What students learn in AC9E8LY06
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising.... 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: plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising and expanding ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive and/or analytical.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- experimenting with and editing text structures and language features; for example, paragraph order and content, and language choices to refine and clarify ideas selecting vocabulary to position and persuade the reader; for example, adjusting language to show or acknowledge power
- 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: plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising and expanding ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive and/or analytical
- E1: experimenting with and editing text structures and language features; for example, paragraph order and content, and language choices to refine and clarify ideas
- E2: selecting vocabulary to position and persuade the reader; for example, adjusting language to show or acknowledge power
- E3: editing for accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation, and for meaning by experimenting with different order of ideas, a range of sentence structures, literary devices and vocabulary to clarify meaning for academic texts where appropriate
- E4: using conceptual maps or journals to plan and reflect on each stage of creating a written or multimodal text
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
AC9E8LY06 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 | AC9E8LY06 — plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising and expanding ideas, and selecting text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features for purposes and audiences in ways that may be imaginative, reflective, informative, persuasive and/or analytical |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 8 English: closest match in Creating texts. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 4 English: closest content focus for Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 8 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 8: closest programme-of-study match for Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 8 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 4 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 8 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts, organising.... |