IXL Skill Plan | Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0: Year 5

Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0: Year 5

Skills available for Australia year 5 English language arts objectives

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Language
Language for interacting with others
AC9E5LA01 Understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships
AC9E5LA01 Understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships


AC9E5LA02 Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources		Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Fact and opinion 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion Shades of meaning 4. Describe the difference between related words 5. Positive and negative connotation
AC9E5LA02 Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources
Tone 1. Which sentence is more formal? Fact and opinion 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion Shades of meaning 4. Describe the difference between related words 5. Positive and negative connotation
Text structure and organisation
AC9E5LA03 Describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts		Text structures 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions 5. Identify text structures Author's purpose 6. Identify the purpose of a text Story elements 7. Identify story elements Figurative language 8. Identify similes and metaphors 9. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 10. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Language features 11. Which sentence is more formal?
AC9E5LA03 Describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts
Text structures 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions 5. Identify text structures Author's purpose 6. Identify the purpose of a text Story elements 7. Identify story elements Figurative language 8. Identify similes and metaphors 9. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 10. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Language features 11. Which sentence is more formal?

AC9E5LA04 Understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions
AC9E5LA04 Understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Language for expressing and developing ideas
AC9E5LA05 Understand that the structure of a complex sentence includes a main clause and at least one dependent clause, and understand how writers can use this structure for effect		Subject and predicate 1. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 2. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Sentences, fragments and run-ons 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex? Simple and compound sentences 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? Subject-verb agreement 6. Use the correct subject or verb 7. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
AC9E5LA05 Understand that the structure of a complex sentence includes a main clause and at least one dependent clause, and understand how writers can use this structure for effect
Subject and predicate 1. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 2. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Sentences, fragments and run-ons 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex? Simple and compound sentences 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? Subject-verb agreement 6. Use the correct subject or verb 7. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

AC9E5LA06 Understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea		Nouns 1. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 2. Identify common and proper nouns 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Adjectives 5. Identify adjectives 6. Order adjectives
AC9E5LA06 Understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea
Nouns 1. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns 2. Identify common and proper nouns 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Adjectives 5. Identify adjectives 6. Order adjectives

AC9E5LA07 Explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning
AC9E5LA07 Explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning


AC9E5LA08 Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words		Greek and Latin roots 1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 7. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Context clues 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Figurative language 9. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
AC9E5LA08 Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words
Greek and Latin roots 1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 7. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Context clues 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Figurative language 9. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

AC9E5LA09 Use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession		Prepositions 1. Identify prepositions 2. Identify prepositions and their objects 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Prepositions: review Possessive nouns 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives 6. Form the singular or plural possessive 7. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
AC9E5LA09 Use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession
Prepositions 1. Identify prepositions 2. Identify prepositions and their objects 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Prepositions: review Possessive nouns 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives 6. Form the singular or plural possessive 7. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Literature
Literature and contexts
AC9E5LE01 Identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
AC9E5LE01 Identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors

Engaging with and responding to literature
AC9E5LE02 Present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others		Literary devices 1. Identify similes and metaphors 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Point of view 4. Compare and contrast points of view Story elements 5. Identify story elements Sensory details 6. Sort sensory details
AC9E5LE02 Present an opinion on a literary text using specific terms about literary devices, text structures and language features, and reflect on the viewpoints of others
Literary devices 1. Identify similes and metaphors 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Point of view 4. Compare and contrast points of view Story elements 5. Identify story elements Sensory details 6. Sort sensory details
Examining literature
AC9E5LE03 Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters		1. Compare and contrast points of view
AC9E5LE03 Recognise that the point of view in a literary text influences how readers interpret and respond to events and characters
1. Compare and contrast points of view

AC9E5LE04 Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs		Literary devices 1. Identify similes and metaphors 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Imagery 4. Sort sensory details Poetry 5. Read poetry
AC9E5LE04 Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
Literary devices 1. Identify similes and metaphors 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Imagery 4. Sort sensory details Poetry 5. Read poetry
Creating literature
AC9E5LE05 Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced		Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
AC9E5LE05 Create and edit literary texts, experimenting with figurative language, storylines, characters and settings from texts students have experienced
Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

Literacy
Texts in context
AC9E5LY01 Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created
AC9E5LY01 Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created

Interacting with others
AC9E5LY02 Use appropriate interaction skills including paraphrasing and questioning to clarify meaning, make connections to own experience, and present and justify an opinion or idea
AC9E5LY02 Use appropriate interaction skills including paraphrasing and questioning to clarify meaning, make connections to own experience, and present and justify an opinion or idea

Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
AC9E5LY03 Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text		Story elements 1. Identify story elements Author's purpose 2. Identify the purpose of a text Text structures 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Identify text structures
AC9E5LY03 Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Story elements 1. Identify story elements Author's purpose 2. Identify the purpose of a text Text structures 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Identify text structures

AC9E5LY04 Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming
AC9E5LY04 Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming


AC9E5LY05 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas		Main idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of short stories Text structure 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions 6. Identify text structures Literary texts: level 1 7. Read fantasy with illustrations 8. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 9. Read historical fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 10. Read realistic fiction 11. Read historical fiction 12. Read poetry 13. Read drama Informational texts: level 1 14. Read about animals 15. Read about art, music and traditions 16. Read about famous places 17. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 18. Read about famous people 19. Read about business and technology 20. Read about science and nature 21. Read about history Order of events 22. Put the sentences in order Inference 23. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 24. Compare and contrast characters 25. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 26. Identify story elements Visual elements 27. Compare mythological illustrations
AC9E5LY05 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas
Main idea 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Theme 3. Determine the themes of short stories Text structure 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions 6. Identify text structures Literary texts: level 1 7. Read fantasy with illustrations 8. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 9. Read historical fiction with illustrations Literary texts: level 2 10. Read realistic fiction 11. Read historical fiction 12. Read poetry 13. Read drama Informational texts: level 1 14. Read about animals 15. Read about art, music and traditions 16. Read about famous places 17. Read about sports and hobbies Informational texts: level 2 18. Read about famous people 19. Read about business and technology 20. Read about science and nature 21. Read about history Order of events 22. Put the sentences in order Inference 23. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 24. Compare and contrast characters 25. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 26. Identify story elements Visual elements 27. Compare mythological illustrations
Creating texts
AC9E5LY06 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Contractions 2. Pronoun-verb contractions 3. Contractions with 'not' Frequently confused words 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Correct errors with frequently confused words Adverbs 6. Use relative adverbs 7. Use adverbs to compare Synonyms and antonyms 8. Choose the synonym 9. Find synonyms in context 10. Choose the antonym 11. Find antonyms in context Modal verbs 12. Use the correct modal verb Subject-verb agreement 13. Use the correct subject or verb 14. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects Verb tense 15. Form and use the regular past tense 16. Form and use the irregular past tense 17. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 18. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 19. Use the progressive verb tenses 20. Form the progressive verb tenses 21. Choose between the past tense and past participle 22. Use the perfect verb tenses 23. Form the perfect verb tenses Author's purpose 24. Identify the purpose of a text Supporting details 25. Identify an author's statement of opinion 26. Choose reasons to support an opinion 27. Identify supporting details in literary texts 28. Identify supporting details in informational texts Organise writing 29. Order items from most general to most specific 30. Organise information by topic 31. Remove the sentence that does not belong 32. Choose the best topic sentence 33. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 34. Use coordinating conjunctions 35. Choose the best transition 36. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 37. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction Shades of meaning 38. Describe the difference between related words 39. Positive and negative connotation Sentences, fragments and run-ons 40. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory? 41. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 42. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 43. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on? 44. Order the words to create a sentence Subjects and predicates 45. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 46. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Independent and dependent clauses 47. Identify dependent and independent clauses Simple, compound and complex sentences 48. Is the sentence simple or compound? 49. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex? Descriptive details 50. Sort sensory details 51. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 52. Show character emotions and traits 53. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Nouns 54. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 55. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 56. Form plurals: review 57. Form and use plurals: review 58. Form the singular or plural possessive 59. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns 60. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 61. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 62. Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me' 63. Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns 64. Use possessive pronouns 65. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 66. Use reflexive pronouns 67. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 68. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that Adjectives 69. Order adjectives 70. Use adjectives to compare 71. Spell adjectives that compare 72. Use adjectives with more and most Commas 73. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections 74. Commas with compound and complex sentences
AC9E5LY06 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Contractions 2. Pronoun-verb contractions 3. Contractions with 'not' Frequently confused words 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Correct errors with frequently confused words Adverbs 6. Use relative adverbs 7. Use adverbs to compare Synonyms and antonyms 8. Choose the synonym 9. Find synonyms in context 10. Choose the antonym 11. Find antonyms in context Modal verbs 12. Use the correct modal verb Subject-verb agreement 13. Use the correct subject or verb 14. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects Verb tense 15. Form and use the regular past tense 16. Form and use the irregular past tense 17. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 18. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 19. Use the progressive verb tenses 20. Form the progressive verb tenses 21. Choose between the past tense and past participle 22. Use the perfect verb tenses 23. Form the perfect verb tenses Author's purpose 24. Identify the purpose of a text Supporting details 25. Identify an author's statement of opinion 26. Choose reasons to support an opinion 27. Identify supporting details in literary texts 28. Identify supporting details in informational texts Organise writing 29. Order items from most general to most specific 30. Organise information by topic 31. Remove the sentence that does not belong 32. Choose the best topic sentence 33. Choose the best concluding sentence Linking words 34. Use coordinating conjunctions 35. Choose the best transition 36. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 37. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction Shades of meaning 38. Describe the difference between related words 39. Positive and negative connotation Sentences, fragments and run-ons 40. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory? 41. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 42. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 43. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on? 44. Order the words to create a sentence Subjects and predicates 45. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 46. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Independent and dependent clauses 47. Identify dependent and independent clauses Simple, compound and complex sentences 48. Is the sentence simple or compound? 49. Is the sentence simple, compound or complex? Descriptive details 50. Sort sensory details 51. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 52. Show character emotions and traits 53. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Nouns 54. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 55. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 56. Form plurals: review 57. Form and use plurals: review 58. Form the singular or plural possessive 59. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns 60. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 61. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 62. Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me' 63. Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns 64. Use possessive pronouns 65. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 66. Use reflexive pronouns 67. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 68. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that Adjectives 69. Order adjectives 70. Use adjectives to compare 71. Spell adjectives that compare 72. Use adjectives with more and most Commas 73. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections 74. Commas with compound and complex sentences

