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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Greetings in Different Languages Wall Display
Explore culturally specific greetings and expressions of politeness with this Language of the Week resource.
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Vowel Digraph Bingo
Play our vowel digraph bingo game to engage your students while increasing their reading confidence.
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Sorting Text Features Cut and Paste
Build confidence and comprehension with this ready-to-use Text Features Cut and Paste Worksheet!
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Character Emotions Chart and Worksheets
Explore character emotions in stories using this Character Emotions Chart and matching character Graphic Organisers
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Adverb Worksheets PDF
Use this printable Adverb Worksheets PDF Resource to help your little learners practise identifying adverbs.
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Subject and Verb Agreement Activity – Sort the Sentences
Use this subject and verb agreement activity to help your students identify correct and incorrect subject-verb agreement.
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Author’s Purpose Reading Passages Worksheet Set
Explore the Author's Purpose in these reading passages with this set of Author's Purpose worksheets.
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Persuasive Letter Example Pack
Download this persuasive letter example set featuring five model letters with labelled and unlabelled versions, perfect for teaching students the structure of a persuasive letter.
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Direct and Indirect Speech Grammar Posters
Help students to learn what both direct and indirect speech entails as well as providing examples on how they can use it themselves with our direct and indirect speech posters.
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Monitoring Comprehension Strategies Text Annotations Poster
Help students monitor their comprehension with this Monitoring Comprehension Reading Strategy using text annotations.
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Adjective Prepositional Phrase Worksheets
Help students master the adjective prepositional phrase with this engaging set of five worksheets designed to reinforce how these phrases add descriptive detail to nouns.
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Word Detective Worksheet - Context Clues
Assign our Word Detective Worksheet to give your students extra practice in using context clues to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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Using Commas PowerPoint - Upper Years
Use our Commas PowerPoint presentation to teach your upper primary school students about the different comma rules.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.
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Simple Sentence Exit Tickets
Check your students' knowledge of simple sentences with this set of simple sentence exit tickets perfect for kindergarten.
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Comma Worksheets
Use our Year 5 & Year 6 Comma Worksheets to practise using commas in a series,in compound sentences, with appositives, and more!
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Fact or Opinion Worksheet Pack
Boost critical thinking skills with this fact or opinion worksheet pack featuring five engaging worksheets where students colour-code fact and opinion sentences.
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Making Predictions With Pictures Prompt Cards
Encourage early reading comprehension by using Making Predictions with Pictures Prompt Cards to help students develop critical thinking and inference skills through visual storytelling
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Visual Literacy Techniques Poster Pack
Teach your students how to uncover hidden meanings in images with this vibrant set of Visual Literacy Technique Posters!
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Letter Sound Digital Task Cards
Explore letter sounds with your students using this Alphabet Letter Sounds Game Bonanza digital activity.
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Sock Letter Matching Activity
Match socks together for a great letter matching activity where the lowercase letter, uppercase letter and beginning sounds are matched.
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Alphabet Sounds Puzzle
Dive into letter-sound correspondence with your students using this alphabet sounds puzzle.
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Editing and Revising Checklist Pack
Download this editing and revising checklist pack to support your students when revising and editing their written work.
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Comparing Narrative and Informational Text Worksheets
Use this set of comparing narrative and informational text worksheets to examine the purpose and features of these two common genres.
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The Gingerbread Man Story Sequencing Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of printable gingerbread man story sequencing cards.
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Poetry Cloze Passage Worksheets
Use these poetry cloze worksheets to introduce your students to various types of poetry in a fun and engaging way.
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Blending Words Reading Warm-Up Task Cards
Get your students ready for reading with these blending words reading warm-up task cards.
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Dot-to-Dot Alphabet Worksheets
Use this set of 3 dot-to-dot worksheets to get your youngest students practising their recognition of the alphabet.
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Australian Conservationists: The Irwins – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the Irwin family and their conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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A or An? - Worksheets
Teach when to use A or An as an article with a printable pack of 'A or An' Worksheets.
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Direct and Indirect Speech in Comics – Worksheet
Consolidate understanding of direct and indirect speech with this set of worksheets.
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Text Type Structure Poster Pack
Display these posters in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a variety of text types.