What students learn in AC9E9LA07
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning. 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: analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- investigating the use of symbols; for example, specific seasons, weather and colours in images, films and picture books, and evaluating their contribution to viewers’ understanding, recognising that visual and verbal symbols have different meanings for different groups and cultures
- 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: analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning
- E1: investigating the use of symbols; for example, specific seasons, weather and colours in images, films and picture books, and evaluating their contribution to viewers’ understanding, recognising that visual and verbal symbols have different meanings for different groups and cultures
- E2: understanding the use of symbols by First Nations Australians, where a symbol may have many meanings or have different meanings across First Nations Australian groups; for example, artwork enables First Nations Australians from a particular Country/Place to identify symbols and interpret the artwork (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
AC9E9LA07 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 | AC9E9LA07 — analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 9 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 5 English: closest content focus for Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 9 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning. |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 9: closest programme-of-study match for Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning. |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 9 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 5 English: closest achievement-objective topic for Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning. |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 9 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Analyse how symbols in still and moving images augment meaning. |