What students learn in AC9EFLA04
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: understand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- learning that Standard Australian English in written texts is read from left to right and usually from top to bottom of the page identifying tabs in a digital text
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: understand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised
- E1: learning that Standard Australian English in written texts is read from left to right and usually from top to bottom of the page
- E2: identifying tabs in a digital text
- E3: discussing the placement of images and words in text
- E4: indicating the title of a book and where to start reading
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9EFLA04 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Answering from memory without using clues from the text, sentence or image.
- Knowing the idea orally but not transferring it into reading, writing or speaking.
- Missing punctuation, word order or vocabulary clues that change meaning.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9EFLA04 — understand conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Foundation English: closest match in Text structure and organisation. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Early Stage 1 English: closest content focus for Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Kindergarten Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Kindergarten closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 1 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Kindergarten / Foundation closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Conventions of print and screen, including how books and simple.... |