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AC9E5LA08

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Your child is learning to learn exact words from different subjects.

  • Identify and define academic vocabulary (e.g., compare, contrast, summarise, evidence, interpret) used across multiple subject areas and use these words accurately in discussion and writing
  • Determine the meaning of domain-specific words encountered in science, social studies, or maths texts (e.g., ecosystem, democracy, numerator) using context, glossaries, and prior knowledge
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One skill from the map, ages 9–11 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

“understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words”
EnglishYear 5Language strand

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).

13 other candidate matches — 5 medium, 8 low

medium confidence

Vocabulary StrategiesVocabularyages 11–14 Academic VocabularyVocabularyages 11–14 Literary and Language TerminologyGrammar & Punctuationages 11–14 Choosing Formal VocabularyVocabularyages 10–11 Discussing and Questioning New WordsVocabularyages 5–11

low confidence

Using a Thesaurus to Choose WordsVocabularyages 10–11 Advanced Figurative LanguageVocabularyages 11–14 Antonyms & SynonymsVocabularyages 9–11 Knowing What You Don't KnowEnglish Thinkingages 8–10 Applying Spelling Rules to Complex WordsSpelling & Word Studyages 11–14 Word Families and Root WordsVocabularyages 7–9 Standard EnglishGrammar & Punctuationages 11–13 Greek and Latin Roots for Word MeaningVocabularyages 9–11

Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.

Nearby in the Language strand:
AC9E5LA01AC9E5LA02AC9E5LA03AC9E5LA04AC9E5LA05AC9E5LA06AC9E5LA07AC9E5LA09

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