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K–10English K–10 Syllabus (2022)

Implementation from 2024
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Content

Stage 1

Creating written texts
Text features
  • Write Loading  that Loading , Loading , give an opinion, Loading  an event, tell a story

  • Use a logical order to sequence ideas and events in Loading  across a text

  • Group sentences into Loading  commencing with a Loading , followed by other sentences with related ideas

  • Select and use a range of conjunctions to Loading  cohesive texts

  • Use Loading /Loading -referencing across a text

  • Use Loading  across a text

  • Use appropriate Loading  across a text

  • Use visual elements to expand meaning in own texts

Sentence-level grammar
  • Write Loading  using Loading 

  • Recognise compound sentences in own writing, knowing that each clause has meaning by itself

  • Use a combination of simple and compound sentences to engage the reader when creating written texts

  • Use noun groups to build descriptions of people and things

  • Use action, saying, relating and sensing Loading  to add detail and precision to writing

  • Use Loading  to modify the meaning of verbs and adjectives

  • Use contextually precise prepositional Loading  when creating texts

  • Accurately use articles and pronouns in own writing

  • Use time connectives to sequence information and events in texts

  • Experiment with writing Loading  which include a clause for the main message and Loading  to elaborate or modify the message

Punctuation
  • Use Loading  to separate ideas, lists and/or dependent clauses in a sentence

  • Use punctuation, including Loading  and exclamation marks, accurately and for effect

  • Use Loading  for simple Loading 

  • Use possessive Loading  in own writing

Word-level language
  • Use modifying and qualifying words and words to indicate quantity

  • Use creative wordplay to affect the reader

  • Make intentional word choices to enhance precision of meaning and ideas in a text

Planning and revising
  • Loading  the Loading , Loading  and Loading  for own texts

  • Use knowledge of similarities and differences between Loading , Loading  and Loading  when planning for writing

  • Use a variety of planning strategies and tools for creating texts

  • Understand that their own texts can be improved by incorporating feedback and editing

  • Re-read and edit their own texts after receiving feedback

  • Use different Loading  and Loading  to enhance the presentation of texts they have created

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