Year 7 English · Australian Curriculum v9
Understand that the cohesion of texts relies on devices that signal structure and guide readers, such as overviews and initial and concluding paragraphs
Content descriptor
Understand that the cohesion of texts relies on devices that signal structure and guide readers, such as overviews and initial and concluding paragraphs.
- Code
- AC9E7LA04
- Year level
- Year 7
- Subject
- English
- Strand
- Language
- Sub-strand
- Text structure and organisation
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Learning intention
We are learning to understand that the cohesion of texts relies on devices that signal structure and guide readers, such as overviews and initial and concluding paragraphs.
Cloze sentence
Understand that the cohesion of texts relies on devices that signal structure and guide readers, such as overviews and initial and paragraphs.
Related Year 7 English descriptors
- AC9E7LA01Understand how language expresses and creates personal and social identities
- AC9E7LA02Recognise language used to evaluate texts including visual and multimodal texts, and how evaluations of a text can be substantiated by reference to the text and other sources
- AC9E7LA03Identify and describe how texts are structured differently depending on their purpose and how language features vary in texts
- AC9E7LA05Understand how complex and compound-complex sentences can be used to elaborate, extend and explain ideas
- AC9E7LA06Understand how consistency of tense through verbs and verb groups achieves clarity in sentences
- AC9E7LA07Analyse how techniques such as vectors, angle and/or social distance in visual texts can be used to create a perspective
- AC9E7LA08Investigate the role of vocabulary in building specialist and technical knowledge, including terms that have both everyday and technical meanings
- AC9E7LA09Understand the use of punctuation including colons and brackets to support meaning
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Frequently asked questions
What is AC9E7LA04?
AC9E7LA04 is a content descriptor in the Year 7 English curriculum (Australian Curriculum v9, Language strand). It asks students to understand that the cohesion of texts relies on devices that signal structure and guide readers, such as overviews and initial and concluding paragraphs.
What year level is AC9E7LA04?
AC9E7LA04 sits in the Year 7 English curriculum.
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