Year 4 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes
Content descriptor
Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes.
- Code
- AC9E4LA03
- Year level
- Year 4
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Language
- Sub-strand
- Text structure and organisation
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Learning intention
We are learning to identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes.
Cloze sentence
Identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into stages depending on purposes.
Related Year 4 English descriptors
- AC9E4LA01Explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations
- AC9E4LA02Identify the subjective language of opinion and feeling, and the objective language of factual reporting
- AC9E4LA04Identify how text connectives including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect ideas
- AC9E4LA05Identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout
- AC9E4LA06Understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality
- AC9E4LA07Investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech are used
- AC9E4LA08Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity
- AC9E4LA09Understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9E4LA03?
AC9E4LA03 is a content descriptor in the Year 4 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Language strand). It asks students to identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes.
What year level is AC9E4LA03?
AC9E4LA03 sits in the Year 4 English curriculum.
How can I create resources for AC9E4LA03?
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