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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How to Make a Tessellation Artwork Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine procedure article about making a tessellation artwork.
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Biography Brochure Template
A brochure template to use when writing biographies.
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Irregular Past Tense Verbs Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students identify irregular verbs.
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Informative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 4
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their informative writing.
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Jamie Oliver Biography – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a biography from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 2).
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Blast Off with Space Rex 2000 – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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J. K. Rowling Biography and Worksheet
Download this J.K. Rowling biography and worksheet, designed to help students learn about the life, education and writing career of the world-famous author.
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The Cautious Carnival – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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The Adventures of Pirate Nup and Captain Yet – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 3).
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Colour by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Prepositions - Owl
Consolidate parts of speech by colouring nouns, verbs, adjectives and prepositions on the owl.
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Poetry Poster with Annotations
Use this poetry poster to introduce your students to the structure and language features of poems through an annotated example.
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Writing a Speech Poster
A poster highlighting the main parts to a speech.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Comprehension - Roald Dahl
A comprehension activity using a biography of Roald Dahl.
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Editing Symbols Chart
Use this editing symbols chart to help simplify the proofreading process for your students.
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Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Cars Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about cars with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Persuasive Text)
A sequencing task using a persuasive text.
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Doctors Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about doctors with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Eagles Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about eagles with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Elephants Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about elephants with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".
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Biography Template Pack
Download this biography template pack to help students structure engaging biographies with differentiated layouts suited for various writing projects.
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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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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
Teach your students about information report paragraph structure with this hands-on sequencing activity.
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Heroic Homophones Cloze Worksheet
Help your students select the correct homophone to use in context with this one-page cloze passage worksheet.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Independent and Dependent Clauses Worksheet Pack
Introduce the concept of independent and dependent clauses with a set of printable sentence structure worksheets.
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Narrative Writing Poster
A poster to encourage your students to think about narrative writing.
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Writing a Narrative – Template
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
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Colour Me Carefully Worksheets
A set of four colouring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric for Poetry
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess student's poetry.