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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Word Study List - L Blends
Introduce and explore words containing an initial l-blend with this extensive list of words.
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Bee Kind Craft and Writing Template
Celebrate World Kindness Day with this gorgeous bee writing and craft template.
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Character Traits Graphic Organiser
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
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Differentiating Long and Short Vowels Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive quiz to practise differentiating between long and short vowel sounds in words.
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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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What Are Pollinators? Year 2 Comprehension Worksheet Pack
Introduce your students to the world of pollinators and nonfiction text comrpehension with a printable Year 2 Reading Comprehension worksheet pack.
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Colour By Code - Simple or Compound Sentence Worksheet
Use a Colour By Code Simple or Compound Sentence worksheet to help your students practise identifying simple and compound sentence types.
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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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Sentence Trains - Sentence Building Activity
Teach your year 1 students about sentence types and punctuation with Sentence Trains, a fun Sentence Building Activity.
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Making Predictions Task Cards
Use these making predictions task cards in the classroom to help students with predicting skills during reading.
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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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Coordinating Conjunction Word Mat
Boost your students’ writing skills by giving them access to this coordinating conjunctions word mat during literacy lessons.
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Letter Sound Worksheets - Initial, Medial, and Final Positions
Practise isolating initial, medial, and final letter sounds with a fun set of Letter Sound Worksheets for Year 1.
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Subordinating Conjunctions Posters
Display this colourful and informative subordinating conjunctions poster set to remind your students of the functions and types of subordinating conjunctions!
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Persuasive Writing Project (My Favourite Season)
Explore persuasive writing with this persuasive writing project focusing on a student’s favourite season.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Flipbook
Explore the persuasive writing structure in this engaging persuasive writing flipbook.
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Cupid's Compound Sentences Activity - Interactive Game
Build some sweet sentence writing skills using a fun Valentine’s Day Compound Sentence activity.
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Long E Words - Word Search
Explore words containing some of the most common ‘long e’ graphemes with this set of differentiated word searches.
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Counting, Blending and Segmenting Syllables Interactive Activity
Practise blending, segmenting and counting syllables in words with an Interactive activity.
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Narrative Setting Prompts Posters
A set of 2 posters giving ideas for the setting of a narrative.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm Ups - Lower Years Interactive PowerPoint
Review nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with this 44-slide interactive PowerPoint lesson.
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Recognising Uppercase and Lowercase Letters on a Keyboard Worksheet
A 26 page collection of worksheets (1 for each letter of the alphabet) to help students recognise uppercase and lowercase letters on a keyboard.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Build a Fact File Worksheet
Use this fact file template as a research tool when teaching factual writing to your students.
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Comprehension - Plums For Mrs Smith
A comprehension activity using a recount for lower grades.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Large Handwriting Charts - Capitals and Lower Case
Print capital and lower case letters displayed on large red and blue handwriting lines.
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Adventure Story Starter Task Cards
Print and use these Adventure Story Starter Task Cards to inspire adventurous narrative writings during Book Week.
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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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Combining Sentences With 'And' Worksheets
Use these printable Combining Sentences With ‘And’ Worksheets to help your students practise using the conjunction ‘and’ to form compound sentences.
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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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Colour by Pronouns Worksheet Pack
Use this set of colour-by-pronouns worksheets to help your students learn these important parts of speech.