Year 5 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Content descriptor
Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text.
- Code
- AC9E5LY03
- Year level
- Year 5
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Literacy
- Sub-strand
- Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
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Learning intention
We are learning to explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text.
Cloze sentence
Explain features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text.
Related Year 5 English descriptors
- AC9E5LA01Understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships
- AC9E5LA02Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources
- AC9E5LA03Describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts
- AC9E5LA04Understand 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
- AC9E5LA05Understand 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
- AC9E5LA06Understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea
- AC9E5LA07Explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning
- AC9E5LA08Understand 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
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9E5LY03?
AC9E5LY03 is a content descriptor in the Year 5 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Literacy strand). It asks students to explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text.
What year level is AC9E5LY03?
AC9E5LY03 sits in the Year 5 English curriculum.
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