Achievement Standard English Year 6

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 6, students understand how the use of text structures can achieve particular effects. They analyse and explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used by different authors …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum

ACELA1526

Understand how to use knowledge of known words, word origins including some Latin and Greek roots, base words, prefixes, suffixes, letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words including technical words

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1526

using a dictionary to explore and use knowledge of word origins, including some Greek roots, to spell words. For example, the Greek roots: ‘ath’ meaning ‘contest’ or ‘outstanding skill’, ‘pent’ meaning the number five, and ‘dec’ meaning the number ten, …

Elaboration | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACELA1526

applying accumulated knowledge of a wide range of letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words, for example ‘vacuum’, ‘yacht’, ‘ratio’ and ‘synthesis’

Elaboration (1) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACELA1526

applying accumulated knowledge of a wide range of letter patterns and spelling generalisations to spell new words, for example knowing how and why these words are spelt as follows: ‘reliability’, ‘handkerchief’ ‘receive’, ‘lollies’, ‘trolleys’, ‘climbing’, …

Elaboration (3) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACELA1526

spelling technical words by applying morphemic knowledge, for example ‘metaphorical’, ‘biology’ and ‘biodegradable’

Elaboration (4) | ACELA1526 | Content Descriptions | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum