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Book Features and Author's Reasons

Identify front cover, back cover, and title page of a book; identify the reasons an author gives to support points in informational text

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Can your child find the contents page or index in a non-fiction book and use it to locate specific information — and do they understand why the author included those features?

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Builds on
Understanding printages 4–6Print concepts needed to understand book features
Book Features and Author's Reasonsthis skill · ages 5–8
Unlocks
Non-Fiction Text Featuresages 6–9Understanding text features builds on Y1 book features
Why the author wrote itages 8–9Distinguishing own POV from author's extends identifying author's reasons/supporting points

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E2LE02medium confidenceYear 2 · Literature

identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences

AC9EFLE03low confidenceFoundation · Literature

recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings

AC9E1LY01low confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

discuss different texts and identify some features that indicate their purposes

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN1-CWT-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1
EN2-CWT-02low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E4LY08medium confidenceEnglish · Level 4 · Literacy strand
VC2E3LY09low confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · Literacy strand
VC2EFLE03low confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literature strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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