What students learn in AC9E2LA03
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of How texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use.... 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: identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- identifying the typical features of a text; for example, a typical introduction to a narrative or the use of dot points in instructions identifying that different types of texts might have different forms; for example, an expression of opinion might be in the form of a poster, email or brochure
- 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: identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes
- E1: identifying the typical features of a text; for example, a typical introduction to a narrative or the use of dot points in instructions
- E2: identifying that different types of texts might have different forms; for example, an expression of opinion might be in the form of a poster, email or brochure
- E3: identifying the organisation and language features in texts such as narratives, recounts, information reports, simple procedures, expression of opinion and responses to texts (including poetry), and discuss their purposes
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
AC9E2LA03 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 | AC9E2LA03 — identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 2 English: closest match in Text structure and organisation. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 1 English: closest content focus for How texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 2 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for How texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 2: closest programme-of-study match for How texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 2 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 texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 2 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for How texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use.... |