What students learn in AC9E1LE03
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories. 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 plot, character and setting, which are features of stories.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- recognising similar characters and settings in different types of literary texts; for example, traditional tales, narrative poems and fables discussing whether features of settings including time (year, season) and place (country or city) are realistic or imagined
- 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 plot, character and setting, which are features of stories
- E1: recognising similar characters and settings in different types of literary texts; for example, traditional tales, narrative poems and fables
- E2: discussing whether features of settings including time (year, season) and place (country or city) are realistic or imagined
- E3: discussing how plots develop, including beginnings (orientation), how the problem (complication) is introduced and solved (resolution)
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
AC9E1LE03 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 | AC9E1LE03 — discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 1 English: closest match in Examining literature. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 English: closest content focus for Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 1 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories. |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 1: closest programme-of-study match for Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories. |
| 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 Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories. |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 1 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Plot, character and setting, which are features of stories. |