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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Digital Vocab Log - Interactive Slides
Use a Digital Vocab log to record, track, and review new vocabulary words learned in the classroom.
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Write a Biography Booklet
Use this biography booklet to help your students organise and present information about any person in a structured, engaging format.
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Biography Graphic Organiser Pack
Use this biography graphic organiser pack to simplify the process of planning and presenting biographical information for your students.
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R.A.C.E.S. Constructed Response Writing Classroom Display
Help your students write evidence-based responses to text with a printable R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy classroom display.
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Dolch Sight Word Tracker - Google Sheets
Track mastery of Dolch Sight Words using a digital Google Sheets Sight Word tracking spreadsheet.
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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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Verb Tense Puzzle Pop Activity
Grow your students' knowledge of the tense of verbs with this puzzle pop matching activity.
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Information Report Checklists
Use these information report checklists when teaching your students how to edit their informative texts.
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Community Helper – Digital Report Writing Activity
Use this community helpers interactive activity to model the purpose and structural elements of information reports.
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Landform Report – Mini Book Template
Download this information report template to use when teaching informative writing to primary students.
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A or An? Poster
Use this articles poster to teach your students which article to use and when!
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Build a Magical Story Interactive Activity
Use this “Build a Magical Story” narrative writing interactive activity to model the purpose, structural elements and language features of narrative texts.
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Past, Present, and Future Verb Tense Matching Activity - Regular Verbs
Practise using past, present, and future tenses of regular verbs with a butterfly matching activity.
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Contraction Match-Up Cards
Practise matching contractions with their expanded form with this extensive collection of match up cards.
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Contractions Board Game
Encourage growth in spelling and writing conventions with a board game to practise making contractions using apostrophes.
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How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae Interactive Activity
Use this “How to Make an Ice Cream Sundae” procedural writing interactive activity to model the purpose, structural elements and language features of procedure texts.
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Using Tables of Contents Worksheets
Download these table of contents worksheets to provide your students with practice working with this valuable non-fiction text feature.
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Non-Fiction Text Features Flipbook – Read and Define
Use this text features flipbook as a student-centred literacy activity to teach your students about the purpose of text features in non-fiction books.
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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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Conjunctions Spinners (Coordinating Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions, Correlative Conjunctions)
Bring some fun to your grammar lessons with these colourful conjunctions spinners! Students spin tp reveal a conjunction to use in their writing or oral language.
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Nonfiction Text Features Worksheet
Download this nonfiction text features worksheet so students can practice locating different types of text features found in an information text.
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Persuasive Writing Project (The Best Book)
Help students plan out persuasive writing with this ‘The Best Book’ persuasive writing project.
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Report Writing – Firefighter Activity Pack
Engage your class with firefighter activity that combines informative writing practice with real-world learning about community helpers.
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Homophone Mandala Flower Worksheets
Have your students create a colourful mandala flower while simultaneously demonstrating their understanding of common homophones.
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Which Homophone? Interactive Game
Add some excitement to your vocabulary lessons with an interactive game exploring homophones and their definitions.
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Compare and Contrast Worksheets - Neil Armstrong vs. Amelia Earhart
Compare and contrast Neil Armstrong and Amelia Earhart with differentiated reading comprehension worksheets.
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My Strange Shrinking Parents – Literature Task Cards
Deep dive into the characters and themes of Zeno Sworder’s highly acclaimed book, My Strange Shrinking Parents, with this set of 12 literature task cards.
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Grammar TVs
Grammar presented on TVs.
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Comparing Characters - Graphic Organisers
Encourage your students to compare story characters with this set of differentiated graphic organisers that can be used with any text.
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Prefixes and Suffixes Flipbook
Review and assess prefix and suffix knowledge with a printable vocabulary flipbook.
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Gum Ball Affixes Interactive Resource
Learn new words and their prefixes, suffixes, and base words with an engaging Google Slides digital learning activity.
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Colour By Suffix Worksheet
Reveal the hidden picture and practise using the inflectional endings -s, -es, -ies, and -ves with a colour-by-code worksheet.