Oz-e-English Top-Ups

Oz-e-English Top-ups lessons for Years F-2 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0. The following English content descriptors are explored in the lessons:

• Explore how language is used differently at home and at school depending on the relationships between people. (AC9EFLA01)
• Understand conventions of print and screen including how books and simple digital texts are usually organised. (AC9EFLA04)
• Recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school. (AC9EFLA08)
• Share ideas about stories, poems and images in literature, reflecting on experiences that are similar or different to their own by engaging with texts by First Nations Australians and wide-ranging Australian and world authors and illustrators. (AC9EFLE01)
• Explore and replicate the rhythms and sound patterns of literary texts, such as poems, rhymes and songs. (AC9EFLE04)
• Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose. (AC9EFLY01)
• Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts. (AC9EFLY03)
• Understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands. (AC9E1LA01)
• Understand how print and screen texts are organised using features such as page numbers, tables of contents, headings and titles, navigation buttons, swipe screens, verbal commands, links and images. (AC9E1LA05)
• Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning. (AC9E2LY05)
• Create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations for familiar audiences and purposes, using text structure appropriate to purpose and topic-specific vocabulary, and varying tone, volume and pace. (AC9E2LY07)

In Lessons 1 to 13, students will:

Foundation Year
1.1. Learn about how we speak to different people.
1.2. Learn about the different ways we speak to people at school.
2.1. Learn about the parts of a book.​
2.2. Learn how text is organised in a book.​
2.3. Learn about digital texts.
3.1. Identify words used to discuss personal interests.​
3.2. Learn about words that are used at school. ​
4.1. Learn about stories that are similar and different to our lives.
4.2. Learn about stories that are similar and different to our lives.
5.1. Use rhythm and sounds when we listen to and sing songs.
5.2. Sing songs with actions.
6.1. Learn about different texts
7.1. Compare informative and imaginative texts.
7.2. Learn about informative and imaginative texts.
8.1. Learn to speak clearly when sharing ideas with our peers.​

Year 1
9.1. Learn to use words to communicate with people.
9.2. Understand how facial expressions are used to communicate.
9.3. Understand how gestures are used to communicate.
10.1. Identify the different parts of a book.
10.2. Identify the features of screen texts.
11.1. Retell a familiar story that has a plot and characters.
11.2. Identify words used in stories.

Year 2
12.1. Learn how to use mind maps to visualise and understand texts.
12.2. Learn how to use predicting and connecting to build meaning.
12.3. Learn how to answer literal and inferred questions about a text.
13.1. Learn how to plan a presentation.
13.2. Learn how to create and edit a presentation.
13.3. Learn how to use speaking techniques and deliver a presentation.

Oz-e-English Top-ups lessons for Years 3-6 students are aligned to ACARA V9.0. The following English content descriptors are explored in the lessons:

• Discuss characters, events and settings in different contexts in literature by First Nations Australians and wide-ranging Australia and world authors and illustrators. (AC9E3LE01)
• Recognise how texts can be created for similar purposes but different audiences. (AC9E3LY01)
• Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features. (AC9E3LY05)
• Plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume. (AC9E3LY07)
• Explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situations. (AC9E4LA01)
• Identify text navigation features of online texts that enhance readability including headlines, drop-down menus, links, graphics and layout. (AC9E4LA05)
• Recognise similar storylines, ideas and relationships in different contexts in literary texts by First Nations Australians and wide-ranging Australian and world authors. (AC9E4LE01)
• Explain how the sequence of images in print, digital and film texts has an effect on meaning. (AC9E5LA07)
• Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots. (AC9E6LE02)
• Identify and explain characteristics that define an author’s individual style. (AC9E6LE03)

In Lessons 14 to 22, students will:

Year 3
14.1. Identify some similarities and differences between characters in different texts.​
14.2. Identify what an event is in a piece of text.​
14.3. Identify words that are used to describe a setting in a piece of text.​
15.1. Examine how features differ between texts created for different audiences.
16.1. Read and learn about five different reading comprehension strategies.​
16.2. Read and learn about the literal and inferred meaning of a text.​
16.3. Listen to a piece of audio text and complete questions with both literal and inferred answers.​
17.1. Examine the features of a multimodal presentation and use a template to plan for a multimodal presentation.
17.2. Learn how to use cue cards and visual displays for a presentation.
17.3. Learn how to use our voice effectively when delivering a multimodal presentation.

Year 4
18.1 Learn about the types of language used between people in formal and informal situations.
19.1 Learn about navigation features that are used when reading online texts.​
20.1 Learn to identify similar ideas and storylines between texts from different authors.

Year 5
21.1. Learn how to read pictures to create meaning.
21.2. Learn how to sequence pictures to tell a story. ​

Year 6
22.1. Identify similarities and differences in literary texts.​
22.2. Identify similarities and differences in literary texts using a Venn Diagram.
22.3. Identify and write about similarities and differences of themes in literary texts.​
23.1. Identify an author’s writing style.