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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2024
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Content

Stage 1

Reading comprehension
Activating word meaning
  • Use known vocabulary to build a Loading  of the content of a Loading 

  • Use known Loading  and known vocabulary in the text to work out or refine the meaning of unknown words

  • Draw on sources to seek clarification for unknown words

  • Understand vocabulary that signals humorous wordplay in texts

Understanding and connecting sentences
  • Know that a Loading  includes a clause for expressing a main message and one or more clauses that elaborate on that message

  • Know the meaning and Loading  of Loading  and Loading  and Loading  them in a Loading 

  • Recognise how the position of a clause in a complex sentence influences the important idea for the reader

  • Identify Loading  linked to Loading  within and across sentences and/or Loading 

  • Make an Loading  by connecting the meaning of words across sentences and/or paragraphs

Understanding whole text
  • Combine multiple sources of information within a text to make meaning

  • Use Loading , including Loading , to extract essential information to support Loading  and enhance meaning when reading Loading 

  • Identify how creative visual features are used to expand meaning

  • Coordinate information or events from different parts of the text to form an overall opinion

Monitoring comprehension
  • Register a break in comprehension when Loading 

  • Identify when meaning is not complete and/or contradicts prior understanding

  • Re-read words, Loading  or sentences to check and Loading  precise meaning

  • Ask a clarifying Loading  when more Loading  is needed to make an inference

  • Use knowledge of text structure, type of text, author, and forms of writing to Loading  and confirm meaning

  • Use a mental model to confirm predictions

  • Make text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world connections when reading

  • Use visual and/or auditory features in Loading  to build meaning

  • Monitor understanding to ensure meaning is sustained and expanded through the whole text

Recalling details
  • Use information read in texts to enhance learning across key learning areas

  • Confirm meaning by sequencing and explaining events and information

  • Loading  relevant ideas from texts in the form of a written, visual or oral summary

  • Loading  patterns in texts to enhance understanding

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