AC9E5LA05
Parents start here
Your child is learning to grow, join or trim sentences for effect.
- Combine two simple sentences into one complex sentence using subordination
- Expand a simple sentence by adding descriptive phrases and clauses
One skill from the map, ages 10–11 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“understand that the structure of a complex sentence includes a main clause and at least one dependent clause, and understand how writers can use this structure for effect”
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — English ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
high confidence1 skill
9 other candidate matches — 4 medium, 5 low
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
Nearby in the Language strand:
AC9E5LA01AC9E5LA02AC9E5LA03AC9E5LA04AC9E5LA06AC9E5LA07AC9E5LA08AC9E5LA09
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.