Australian Curriculum V9 English
Bring Australian Curriculum V9 to your English lesson plans with teacher-created worksheets, games, hands-on activities and more teaching resources aligned to the latest version of the Australian curriculum!
This robust resource collection comes from the expert English teachers of Teach Starter, who have applied the changes made to the F–10 Australian Curriculum in version 9.0 to our popular resources and added even more printable and digital options for teachers!
Curious about what's new for English teachers in V9? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
Changes to English in Version 9.0
ACARA has called version 9 a "more stripped-back and teachable curriculum," and English teachers will notice there's more of an emphasis on phonics instruction than ever before.
Here are some other important changes that have come in the latest Aus curriculum, as well as some things that have remained the same!
- There's more of a cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
- References to 'predictable texts' and the '3-cueing system' have been removed from the new curriculum, along with 'combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge.' Year 1 teachers will notice that the term 'visual memory' is also gone from mentions of reading and writing high-frequency words.
- The three strands of Language, Literature and Literacy remain as organisers.
- Content descriptors that deal with students learning word level knowledge and reading no longer appear in the 'Language' section. Instead, you will find them in the 'Literacy' section.
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Inference vs Prediction Poster
A poster outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.
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Information Report Structure Worksheet – The Apple iPad
Teach your students about information report structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.
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Grammar Worksheet Pack – Lower Primary
A 13 page worksheet pack to consolidate the learning of different grammar concepts in the early years.
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Silent Letters PowerPoint
A 24-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the concept of silent letters.
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5 Elements of a Short Story Activity
Explore the 5 elements of a short story using this digital activity with five short stories.
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Letters and Sounds Bingo
Practise applying letter-sound correspondence with a set of 20 BINGO game boards and cards.
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Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets
Use these beginning sounds phonics worksheets to explore single grapheme correspondence with your students.
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Year 4 Grammar Review Task Cards
Download these Year 4 grammar review task cards perfect for literacy rotations.
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Blend and Colour Phoneme Blending Worksheets
Get your students blending simple CVC words with this set of blend and colour worksheets.
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Animal Information Report Cloze Worksheets
Get your students to write a simple information report on an animal with this set of structured templates.
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Sight Word Splash Game
Use this collaborative partner game to allow your students to practise reading and writing some of the most common high-frequency words.
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Quotation Marks Punctuation Quiz
Test your students' skills on how to use quotation marks with a printable ‘Using Quotation Marks Quiz’.
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Contractions Spin and Write Worksheet
Spin and write contractions using this fun and engaging contraction worksheet.
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How to Grow A Sunflower – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this printable sunflower craft template to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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How to Make A Jam Sandwich – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing by exploring how to make a jam sandwich!
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Months of the Year Spelling Worksheet
Help your students learn to spell the months of the year with a printable spelling homework sheet.
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Figurative Language Posters – Onomatopoeia
Help young readers and writers recognise onomatopoeias with a set of onomatopoeia classroom posters.
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Summarising Fiction Texts Teaching Slides
Build summarising skills with fiction texts using these teaching slides.
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Animals in the Arctic - Free Mini Book
Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.
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Subordinating Conjunctions (Cause and Effect) Interactive Activity
Use this interactive digital activity to help students identify cause and effect subordinating conjunctions, and construct sentences using this part of speech.
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Letter Sound Worksheets - Initial, Medial, and Final Positions
Practise isolating initial, medial, and final letter sounds with a fun set of Letter Sound Worksheets for Year 1.
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AI, AY and A_E Vowel Team Lesson Resource Pack
Introduce students to AI, AY, and A_E vowel digraphs with this set of teaching slides and mini activity book.
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Inferencing Worksheet
Use this worksheet with your students when teaching them how to make an inference.
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Adverb Whole Class Game
Teach your students how to use adverbs to add detail in simple sentences with this fun whole-class game!
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Adverbial Phrases Comprehension Task: The Secret Garden
Help your students identify adverb groups in descriptive writing with this comprehension worksheet.
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Design a Doughnut Persuasive Writing Interactive
Explore persuasive writing with this fun doughnut-themed interactive activity.
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Homophones in Context – Interactive Activity
Review the meanings and spellings of some common homophones with this digital drag-and-drop activity for your vocabulary lessons.
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Defining Homophones Matching Game
Help your students become familiar with the meanings and spellings of common homophones with this set of 36 differentiated matching cards.
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Summarising Nonfiction Graphic Organiser Pack
Help students summarise nonfiction texts with this set of graphic organisers.
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Make It Plural - Interactive Activity
Help children grasp the tricky concept of pluralising nouns with an interactive Google Slides activity.
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Level 7 Decodable Readers - Worksheet Pack
A set of one-pager worksheet versions of the texts from our Level 7 decodable readers.
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Everyday Opposites - Antonym Game
Have some wordplay fun with an Everyday Opposites domino game!