Year 1 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns
Content descriptor
Understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns.
- Code
- AC9E1LA10
- Year level
- Year 1
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Language
- Sub-strand
- Language for expressing and developing ideas
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Learning intention
We are learning to understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns.
Cloze sentence
Understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns.
Related Year 1 English descriptors
- AC9E1LA01Understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands
- AC9E1LA02Explore language to provide reasons for likes, dislikes and preferences
- AC9E1LA03Explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain
- AC9E1LA04Explore how repetition, rhyme and rhythm create cohesion in simple poems, chants and songs
- AC9E1LA05Understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images
- AC9E1LA06Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
- AC9E1LA07Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
- AC9E1LA08Compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9E1LA10?
AC9E1LA10 is a content descriptor in the Year 1 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Language strand). It asks students to understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns.
What year level is AC9E1LA10?
AC9E1LA10 sits in the Year 1 English curriculum.
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