What students learn in AC9E6LA07
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs.... 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 and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- observing how sequential events can be represented visually by a series of images, including comic strips, timelines, photo stories, procedure diagrams and flowcharts, life-cycle diagrams and the flow of images in picture books observing how concepts, information and relationships can be represented visually through tables, maps, graphs and diagrams
- 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 and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning
- E1: observing how sequential events can be represented visually by a series of images, including comic strips, timelines, photo stories, procedure diagrams and flowcharts, life-cycle diagrams and the flow of images in picture books
- E2: observing how concepts, information and relationships can be represented visually through tables, maps, graphs and diagrams
- E3: understanding that images and maps may be sensitive for First Nations Australians and ensuring that a disclaimer is applied or judgement is used about cultural appropriateness and sensitivities (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
AC9E6LA07 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 | AC9E6LA07 — identify and explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs contribute to meaning |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 6 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 3 English: closest content focus for And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 6 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 2 / Year 6: closest programme-of-study match for And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 6 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 3 English: closest achievement-objective topic for And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 6 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for And explain how images, figures, tables, diagrams, maps and graphs.... |