AISSA Audit Tool - Australian Curriculum
ENGLISH 6 - 8
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Covered in Current Curriculum
X
Does not exist in Current Curriculum document
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
D
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L
Located in another curriculum area
PD
Needs Professional Learning
R
Additional Resources required
C
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Year 7 Content Descriptions
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
Language
Language
Language
Understand that different social and
geographical dialects or accents are used in
Australia in addition to Standard Australian
English (ACELA1515)
Understand the way language evolves to reflect
a changing world, particularly in response to
the use of new technology for presenting texts
and communicating (ACELA1528)
Understand the influence and impact that the
English language has had on other languages or
dialects and how English has been influenced in
return (ACELA1540)
Language variation and change
Language variation and change
Language variation and change
Language for interaction
Language for interaction
Language for interaction
Understand the uses of objective and subjective
language and bias (ACELA1517)
Understand how language is used to evaluate
texts and how evaluations about a text can be
substantiated by reference to the text and other
sources (ACELA1782)
Understand how rhetorical devices are used to
persuade and how different layers of meaning
are developed through the use of metaphor,
irony and parody (ACELA1542)
Text structure and organisation
Text structure and organisation
Text structure and organisation
Understand that cohesive links can be made in
texts by omitting or replacing words
(ACELA1520)
Understand that the coherence of more
complex texts relies on devices that signal text
structure and guide readers, for example
overviews, initial and concluding paragraphs
and topic sentences, indexes or site maps or
breadcrumb trails for online texts (ACELA1763)
Understand how cohesion in texts is improved
by strengthening the internal structure of
paragraphs through the use of examples,
quotations and substantiation of claims
(ACELA1766)
Understand that strategies for interaction
become more complex and demanding as levels
of formality and social distance increase
(ACELA1516)
Understand how authors often innovate on text
structures and play with language features to
achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and
persuasive purposes and effects (ACELA1518)
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L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Understand how accents, styles of speech and
idioms express and create personal and social
identities (ACELA1529)
Understand and explain how the text structures
and language features of texts become more
complex in informative and persuasive texts
and identify underlying structures such as
taxonomies, cause and effect, and extended
metaphors (ACELA1531)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
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Understand how conventions of speech adopted
by communities influence the identities of
people in those communities (ACELA1541)
Analyse how the text structures and language
features of persuasive texts, including media
texts, vary according to the medium and mode
of communication (ACELA1543)
AUDIT CODE
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Understand the uses of commas to separate
clauses (ACELA1521)
Year 7 Content Descriptions
Understand the use of punctuation to support
meaning in complex sentences with
prepositional phrases and embedded clauses
(ACELA1532)
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
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Understand how coherence is created in
complex texts through devices like lexical
cohesion, ellipsis, grammatical theme and text
connectives (ACELA1809)
Understand the use of punctuation conventions,
including colons, semicolons, dashes and
brackets in formal and informal texts
(ACELA1544)
Expressing and developing ideas
Expressing and developing ideas
Expressing and developing ideas
Understand how ideas can be expanded and
sharpened through careful choice of verbs,
elaborated tenses and a range of adverb
groups/phrases (ACELA1523)
Understand how modality is achieved through
discriminating choices in modal verbs, adverbs,
adjectives and nouns (ACELA1536)
Understand the effect of nominalisation in the
writing of informative and persuasive texts
(ACELA1546)
Identify and explain how analytical images like
figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs
contribute to our understanding of verbal
information in factual and persuasive texts
(ACELA1524)
Analyse how point of view is generated in visual
texts by means of choices, for example gaze,
angle and social distance (ACELA1764)
Investigate how visual and multimodal texts
allude to or draw on other texts or images to
enhance and layer meaning (ACELA1548)
Investigate how vocabulary choices, including
evaluative language can express shades of
meaning, feeling and opinion (ACELA1525)
Investigate vocabulary typical of extended and
more academic texts and the role of abstract
nouns, classification, description and
generalisation in building specialised knowledge
through language (ACELA1537)
Recognise that vocabulary choices contribute to
the specificity, abstraction and style of texts
(ACELA1547)
Investigate how clauses can be combined in a
variety of ways to elaborate, extend or explain
ideas (ACELA1522)
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Recognise and understand that subordinate
clauses embedded within noun groups/phrases
are a common feature of written sentence
structures and increase the density of
information (ACELA1534)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
Analyse and examine how effective authors
control and use a variety of clause structures,
including clauses embedded within the structure
of a noun group/phrase or clause (ACELA1545)
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E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
Exists in current document but at different year level
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Year 7 Content Descriptions
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
Understand how to use banks of known words,
word origins, base words, suffixes and prefixes,
morphemes, spelling patterns and
