YEAR 5 Requirements Register

ACARA CODE CONTENT DESCRIPTION

 

ACELA 1500

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

(NSW Outcome EN3-4A: A student draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts)

Units 5:8                
ACELA 1501

Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships

(NSW Outcome EN3-1A: A student communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features)

Units 5:4 5:8 5:9            
ACELA 1502

Understand how to move beyond making bare assertions and take account of differing perspectives and points of view

(NSW Outcome EN3-8D: A student identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:9 5:10 5:13    
ACELA 1504

Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of formality

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELA 1505

Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:6 5:8 5:10 5:12 5:13        
ACELA 1506

Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns

(NSW Outcome EN3-6B: A student uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:3 5:4 5:6          
ACELA 1797

Investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and sub pages for online texts and according to chronology or topic can be used to predict content and assist navigation

(NSW Outcome EN3-5B: A student discusses how language is used to achieve a wide range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts)

Units 5:5 5:6 5:8 5:12 5:13        
ACELA 1507

Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause

(NSW Outcome EN3-6B: A student uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:8 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13        
ACELA 1508 Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea

Units 5:1 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:9    
ACELA 1511

Explain sequences of images in print texts and compare these to the ways hyperlinked digital texts are organised, explaining their effect on viewers’ interpretations

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13        
ACELA 1512

Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts

(NSW Outcome EN3-6B: A student uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:2 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10  
ACELA 1513

Understand how to use banks of known words, as well as word origins, prefixes and suffixes, to learn and spell new words

NSW Outcome EN3-4A: A student draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELA 1514

Recognise uncommon plurals, for example ‘foci’

(NSW Outcome EN3-4A: A student draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts)

Units 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13      
 ACELT 1608

Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and historical contexts

(NSW Outcome EN3-8D: A student identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts)

Units 5:2 5:3 5:8 5:11          
ACELT 1609

Present a point of view about particular literary texts using appropriate metalanguage, and reflecting on the viewpoints of others

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:2 5:3 5:9 5:11 5:13        
ACELT 1795

Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language features on particular audiences

(NSW Outcome EN3-1A: A student communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:9 5:11 5:13      
ACELT 1610

Recognise that ideas in literary texts can be conveyed from different viewpoints, which can lead to different kinds of interpretations and responses

(NSW Outcome EN3-8D: A student identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts)

Units 5:3 5:8 5:11            
ACELT 1611

Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:7 5:9 5:13      
ACELT 1612

Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds represented in texts students have experienced

(NSW Outcome EN3-7C: A student thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts)

Units 5:1                
ACELT 1798

Create literary texts that experiment with structures, ideas and stylistic features of selected authors

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:1 5:3 5:5 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1698

Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context

(NSW Outcome EN3-6B: A student uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:8 5:10 5:11    
ACELY 1699

Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences and present and justify a point of view

(NSW Outcome EN3-8D: A student identifies and considers how different viewpoints of their world, including aspects of culture, are represented in texts)

Units 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1796

Use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning and interpreting non-verbal cues and choose vocabulary and vocal effects appropriate for different audiences and purposes

(NSW Outcome EN3-1A: A student communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1700

Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements

(NSW Outcome EN3-1A: A student communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features)

Units 5:2 5:6 5:9 5:13          
ACELY 1701

Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text

(NSW Outcome EN3-5B: A student discusses how language is used to achieve a wide range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts)

Units 5:1 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:12 5:13  
ACELY 1702

Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1703

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources

(NSW Outcome EN3-3A: A student uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1704

Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:11 5:12 5:13            
ACELY 1705

Reread and edit student’s own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1706

Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13
ACELY 1707

Use a range of software including word processing programs with fluency to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements

(NSW Outcome EN3-2A: A student composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts)

Units 5:1 5:4 5:5 5:6 5:8 5:11 5:12 5:13