K–10English K–10 Syllabus

Syllabify, blend grapheme–phoneme correspondences and use morphemic knowledge as strategies for reading words accurately

Adjust reading rate to suit the purpose for reading and the complexity of the text

Adjust prosodic reading to enhance meaning and engage an audience

Efficiently follow signposting features to navigate print and digital texts

Select, compare and reflect on texts read for personal interest

Reflect on reading experiences and identify texts and language features that are enjoyable

Select texts from print or digital sources to gather and organise research on a topic

Use criteria to determine the accuracy and reliability of sourced information

Adjust reading approach to suit the purpose for reading

Bring subject vocabulary, technical vocabulary, background knowledge and conceptual knowledge to new reading tasks

Compare and evaluate print and digital texts for their pertinence to a task, their authority and their level of detail

Use and compare different texts on similar themes or topics to synthesise ideas or information

Use knowledge of text structure to navigate the text to locate specific information

Analyse how the integration of persuasive, informative and/or narrative structures within a text can enhance effect

Compare purposes for different texts and consider why authors and illustrators have structured texts in particular ways

Analyse use of multimodal features to enhance meaning within texts

Use morphology and etymology to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words

Describe how own mental model is adjusted as new words and information deepen understanding during reading

Explain how language evokes responses when reading

Explain how modality can have subtle impacts on the meanings of words and contribute to deeper understanding when reading

Identify lexical cohesive devices used by the author that support understanding when reading

Recognise that anaphors, such as pronouns and verb phrases, take their meanings from other parts of a text to support inference

Identify cause and effect, using knowledge of causal connectives

Understand that sentence openers signal what the sentence will be about, and that the rest of the sentence can provide new information

Analyse how the meanings of key words and phrases in sentences and across a text support local and global inferencing when reading

Recognise that personal narratives contain more subjective language, but factual accounts of events contain more objective language

Compare and evaluate subjective and objective language to identify bias

Recognise that a sequence of clauses may use different tenses but remains connected throughout a topic or section of text

Analyse how language, background and vocabulary knowledge, and inferencing are used together to effectively build and adjust a mental model prior to and during reading

Monitor and repair reading when meaning breaks down

Evaluate the effectiveness of comprehension strategies used to support reading and interpretation of texts

Ask questions to clarify thinking, and to provide reasons or evidence

Question the assertions made by authors when engaging with print and digital texts

Check the accuracy of own recorded gist statements made during reading, before summarising information to determine a text’s main themes, ideas or concepts

Categorise information or ideas and create hierarchies to aid recall and support summarisation

Synthesise summaries of multiple texts and share information with peers to generate, compare and contrast new conceptual understandings

Reflect on personal connections with a text and identify how interests and experiences can influence understanding and appreciation of ideas presented

Generate, monitor and adjust own goals for improving oral reading fluency and silent reading fluency