity
Teach your students how to make inferences with this birthday invitation activity.
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Non-Fiction Text Features – Scavenger Hunt Flipbook
Get students exploring informational text features with this set of scavenger hunt flipbooks perfect for primary students.
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Non-Fiction Visual Features Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this visual text features worksheet when exploring text features such as photographs, maps, charts and diagrams with your students.
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Let's Infer! Reading Worksheet
Boost reading comprehension with our 2-page writing worksheet that helps students practice making inferences.
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The Importance of Soil – Comprehension Worksheets
Teach your students about the importance of soil to plants, animals and humans with this differentiated reading comprehension passage with accompanying questions.
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For and Against Worksheets
Explore 'for' and 'against' arguments for five different topics with this set of 'for' and 'against' sorting activities.