AC9E3LA08
Year 3
English
AC9E3LA08 | Year 3 English: Language for expressing and developing ideas
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor understand that verbs are anchored in time through tense
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Language
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Language for expressing and developing ideas
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 3 English. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration learning how time is represented through the tense of a verb; for example, “She arrived.” “She is arriving.” and adverbials of time; for example, “She arrived yesterday.” “She is arriving in the morning.”
- • Elaboration learning that tenses for some verbs are formed by changing the word; for example, “She catches the ball.” “She caught the ball.”
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- They describe the language features of texts including topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and how visual features extend meaning.See it on the standard page →
- They use text structures including paragraphs, and language features including compound sentences, topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and/or visual features.See it on the standard page →