What students learn in AC9E1LE01
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of How language and images are used to create characters, settings.... 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: discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- discussing how animal characters reflect human characteristics; for example, the creation of animal characters and their human qualities in fables by wide-ranging world authors discussing the events associated with Australian animal characters and what is learnt about their characters in picture books from wide-ranging Australian authors
- 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: discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators (teaching context)
- E1: discussing how animal characters reflect human characteristics; for example, the creation of animal characters and their human qualities in fables by wide-ranging world authors
- E2: discussing how characters, settings and events are described or depicted in literature by First Nations Australian authors and illustrators (teaching context)
- E3: discussing the events associated with Australian animal characters and what is learnt about their characters in picture books from wide-ranging Australian authors
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
AC9E1LE01 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 | AC9E1LE01 — discuss how language and images are used to create characters, settings and events in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 1 English: closest match in Literature and contexts. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 English: closest content focus for How language and images are used to create characters, settings... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 1 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for How language and images are used to create characters, settings.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for How language and images are used to create characters, settings.... |
| 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 language and images are used to create characters, settings.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 1 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for How language and images are used to create characters, settings.... |