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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Topic Sentence Starter Examples Slideshow
Spark creativity with this topic sentence starter examples slideshow that provides your students with writing prompts across three writing genres.
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Symbols and Signs Environment Poster Pack
Help your students recognise the world around them with this engaging Symbols and Signs in the Environment Poster Pack!
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Complex Sentence vs Compound Sentence Worksheets
Download a set of Complex Sentence vs Compound Sentence Worksheets to help your upper primary students practise writing, identifying and comparing sentence types.
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Commas With Subordinate Clauses Worksheet
Use a Commas With Subordinate Clauses Worksheet to help your students practice comma placement in complex sentences.
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Fast Finisher Vocabulary Task Cards - Upper Years
Boost student vocabulary skills with rigorous, engaging Vocabulary Task Cards for Fast Finishers.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint - Year 2 Vocabulary Words
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing new vocabulary to year 2 students.
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Making Predictions PowerPoint
Use this Making Predictions PowerPoint to engage students in the learning of predicting during reading.
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Handwriting Rhyme Poster
Use this handwriting rhyme to help your students prepare themselves for a handwriting lesson.
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Verb Tense Worksheet
Provide students with additional verb tense practice with a past, present, and future tense worksheet.
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Verb Charades Active Game
Practise action verbs with this fun active charades game!
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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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Factual Recount Text Type Poster With Annotations
Display this Factual Recount text with annotations to help students identify the structure of this type of text.
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Planet Fact File Pack with Comprehension Worksheets
Learn the facts of each of the planets in our solar system with these planet fact file sheets and accompanying comprehension worksheets.
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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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Summarising Teaching Slides
Teach students all about summarising with 15 teaching slides of summarising goodness.
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Emotive Language Cloze Passage Worksheet
Get students using emotive language examples in their persuasive writing with this differentiated cloze passage worksheet.
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Giraffe Adaptations - Reading Comprehension Year 3
Read and learn about adaptations of the giraffe with a set of printable Year 3 comprehension activities.
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List of Persuasive Devices
Download this list of persuasive devices for your students to refer to when writing a persuasive text.
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Inference Pictures – Digital Question Pack
Download this set of captivating pictures and thought-provoking questions designed to challenge students’ inference-making abilities.
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FANBOYS Poster for Teaching Coordinating Conjunctions
Display this FANBOYS poster in your classroom to help students choose appropriate coordinating conjunctions.
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Dot Painting ABC Worksheets
Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with a fun set of Alphabet Do-a-Dot printables.
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Year 1 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Year 1 students.
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Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Verbs
Get rid of those overused verbs with a word wheel of synonyms.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 5
A visual display for your classroom to help students 'bump up' their persuasive writing.
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Adverbs Activity : Grammar Charades
Have some fun and build grammar skills with an adverb charades activity.
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Capitalise It! Task Cards
Reinforce capitalisation of proper nouns, the pronoun ‘I’ and the beginning of sentences with this set of task cards.
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How Are You Feeling Today? Poster
Help students to recognise and identify their feelings and emotions with this colourful classroom display poster.
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Glorious Grammar (Early Years) Volume 1 – Worksheet Book
A workbook packed with 50 grammar activities for younger years.
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Narrative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 6
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their narrative writing.
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Speaking Skills for Oral Presentations Poster
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
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Literature Study Task Cards (Upper Primary)
Explore the wonders of children's literature with this set of 14 literature study task cards for upper primary students.
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Colour Me Carefully – Geometric Animals – Worksheets
A set of four colouring pages to be used as speaking and listening activities.