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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Developing Narrative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the narrative text type, specifically how to plan and write an engaging story.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the genre of persuasion; specifically, how to write a well-structured persuasive text.
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Developing Informative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Constructing a Persuasive Paragraph Using OREO
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use the correct paragraph structure when writing a persuasive text.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a persuasive text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Onomatopoeia
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore onomatopoeia in poetry.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.
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Exploring Poetic Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common literary devices found in poetry.
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Developing Informative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Research Skills - Note Taking
A 60 minute lesson in which students will take appropriate notes from an informative text.
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Narrative Features - Creating a Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to create a narrative setting.
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Narrative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of narrative texts.
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Sound Play in Poetry - Alliteration
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore alliteration in poetry.
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Persuasive Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of persuasive texts.
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Quotation Marks in Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct use of quotation marks in narrative writing.
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Narrative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of narrative texts.
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Using a Persuasive Prompt - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a writing prompt and scaffolding sheet to write a persuasive text in pairs.
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Exploring Modality
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how modal words are used to express degrees of certainty in persuasive texts.
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Persuasive Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of persuasive texts.
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Procedure Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of procedure texts.
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Constructing a Paragraph - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will correctly construct an informative paragraph.
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Narrative Skills - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a narrative, in pairs, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Narrative Skills - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a narrative, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Purpose, Audience and Context
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the purpose, intended audience and subject matter of a poem.
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Informative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of informative texts.
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Face the Facts!
A 60 minute lesson designed to introduce the purpose and types of informative texts.
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Inferring
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of inferring.
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Narrative Skills - Planning a Story
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently plan a setting, characters and plot for a narrative text.
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Narrative Features - Developing a Plot
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a plot for a narrative which includes a setting, characters and a problem to be solved.
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Creating a Narrative Writing Station
A 60 minute lesson in which students will discuss writing goals and explore a classroom writing station.
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Tell Me A Story
A 60 minute lesson designed to introduce the narrative text type using familiar stories.