generalisations to learn and spell new words,
for example technical words and words adopted
from other languages (ACELA1526)
Understand how to use spelling rules and word
origins, for example Greek and Latin roots, base
words, suffixes, prefixes, spelling patterns and
generalisations to learn new words and how to
spell them (ACELA1539)
Understand how to apply learned knowledge
consistently in order to spell accurately and to
learn new words including nominalisations
(ACELA1549)
Literature
Literature
Literature
Make connections between students’ own
experiences and those of characters and events
represented in texts drawn from different
historical, social and cultural contexts
(ACELT1613)
Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about
events, issues and characters represented in
texts drawn from different historical, social and
cultural contexts (ACELT1619)
Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in
literary texts drawn from different historical,
social and cultural contexts may reflect or
challenge the values of individuals and groups
(ACELT1626)
Literature and context
Literature and context
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Literature and context
Explore the interconnectedness of Country and
Place, People, Identity and Culture in texts
including those by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander authors (ACELT1806)
Responding to literature
Responding to literature
Responding to literature
Identify and explain how choices in language,
for example modality, emphasis, repetition and
metaphor, influence personal response to
different texts (ACELT1615)
Compare the ways that language and images
are used to create character, and to influence
emotions and opinions in different types of
texts (ACELT1621)
Understand and explain how combinations of
words and images in texts are used to represent
particular groups in society, and how texts
position readers in relation to those groups
(ACELT1628)
Analyse and evaluate similarities and
differences in texts on similar topics, themes or
plots (ACELT1614)
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Reflect on ideas and opinions about characters,
settings and events in literary texts, identifying
areas of agreement and difference with others
and justifying a point of view (ACELT1620)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
Share, reflect on, clarify and evaluate opinions
and arguments about aspects of literary texts
(ACELT1627)
AUDIT CODE
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
Exists in current document but at different year level
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Year 7 Content Descriptions
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
Discuss aspects of texts, for example their
aesthetic and social value, using relevant and
appropriate metalanguage (ACELT1803)
Recognise and explain differing viewpoints
about the world, cultures, individual people and
concerns represented in texts (ACELT1807)
Examining literature
Examining literature
Examining literature
Identify the relationship between words,
sounds, imagery and language patterns in
narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks
and free verse (ACELT1617)
Understand, interpret and discuss how
language is compressed to produce a dramatic
effect in film or drama, and to create layers of
meaning in poetry, for example haiku, tankas,
couplets, free verse and verse novels
(ACELT1623)
Identify and evaluate devices that create tone,
for example humour, wordplay, innuendo and
parody in poetry, humorous prose, drama or
visual texts (ACELT1630)
Identify, describe, and discuss similarities and
differences between texts, including those by
the same author or illustrator, and evaluate
characteristics that define an author’s individual
style (ACELT1616)
Recognise and analyse the ways that
characterisation, events and settings are
combined in narratives, and discuss the
purposes and appeal of different approaches
(ACELT1622)
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Recognise, explain and analyse the ways literary
texts draw on readers’ knowledge of other texts
and enable new understanding and appreciation
of aesthetic qualities (ACELT1629)
Interpret and analyse language choices,
including sentence patterns, dialogue, imagery
and other language features, in short stories,
literary essays and plays (ACELT1767)
Creating literature
Creating literature
Creating literature
Experiment with text structures and language
features and their effects in creating literary
texts, for example, using imagery, sentence
variation, metaphor and word choice
(ACELT1800)
Experiment with text structures and language
features and their effects in creating literary
texts, for example, using rhythm, sound effects,
monologue, layout, navigation and colour
(ACELT1805)
Experiment with particular language features
drawn from different types of texts, including
combinations of language and visual choices to
create new texts (ACELT1768)
Create literary texts that adapt or combine
aspects of texts students have experienced in
innovative ways (ACELT1618)
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Create literary texts that adapt stylistic features
encountered in other texts, for example,
narrative viewpoint, structure of stanzas,
contrast and juxtaposition (ACELT1625)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
Create literary texts that draw upon text
structures and language features of other texts
for particular purposes and effects (ACELT1632)
AUDIT CODE
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
Exists in current document but at different year level
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Year 7 Content Descriptions
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Compare texts including media texts that
represent ideas and events in different ways,
explaining the effects of the different
approaches (ACELY1708)
Analyse and explain the effect of technological
innovations on texts, particularly media texts
(ACELY1765)
Analyse and explain how language has evolved
over time and how technology and the media
have influenced language use and forms of
communication (ACELY1729)
Texts in context
Texts in context
Texts in context
Interacting with others
Interacting with others
Interacting with others
Use interaction skills, varying conventions of
spoken interactions such as voice volume, tone,
pitch and pace, according to group size,
formality of interaction and needs and expertise
of the audience (ACELY1816)
Use interaction skills when discussing and
presenting ideas and information, selecting
body language, voice qualities and other
elements, (for example music and sound) to
add interest and meaning (ACELY1804)
Use interaction skills for identified purposes,
using voice and language conventions to suit
different situations, selecting vocabulary,
modulating voice and using elements such as
music, images and sound for specific effects
(ACELY1808)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations,
selecting and sequencing appropriate content
and multimodal elements for defined audiences
and purposes, making appropriate choices for
modality and emphasis (ACELY1710)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations,
selecting and sequencing appropriate content
and multimodal elements to promote a point of
view or enable a new way of seeing
(ACELY1720)
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations,
selecting and sequencing appropriate content,
including multimodal elements, to reflect a
diversity of viewpoints (ACELY1731)
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating
Participate in and contribute to discussions,
clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing
and supporting arguments, sharing and
evaluating information, experiences and
opinions (ACELY1709)
Analyse how text structures and language
features work together to meet the purpose of
a text (ACELY1711)
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Identify and discuss main ideas, concepts and
points of view in spoken texts to evaluate
qualities, for example the strength of an
argument or the lyrical power of a poetic
rendition (ACELY1719)
Analyse and explain the ways text structures
and language features shape meaning and vary
according to audience and purpose
(ACELY1721)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
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Interpret the stated and implied meanings in
spoken texts, and use evidence to support or
challenge different perspectives (ACELY1730)
Analyse and evaluate the ways that text
structures and language features vary according
to the purpose of the text and the ways that
referenced sources add authority to a text
(ACELY1732)
AUDIT CODE
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
Exists in current document but at different year level
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Year 7 Content Descriptions
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
Select, navigate and read texts for a range of
purposes, applying appropriate text processing
strategies and interpreting structural features,
for example table of contents, glossary,
chapters, headings and subheadings
(ACELY1712)
Use prior knowledge and text processing
strategies to interpret a range of types of texts
(ACELY1722)
Apply increasing knowledge of vocabulary, text
structures and language features to understand
the content of texts (ACELY1733)
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and
analyse information and ideas, comparing
content from a variety of textual sources
including media and digital texts (ACELY1713)
Use comprehension strategies to interpret,
analyse and synthesise ideas and information,
critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of
textual sources (ACELY1723)
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and
evaluate texts by reflecting on the validity of
content and the credibility of sources, including
finding evidence in the text for the author’s
point of view (ACELY1734)
Analyse strategies authors use to influence
readers (ACELY1801)
Compare the text structures and language
features of multimodal texts, explaining how
they combine to influence audiences
(ACELY1724)
Explore and explain the ways authors combine
different modes and media in creating texts,
and the impact of these choices on the
viewer/listener (ACELY1735)
Creating texts
Creating texts
Creating texts
Reread and edit students’ own and others’ work
using agreed criteria and explaining editing
choices (ACELY1715)
Edit for meaning by removing repetition,
refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding
or substituting words for impact (ACELY1726)
Experiment with text structures and language
features to refine and clarify ideas to improve
the effectiveness of students’ own texts
(ACELY1810)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative
and persuasive texts, choosing and
experimenting with text structures, language
features, images and digital resources
appropriate to purpose and audience
(ACELY1714)
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative
and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of
subject matter and particular language, visual,
and audio features to convey information and
ideas (ACELY1725)
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
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Create imaginative, informative and persuasive
texts that raise issues, report events and
advance opinions, using deliberate language
and textual choices, and including digital
elements as appropriate (ACELY1736)
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E
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R
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D
C
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Year 6 Content Descriptions
Year 7 Content Descriptions
Develop a handwriting style that is legible,
fluent and automatic and varies according to
audience and purpose (ACELY1716)
Consolidate a personal handwriting style that is
legible, fluent and automatic and supports
writing for extended periods (ACELY1727)
Use a range of software, including word
processing programs, learning new functions as
required to create texts (ACELY1717)
Use a range of software, including word
processing programs, to confidently create, edit
and publish written and multimodal texts
(ACELY1728)
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Year 8 Content Descriptions
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Use a range of software, including word
processing programs, to create, edit and publish
texts imaginatively (ACELY1738)
Comments
Y
L
Covered in Current Curriculum
Located in another curriculum area
X
PD
Does not exist in Current Curriculum Document
Needs Professional Learning
AUDIT CODE
E
Exists in current document but needs reworking
R
Additional Resources required
D
C
Exists in current document but at different year level
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