AC9E4LA11
Year 4
English
AC9E4LA11 – Year 4 English: Language for expressing and developing ideas
Substrand
Language for expressing and developing ideas
This Content Descriptor from Year 4 English provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Content Description
expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources
Elaborations
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building vocabulary from research about technical and learning area–specific topics; for example, gravity and magnetic forces
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determining or clarifying the shades of meaning of synonyms and antonyms
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using words encountered in texts that are formed from a First Nations Australian language; for example, Woomba Woomba or Toowoom was the place referred to by First Nations Australians on the Darling Downs and then the name was referred to as Toowoomba by the drovers
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