AC9E5LY07 Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include relevant, elaborated ideas, sequencing ideas and using complex sentences, specialist and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features
AC9E5LY07 Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations that include relevant, elaborated ideas, sequencing ideas and using complex sentences, specialist and technical vocabulary, pitch, tone, pace, volume, and visual and digital features

Phonic and word knowledge
AC9E5LY08 Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition?
AC9E5LY08 Use phonic, morphemic and vocabulary knowledge to read and spell words that share common letter patterns but have different pronunciations
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition?

AC9E5LY09 Build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations		Plurals 1. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 2. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 3. Form plurals: review 4. Form and use plurals: review Verb tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense 7. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 8. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 9. Use the progressive verb tenses 10. Form the progressive verb tenses 11. Use the perfect verb tenses 12. Form the perfect verb tenses Prefixes and suffixes 13. Words with pre- 14. Words with re- 15. Words with sub- 16. Words with mis- 17. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- 18. Words with -ful 19. Words with -less 20. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 21. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 22. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 23. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 24. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 25. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 26. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 27. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings
AC9E5LY09 Build and spell new words from knowledge of known words, base words, prefixes and suffixes, word origins, letter patterns and spelling generalisations
Plurals 1. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 2. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 3. Form plurals: review 4. Form and use plurals: review Verb tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense 7. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 8. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 9. Use the progressive verb tenses 10. Form the progressive verb tenses 11. Use the perfect verb tenses 12. Form the perfect verb tenses Prefixes and suffixes 13. Words with pre- 14. Words with re- 15. Words with sub- 16. Words with mis- 17. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- 18. Words with -ful 19. Words with -less 20. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 21. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 22. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 23. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 24. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 25. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 26. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 27. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

AC9E5LY10 Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word		Suffixes 1. Words with -ful 2. Words with -less 3. Words with -able and -ible Plurals 4. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 5. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 6. Form plurals: review 7. Form and use plurals: review Verb tense 8. Form and use the regular past tense 9. Form and use the irregular past tense 10. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 11. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 12. Use the progressive verb tenses 13. Form the progressive verb tenses 14. Use the perfect verb tenses 15. Form the perfect verb tenses
AC9E5LY10 Explore less common plurals, and understand how a suffix changes the meaning or grammatical form of a word
Suffixes 1. Words with -ful 2. Words with -less 3. Words with -able and -ible Plurals 4. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 5. Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y 6. Form plurals: review 7. Form and use plurals: review Verb tense 8. Form and use the regular past tense 9. Form and use the irregular past tense 10. Form and use the simple past, present and future tense 11. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 12. Use the progressive verb tenses 13. Form the progressive verb tenses 14. Use the perfect verb tenses 15. Form the perfect verb tenses