Oz-e-English Top-ups Years 3-6
Oz-e-English

Year 3
Program: Oz-e-English Top-ups
Unit: Top-ups
Overview
English lessons for Year 3 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0.
Content Descriptor
- Discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australians and wide-ranging Australia and world authors and illustrators. (AC9E3LE01)
- Recognise how texts can be created for similar purposes but different audiences. (AC9E3LY01)
- Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features. (AC9E3LY05)
- Plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume. (AC9E3LY07)
Learning Topics
- 14.1. Character comparisons (AC9E3LE01)
- 14.2. Story events (AC9E3LE01)
- 14.3. Story settings (AC9E3LE01)
- 15.1. Identifying audiences (AC9E3LY01)
- 16.1. Reading comprehension strategies (AC9E3LY05)
- 16.2. Literal and inferred meaning (AC9E3LY05)
- 16.3. Audio texts (AC9E3LY05)
- 17.1. Planning a multimodal presentation (AC9E3LY07)
- 17.2. Cue cards and visual displays (AC9E3LY07
- 17.3. Delivering a multimodal presentation (AC9E3LY07).

Year 4
Program: Oz-e-English Top-ups
Unit: Top-ups
Overview
English lessons for Year 4 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0.
Content Descriptor
- Explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations. (AC9E4LA01)
- Identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout. (AC9E4LA05)
- Recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australians and wide-ranging Australian and world authors. (AC9E4LE01)
Learning Topics
- 18.1 Formal and informal language (AC9E4LA01)
- 19.1 Navigating online texts (AC9E4LA05)
- 20.1 Comparing storylines (AC9E4LE01).
Year 5
Program: Oz-e-English Top-ups
Unit: Top-ups
Overview
English lessons for Year 5 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0.
Content Descriptor
- Explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning. (AC9E5LA07)
Learning Topics
- 21.1. Making meaning from pictures (AC9E5LA07)
- 21.2. Sequencing pictures (AC9E5LA07).

Year 6
Program: Oz-e-English Top-ups
Unit: Top-ups
Overview
English lessons for Year 6 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0.
Content Descriptor
- Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots. (AC9E6LE02)
- Identify and explain characteristics that define an author’s individual style. (AC9E6LE03)
Learning Topics
- 22.1. Literary texts – Similarities and differences (AC9E6LE02)
- 22.2. Literary texts – Venn diagrams (AC9E6LE02)
- 22.3. Literary text themes (AC9E6LE02)
- 23.1. Analysing texts (AC9E6LE03).

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