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Resources for English and literacy education
  • Four very pale blue eggs in a grey-coloured, deep nest of leaves and twigs, swirled, suspended amid green leaves

    Foundation to Year 2

    Three units of work that look outward from the natural world to extend an engagement with English and literacy, through literature and language, to the learning areas of geography, science and mathematics.

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  • Sunset through clouds over lake waters, with a clear sky blue above clouds and the lake shore in darkness

    Years 3 to 7

    Five media-rich units of work that bring literacy and language learning to a broader and imaginative understanding of our world through literature and inquiry, supported by learning areas of geography, science and history.

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  • Close-up photo of a reclining young man looking out at the viewer

    Years 7 to 10

    Four empowering literature-based units of work that pursue imagination and inquiry to develop critical literacy skills and ethical understandings across a range of social media and authentic texts, for today's world of English.

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English for the Australian Curriculum

This resource is a national initiative to support the teaching and learning of English and literacy from Foundation to Year 10, produced in partnership with Education Services Australia and the joint associations of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia, representing more than 10,000 teachers of English.

Materials here comprise 12 year-level units of work, with 12 sequences in each, written by teachers and educators from a range of states, territories and educational settings. The writers have been guided in composition and worked as a team to collaborate in producing some 850 new elaborations of curriculum content, all supported by digital resources and interactive worksheets. All materials have been reviewed by teaching and curriculum specialists to ensure the highest standards in a clear and accessible resource that exploits the Australian Curriculum and can help reinvigorate the teaching of English and literacy.

All materials, including downloadable units, were updated to the Australian Curriculum Version 8.1 in January 2016, including links to Geography and History within the new Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) curriculum Years F–6/7.

                                               This publication is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

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