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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Narrative Writing Lesson - Story Leads to Hook Readers
Hook readers with this narrative writing lesson that introduces your students to eleven story lead strategies.
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Fossicking for Fossils – Comprehension Worksheet
Use a Fossil Comprehension worksheet to teach your year 5 and 6 students about what fossils are, how they’re formed, and more!
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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Free Letter Tracing Worksheets - State Fonts
Use letter tracing worksheets to help your students develop their handwriting and fine motor skills.
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Cursive Writing Worksheets PDF - Alphabet
Practise writing the alphabet in cursive with a pack of printable cursive alphabet writing worksheets.
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Phases of the Moon – Comprehension Worksheet
Analyse different moon phases and how their visual appearances change over time with this reading comprehension worksheet.
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Year 4 Reading Fluency Passages
Assess student fluency with a printable pack of Year 4 reading fluency passages.
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Sequence an Example Persuasive Text – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this example persuasive text pack to teach your students about sequencing arguments in a logical order.
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Name Tracing Worksheets - Auto-Fill Handwriting Sheets
Use our Auto-Fill Name Tracing Worksheets PDF to easily create name tracing worksheets.
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Persuasive Text Structure Posters
Explore the structure of persuasive writing with this set of 15 posters.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Posters
Use these posters to show your students the attributes that make up simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Year 2 Reading Comprehension Test - Being a Good Pet Parent
Build comprehension skills and learn about being a good pet parent by limiting pets' impact on ecosystems with a reading passage and comprehension questions.
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5 Narrative Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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Year 6 Editing Passages
Use this set of Year 6 editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Active Listening-Drawing Activity Pack
Grab a Draw My Picture Game to fill in classroom downtime and help your students boost their listening skills.
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A Visit from Santa – Christmas Poem Poster
Use this “A Visit from Santa” Christmas poem for kids as a basis for some festive fun in your classroom!
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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game
Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.
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Developing Narrative Writing Skills PowerPoint - Year 3 and Year 4
Teach your students about the structure and language features of narrative texts with an engaging interactive Narrative Writing Teaching Slide Presentation.
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Christmas Common and Proper - Year 2 English Task Cards
Identify common noun and proper noun usage in sentences with this set of printable Christmas-themed Task Cards!
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Hansel and Gretel – Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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The Three Little Pigs – Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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Story Map Graphic Organiser Pack
Download and use a printable Story Map Graphic Organiser to help your students make sense of story elements related to their reading.
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Daily Compound Sentence Worksheets
Use our Daily Compound Sentence worksheets to help your students identify, write, and edit compound sentences.
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Trace, Draw and Order Sentences Worksheets
Use this set of sentence cut-and-paste worksheets to help your students build simple sentences.
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Year 3 Reading Fluency Passages
Assess student fluency with a printable pack of reading fluency passages for Year 3.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Worksheets
Use this set of five grammar worksheets to teach about the structures of simple, compound and complex sentences.
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OREO® Persuasive Writing Posters
Help students remember the structure of persuasive texts with this fun OREO® acronym.
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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.
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Christmas Task Cards - Past, Present and Future Tense Practise
Practise identifying past, present, and future tense verbs with a set of Christmas Verb Tense Task Cards!
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Narrative Text Structure Posters
A set of 8 narrative text structure posters to add to your classroom narrative writing display.
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Rhyming Poems Poster and Template
Teach your students all about rhyming couplet poems with this classroom poster and accompanying student worksheets.
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The Gingerbread Man - Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.