AC9E4LA01 – explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations
AC9E4LA02 – identify the subjective language of opinion and feeling, and the objective language of factual reporting
Text structure and organisation
AC9E4LA03 – identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes
AC9E4LA04 – identify how text connectives including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect ideas
AC9E4LA05 – identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout
Language for expressing and developing ideas
AC9E4LA06 – understand 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
AC9E4LA07 – investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech are used
AC9E4LA08 – understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity
AC9E4LA09 – understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence
AC9E4LA10 – explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image and salience on composition of still and moving images in texts
AC9E4LA11 – expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources
AC9E4LA12 – understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation