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AC9E4LA12

understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Language in Year 4.

AC9E4LA01

explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations

AC9E4LA02

identify the subjective language of opinion and feeling, and the objective language of factual reporting

AC9E4LA03

identify how texts across the curriculum have different language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages depending on purposes

AC9E4LA04

identify how text connectives including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect ideas

AC9E4LA05

identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout

AC9E4LA06

understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality

AC9E4LA07

investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech are used

AC9E4LA08

understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity

AC9E4LA09

understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence

AC9E4LA10

explore the effect of choices when framing an image, placement of elements in the image and salience on composition of still and moving images in texts

AC9E4LA11

expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9E4LA12 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 4.

  1. Year 3AC9E3LA01understand that cooperation with others depends on shared understanding of social conventions, including turn-taking language, which vary according to the degree of formality
  2. Year 3AC9E3LA02understand how the language of evaluation and emotion, such as modal verbs, can be varied to be more or less forceful
  3. Year 3AC9E3LA03describe how texts across the curriculum use different language features and structures relevant to their purpose
  4. Year 3AC9E3LA04understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of the stages of written texts, grouping related information together
  5. Year 3AC9E3LA05identify the purpose of layout features in print and digital texts and the words used for navigation
  6. Year 3AC9E3LA06understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb that need to agree
  7. Year 3AC9E3LA07understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating
  8. Year 3AC9E3LA08understand that verbs are anchored in time through tense
  9. Year 3AC9E3LA09identify how images extend the meaning of a text
  10. Year 3AC9E3LA10extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
  11. Year 3AC9E3LA11understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession
  12. Year 5AC9E5LA01understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships
  13. Year 5AC9E5LA02understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources
  14. Year 5AC9E5LA03describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts
  15. Year 5AC9E5LA04understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text
  16. Year 5AC9E5LA05understand 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
  17. Year 5AC9E5LA06understand how noun groups can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of a person, place, thing or idea
  18. Year 5AC9E5LA07explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning
  19. Year 5AC9E5LA08understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words
  20. Year 5AC9E5LA09use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession

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