Content descriptions
Content elaborations in sequences
This resource provides new elaborations of curriculum content for the Australian Curriculum (Version 4.1), to support your use of the curriculum in teaching. In the units of work, the sequences and activities have links via codes to Australian Curriculum content descriptions, and each unit has a summary table that maps those links, and takes you directly to individual sequences in the unit where the elaborations are made. Use the tables below for an overview and to find elaborations for English under the three interrelated strands of Language, Literature and Literacy, and also for the supplementary learning areas of science, geography and history, for Primary units of work.
- Year 3: Night and day
- Year 4: 1788: Was life the same for everyone?
- Year 5: Save one island, save them all
- Year 6: Talk about rights
- Year 7: Imagining ancient Rome
Year 3 English
| Language | Literature | Literacy |
| Text structure and organisation | Literature and context | Texts in context |
| S5, S6 | S8 | S11 |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Creating literature | Interacting with others |
| S6 | S10, S12 | S1, S5, S6, S7 |
| | Interpreting, analysing, evaluating |
| | S9, S10 |
| | Creating texts |
| | S6, S9, S12 |
Year 3 Science
| Science understanding | Science inquiry skills |
| Earth and space sciences | Questioning and predicting | Communicating |
| S3, S4, S5 | S3, S5 | S3, S4, S5, S6 |
Find more detail in Curriculum summary tables in the Year 3 unit of work.
Year 4 English
| Language | Literature | Literacy |
| Language variation and change | Literature and context | Texts in context |
| S1 | S3, S4, S5 | S2, S4, S9 |
| Language for interaction | Responding to literature | Interacting with others |
| S1, S4, S5 | S1, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9 | S1, S5, S7, S12 |
| Text structure and organisation | Examining literature | Interpreting, analysing and evaluating |
| S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S9, S10 | S4, S5, S6, S12 | S2, S4, S5, S9, S10, S11 |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Creating literature | Creating texts |
| S1, S2, S3, S4, S6, S8, S9, S10, S11 | S12 | S7, S12 |
Year 4 History
| Historical skills | Knowledge and understanding |
| Historical questions and research | Analysis and use of resources | Perspectives and interpretations | Explanation and communication | First contacts |
| S1, S7, S11 | S3, S4, S7, S8, S9, S10 | S9, S10 | S7, S12 | S2, S3, S4, S8, S9, S10 |
Find more detail in Curriculum summary tables in the Year 4 unit of work.
Year 5 English
| Language | Literature | Literacy |
| Text structure and organisation | Literature and context | Texts in context |
| S2, S8 | S1 | S10 |
| Language for interaction | Responding to literature | Interacting with others |
| S3, S7 | S2, S4 | S1 |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Creating literature | Interpreting, analysing and evaluating |
| S3, S9 | S4, S6, S7, S9 | S2, S3, S8, S9 |
| Examining literature | Creating texts |
| S4 | S7, S10, S11, S12 |
Year 5 Geography
| Geographical knowledge and understanding | Geographical inquiry and skills |
| Place | Environment | Space | Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing | Communicating | Reflecting and responding |
| S1 | S7 | S8 | S1, S6 | S11, S12 | S11, S12 |
Find more detail in Curriculum summary tables in the Year 5 unit of work.
Year 6 English
| Language | Literature | Literacy |
| Language variation and change | Literature and context | Texts in context |
| S3, S9, S10 | S1, S3, S6, S11 | S5, S6, S7, S10 |
| Language for interaction | Responding to literature | Interacting with others |
| S6, S7, S11, S12 | S5 | S1, S5, S11, S12 |
| Text structure and organisation | Examining literature | Interpreting, analysing, evaluating |
| S4, S8, S11, S12 | S5 | S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11 |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Creating literature | Creating texts |
| S1, S4, S8 | S12 | S1, S4, S6, S7, S9, S10, S11, S12 |
Year 6 History
| Historical knowledge and understanding | Historical skills |
| Australia as a nation | Chronology, terms and concepts | Historical questions and research | Analysis and use of sources | Perspectives and interpretations | Explanation and communication |
| All sequences | S1, S8, S10, S12 | S1 | S5, S6, S10 | S4, S11 | S5, S6, S9, S10, S11, S12 |
Find more detail in Curriculum summary tables in the Year 6 unit of work.
Year 7 Primary English
| Language | Literature | Literacy |
| Language variation and change | Literature and context | Texts in context |
| S10, S11 | S2, S3, S8, S9, S11 | |
| Language for interaction | Responding to literature | Interacting with others |
| S3 | S3, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S12 | S3 |
| Text structure and organisation | Examining literature | Interpreting, analysing, evaluating |
| S4, S5, S6 | S7, S8, S10, S12 | S2, S3, S4, S5, S7, S11 |
| Expressing and developing ideas | Creating literature | Creating texts |
| S1, S5, S6, S7, S12 | S5, S6, S7, S10 | S1, S2, S8, S9, S11, S12 |
Year 7 Primary History
| Historical knowledge and understanding |
| Investigating the ancient past | The Mediterranean world: Rome |
| S1, S2 | S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S12 |
Find more detail in Curriculum summary tables in the Year 7 Primary unit of work.
