Australian Curriculum, Version 9.0: Year 9
Skills available for Australia year 9 English language arts objectives
Strand
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Language
Language for interacting with others
AC9E9LA01 Recognise how language empowers relationships and roles
AC9E9LA01 Recognise how language empowers relationships and roles
AC9E9LA02 Understand how evaluation can be expressed directly and indirectly using devices such as allusion, evocative vocabulary and metaphor
AC9E9LA02 Understand how evaluation can be expressed directly and indirectly using devices such as allusion, evocative vocabulary and metaphor
Text structure and organisation
AC9E9LA03 Examine how authors adapt and subvert text structures and language features by experimenting with spoken, written, visual and multimodal elements, and their combination
AC9E9LA03 Examine how authors adapt and subvert text structures and language features by experimenting with spoken, written, visual and multimodal elements, and their combination
AC9E9LA04 Investigate a range of cohesive devices that condense information in texts, including nominalisation, and devices that link, expand and develop ideas, including text connectives
AC9E9LA04 Investigate a range of cohesive devices that condense information in texts, including nominalisation, and devices that link, expand and develop ideas, including text connectives
Language for expressing and developing ideas
AC9E9LA05 Identify how authors vary sentence structures creatively for effects, such as intentionally using a dependent clause on its own or a sentence fragment
AC9E9LA05 Identify how authors vary sentence structures creatively for effects, such as intentionally using a dependent clause on its own or a sentence fragment
AC9E9LA06 Understand how abstract nouns and nominalisation can be used to summarise ideas in text
AC9E9LA06 Understand how abstract nouns and nominalisation can be used to summarise ideas in text
AC9E9LA07 Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning
AC9E9LA07 Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning
AC9E9LA08 Analyse how vocabulary choices contribute to style, mood and tone
AC9E9LA08 Analyse how vocabulary choices contribute to style, mood and tone
AC9E9LA09 Understand punctuation conventions for referencing and citing others for formal and informal purposes
AC9E9LA09 Understand punctuation conventions for referencing and citing others for formal and informal purposes
Literature
Literature and contexts
AC9E9LE01 Analyse the representations of people and places in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
AC9E9LE01 Analyse the representations of people and places in literary texts, drawn from historical, social and cultural contexts, by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors
Engaging with and responding to literature
AC9E9LE02 Present a personal response to a literary text comparing initial impressions and subsequent analysis of the whole text
AC9E9LE02 Present a personal response to a literary text comparing initial impressions and subsequent analysis of the whole text
AC9E9LE03 Analyse how features of literary texts influence readers' preference for texts
AC9E9LE03 Analyse how features of literary texts influence readers' preference for texts
Examining literature
AC9E9LE04 Analyse texts and evaluate the aesthetic qualities and appeal of an author's literary style
AC9E9LE04 Analyse texts and evaluate the aesthetic qualities and appeal of an author's literary style
AC9E9LE05 Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references
AC9E9LE05 Analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references
Creating literature
AC9E9LE06 Create and edit literary texts, that may be a hybrid, that experiment with text structures, language features and literary devices for purposes and audiences
AC9E9LE06 Create and edit literary texts, that may be a hybrid, that experiment with text structures, language features and literary devices for purposes and audiences
Literacy
Texts in context
AC9E9LY01 Analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts
AC9E9LY01 Analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts
Interacting with others
AC9E9LY02 Listen to spoken texts that have different purposes and audiences, analysing how language features position listeners to respond in particular ways, and use interacting skills to present and discuss opinions regarding these texts
AC9E9LY02 Listen to spoken texts that have different purposes and audiences, analysing how language features position listeners to respond in particular ways, and use interacting skills to present and discuss opinions regarding these texts
Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
AC9E9LY03 Analyse and evaluate how language features are used to represent a perspective of an issue, event, situation, individual or group
AC9E9LY03 Analyse and evaluate how language features are used to represent a perspective of an issue, event, situation, individual or group
AC9E9LY04 Analyse the organisation of ideas in paragraphs and extended texts, and evaluate its impact on meaning
AC9E9LY04 Analyse the organisation of ideas in paragraphs and extended texts, and evaluate its impact on meaning
AC9E9LY05 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to compare and contrast ideas and opinions in and between texts
AC9E9LY05 Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring, questioning and inferring to compare and contrast ideas and opinions in and between texts
Creating texts
AC9E9LY06 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising, expanding and developing ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and multimodal features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical
Author's purpose and tone
Organise writing
Topic sentences
Creative techniques
Develop and support arguments
Write clearly and concisely
Active and passive voice
Edit and revise
Sentences, fragments and run-ons
Capitalisation
AC9E9LY06 Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising, expanding and developing ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and multimodal features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical
Author's purpose and tone
Organise writing
Topic sentences
Creative techniques
Develop and support arguments
Write clearly and concisely
Active and passive voice
Edit and revise
Sentences, fragments and run-ons
Capitalisation
AC9E9LY07 Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations for purpose and audience, using language features, literary devices and features of voice such as volume, tone, pitch and pace, and organising, expanding and developing ideas in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical
AC9E9LY07 Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and multimodal presentations for purpose and audience, using language features, literary devices and features of voice such as volume, tone, pitch and pace, and organising, expanding and developing ideas in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive, analytical and/or critical
Word knowledge
AC9E9LY08 Understand how spelling is used in texts for particular effects; for example, characterisation, humour and to represent accents and distinctive speech
AC9E9LY08 Understand how spelling is used in texts for particular effects; for example, characterisation, humour and to represent accents and distinctive speech