Year 1 English · AC9E1LA01

Understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Speakers use words, facial expressions, gestures and voice to ask, tell, offer, exclaim, request or give a command.

Learning target: understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands

Big idea: Use words, face and gesture to match the purpose of speaking

Learning routine: Notice purpose → Choose words → Use voice/gesture → Check response

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2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Match language to the speaking purpose

Question: Can I join?Offer: I can help.Command: Stop there.Exclaim: Wow!

Students practise how the words, face, gesture and voice change for each purpose.

Worked example

Question: Which is a request? “Please pass the glue.” It politely asks someone to do something, so it is a request.

Say it two ways and notice the change

Could I have a turn?Give me a turn.May I help?

Choose the wording that fits the relationship and classroom situation.

Purpose cards

Sort short spoken lines into question, offer, request, command and exclamation.

Guided practice

  1. Purpose cards — Sort short spoken lines into question, offer, request, command and exclamation.
    Can I help? / Look out! / Please wait.
  2. Voice and face match — Say the same words with a calm request voice and then an excited exclamation voice.
    That is amazing!
  3. Polite classroom request — Change a command into a polite request.
    Move. → Could you please move?
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AC9E1LA01 - Understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands
Example 1

Match language to the speaking purpose Question: Can I join? Offer: I can help. Command: Stop there. Exclaim: Wow! Students practise how the words, face, gesture and voice change for each purpose.

Example 2

Worked example Question: Which is a request? “Please pass the glue.” It politely asks someone to do something, so it is a request.

Example 3

Say it two ways and notice the change Could I have a turn? Give me a turn. May I help? Choose the wording that fits the relationship and classroom situation.

Example 4

Purpose cards Sort short spoken lines into question, offer, request, command and exclamation.

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Curriculum Coverage & Elaborations

The content description is the required target. The elaborations below are taught as examples and contexts, not as disconnected checklist wording.

  • E1: recognising the effects of words, signing, gestures and body language on the way communications are received by others
  • E2: understanding that symbols, gestures and body language are key components of communication in First Nations Australian communities (teaching context)
  • E3: viewing short films and discussing how characters use words and body language to convey emotions
  • E4: learning the difference between closed questions; for example, “Are you ready?”, and open questions; for example, “What made this text so exciting?”
Questions and answersWith answers

Revision Notes

  • Remember: Use words, face and gesture to match the purpose of speaking
  • Use the routine: Notice purpose → Choose words → Use voice/gesture → Check response
  • Before answering: point to the clue in the spoken words, written sentence, image, page layout or text purpose.
  • Self-check: change the example slightly and see whether the same reasoning still works.
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3. Common Student Misconceptions

  • Words only: Also notice face, gesture, voice and relationship.
  • Command instead of request: Use polite wording when asking someone to do something.
  • One voice for every purpose: Change volume, tone or gesture to match meaning.

Practice Thought & Formative Assessment

Use a fresh, code-aligned example. The student should show the exact word, sound, sentence, image feature, audience clue or text evidence that supports the answer.

Quick checks

  • Which sentence is a question?
  • Turn “Give me the book” into a polite request.
  • What facial expression might match an exclamation?
  • Why does relationship matter when we speak?

Mastery evidence

  • Identify speaking purpose
  • Use polite requests
  • Match voice to purpose
  • Notice gesture/facial expression
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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Speakers use words, facial expressions, gestures and voice to ask, tell, offer, exclaim, request or give a command.

Learning target: understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands

Big idea: Use words, face and gesture to match the purpose of speaking

Learning routine: Notice purpose → Choose words → Use voice/gesture → Check response

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