AC9E5LA05 Year 5 English

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 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.

understand that the structure of a complex sentence includes a main clause and at least one dependent clause, and understand how writers can use this structure for effect

Elaborations

• 1 knowing that complex sentences make connections between ideas to provide a reason; for example, “He jumped up because the bell rang.”; state a purpose; for example, “She raced home to confront her brother.”; express a condition; for example, “It will break if you push it.”; make a concession; for example, “She finished her work even though she was feeling tired.”; link 2 ideas in terms of various time relations; for example, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.”

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