What students learn in AC9E2LA08
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of That images add to or multiply the meanings of a.... 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: understand that images add to or multiply the meanings of a text.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- identifying images and graphics in a text that add ideas or information not included in the written text; for example, a map or table in a factual text or an illustration in a story, which gives clues about the setting identifying visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives, and considering how these images add to or multiply the meaning of accompanying words
- 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: understand that images add to or multiply the meanings of a text
- E1: identifying images and graphics in a text that add ideas or information not included in the written text; for example, a map or table in a factual text or an illustration in a story, which gives clues about the setting
- E2: identifying visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives, and considering how these images add to or multiply the meaning of accompanying words
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
AC9E2LA08 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 | AC9E2LA08 — understand that images add to or multiply the meanings of a text |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 2 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 That images add to or multiply the meanings of a... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 2 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for That images add to or multiply the meanings of a.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 1 / Year 2: closest programme-of-study match for That images add to or multiply the meanings of a.... |
| 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 That images add to or multiply the meanings of a.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 2 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for That images add to or multiply the meanings of a.... |