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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Information Report Graphic Organisers
Get your students to plan and write information reports with this set of 6 differentiated graphic organisers.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Worksheet Pack
Use this set of five grammar worksheets to teach about the structures of simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Information Report Examples and Analysis Worksheet
Use these information report examples with accompanying analysis worksheets to teach your students about the purpose, structure and language features of informative writing.
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Sequence an Information Report – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use these information report examples to teach your students about sequencing facts in a logical order.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Template Pack
Download this persuasive writing planning template pack that helps upper primary students organise their ideas clearly and confidently as they prepare to write compelling, well‑structured persuasive texts.
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Great Barrier Reef Comprehension and Note Taking Worksheet
Learn about The Great Barrier Reef with a reading comprehension and note-taking activity.
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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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Narrative Writing Planning Template Pack
Use this narrative writing planning template pack to help your students plan a fantastic piece of writing!
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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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Information Report Text Type Poster With Annotations
Display this information report with annotations to help students identify the structure of this type of text.
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Identifying Persuasive Language Worksheets
Explore persuasive language with your students using this set of five persuasive texts on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Great White Shark Information Report – Writing Project
Get your students writing a great white shark information report using this age-appropriate fact file and writing scaffold.
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Narrative Plot Structure – Story Mountain Template
Use a story mountain template to help your students write narrative texts.
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Information Report Writing Template
Use this information report template to help your students correctly structure their informative writing.
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Compound, Complex and Simple Sentences PowerPoint
Introduce your students to compound, complex and simple sentences with an engaging types of sentences PowerPoint.
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Informative Writing Posters
Display this set of 5 information report posters in your classroom during your informative writing unit.
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TEEL Paragraph Structure Poster and Worksheets
Explore the acronym TEEL to help with paragraph technique during persuasive writing lessons.
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Note-Taking Practice Worksheets
Use this set of note-taking practice worksheets to help your students identify key facts, details and vocabulary when researching information.
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Kangaroo Information Report – Writing Project
Get your students to write a kangaroo information report using this fact file, graphic organiser and writing scaffold.
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Persuasive Devices Worksheet Pack
Explore persuasive language techniques with your students using this nine-page worksheet pack perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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Glorious Grammar Volume 1 - Worksheet Book
50 activities in one booklet which all revolve around learning grammar in the classroom.
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Persuasive Text Structure Posters
Explore the structure of persuasive writing with this set of 15 posters.
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Identifying Descriptive Language Worksheets - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs
A set of 5 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive language in narrative texts.
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PEEL Paragraph Structure Poster and Worksheets
Explore the acronym PEEL to help with paragraph technique during persuasive writing lessons.
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Informative Paragraph Topic Sentence Starters – Digital Template
Build your students’ writing skills with a set of digital informative paragraph writing prompts.
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Developing Report Writing Skills Teaching Slides
Use this slide deck to teach your students about the purpose, structural elements and language features of information reports.
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Persuasive Prompts Pack
Download this persuasive prompts pack to support students in planning and writing persuasive texts on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills Teaching Slides
Teach your students persuasive writing skills with these interactive teaching slides specifically created for Year 3 and 4 students.
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Narrative Writing Prompts Worksheets
Download these engaging narrative writing prompts worksheets that spark creativity and make story planning easy for your students.
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Scripts for Readers Theatre – Year 3 and Year 4
Bring your literacy lessons to life with scripts for readers theatre that boost student confidence and improve reading fluency.
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Year 4 Editing Passages
Use this set of Year 4 editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Persuasive Devices Interactive Activity
Explore persuasive device examples with your students using this digital game perfect for your persuasive writing lessons.