What students learn in AC9E1LA08
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning. 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: compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- comparing images from texts where images of the same subject are represented differently; for example, a cartoon image of an animal, a photograph of an animal and a digital image of an animal in an advertisement understanding how authors and illustrators build up meaning across a sequence of images
- 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: compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning
- E1: comparing images from texts where images of the same subject are represented differently; for example, a cartoon image of an animal, a photograph of an animal and a digital image of an animal in an advertisement
- E2: understanding how authors and illustrators build up meaning across a sequence of images
- E3: understanding that some images convey meaning that is not included in the accompanying written text; for example, a diagram shows information about how parts of a plant are connected, which is not explained in the print text
- E4: exploring images in stories and cultural accounts by First Nations Australian authors and discussing the impact this may have (teaching context)
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
AC9E1LA08 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 | AC9E1LA08 — compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 1 English: closest match in Language for expressing and developing ideas. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 English: closest content focus for How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 1 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning. |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning. |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 1 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 How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning. |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 1 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for How images in different types of texts contribute to meaning. |