Year 6 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups
Content descriptor
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups.
- Code
- AC9E6LA06
- Year level
- Year 6
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Language
- Sub-strand
- Language for expressing and developing ideas
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Learning intention
We are learning to understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups.
Cloze sentence
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, tenses and a range of adverb groups.
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What is AC9E6LA06?
AC9E6LA06 is a content descriptor in the Year 6 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Language strand). It asks students to understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups.
What year level is AC9E6LA06?
AC9E6LA06 sits in the Year 6 English curriculum.
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