Year 6 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences
Content descriptor
Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences.
- Code
- AC9E6LY03
- Year level
- Year 6
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Literacy
- Sub-strand
- Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
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Learning intention
We are learning to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences.
Cloze sentence
Analyse how text and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences.
Related Year 6 English descriptors
- AC9E6LA01Understand that language varies as levels of formality and social distance increase
- AC9E6LA02Understand the uses of objective and subjective language, and identify bias
- AC9E6LA03Explain how texts across the curriculum are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases depending on purposes, recognising how authors often adapt text structures and language features
- AC9E6LA04Understand that cohesion can be created by the intentional use of repetition, and the use of word associations
- AC9E6LA05Understand how embedded clauses can expand the variety of complex sentences to elaborate, extend and explain ideas
- AC9E6LA06Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups
- AC9E6LA07Identify and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning
- AC9E6LA08Identify authors’ use of vivid, emotive vocabulary, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9E6LY03?
AC9E6LY03 is a content descriptor in the Year 6 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Literacy strand). It asks students to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences.
What year level is AC9E6LY03?
AC9E6LY03 sits in the Year 6 English curriculum.
How can I create resources for AC9E6LY03?
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