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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Tell us about the texts you teach: English K–10 Syllabus
We want to hear about the quality texts students read in their study of English K−10.

Content

Early Stage 1

Creating written texts
Text features
  • Loading  a Loading  including at least 2 related ideas

  • Sequence ideas in a text

  • Include recognisable structural features for text Loading 

  • Create written texts that Loading , give an opinion, Loading  an event, convey a story

Sentence-level grammar
  • Loading  and use Loading  in Loading , including in own writing

  • Know that a simple Loading  makes sense by itself and is a complete thought represented by a Loading  and verb

  • Write a simple sentence with correct subject–verb–Loading  structure to convey an idea

  • Recognise a simple sentence in own writing

  • Identify and use Loading  in simple sentences, including in own writing

  • Use personal Loading  in own writing

  • Use prepositional Loading  to indicate time or place

  • Identify and use time connectives to sequence information and events

  • Experiment with writing Loading  and recognise that each clause makes meaning by itself

Punctuation
  • Understand that punctuation is a feature of written language and how it impacts meaning

  • Use a capital letter to start a sentence and a Loading  to end a sentence

  • Use capital letters when writing proper nouns

  • Use Loading  and exclamation marks

Word-level language
  • Loading  the purpose of a verb, a noun and an Loading  in own writing

  • Intentionally select nouns, verbs, adjectives and articles in own writing

  • Use personal vocabulary, words on display and in Loading  when constructing sentences

Planning and revising
  • Identify differences between spoken and written language

  • Identify different purposes for writing

  • Use drawing, images or mind maps to support planning and writing

  • Understand they can improve their writing based on feedback from teachers

  • Edit their texts after receiving feedback

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