English Writing Compositionusually ages 7–10

Organising Writing into Paragraphs

Organise writing into paragraphs, grouping related material around a theme, and use simple organisational devices such as headings and sub-headings in non-narrative writing

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Divide a piece of writing into paragraphs, each focused on one main idea or aspect of the topic
Use headings and sub-headings to organise a non-fiction text (e.g., a report about animals with sections 'Habitat', 'Diet', 'Appearance')
Identify where a new paragraph should begin in a given text and explain why (e.g., 'A new paragraph starts here because the topic changes from appearance to diet')

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When your child writes a longer piece — like a report or a story — do they organise it into paragraphs, with related ideas grouped together and, where appropriate, headings to help the reader navigate?

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Builds on

Simple Stories with Beginning and Endingages 5–7Organising paragraphs requires narrative writing ability

Writing Process Vocabularyages 5–8Organising into paragraphs requires 'paragraph', 'heading', 'theme', and 'organisation' as named concepts

Building Writing Staminaages 6–7Paragraph organisation requires writing for different purposes

Organising Writing into Paragraphsthis skill · ages 7–10

Unlocks

Cohesion within paragraphsages 9–11Cohesion within paragraphs requires paragraphing knowledge; learners must organise text into paragraphs before learning to build cohesion within them

Layout and Formatting in Informational Writingages 10–11Layout devices build on paragraph organisation

Planning Ideas Before Writingages 6–10Planning skills build on earlier oral skills

Writing for an audienceages 9–11Coherent organisation requires facility with paragraphs and structural devices like headings

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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

AC9E3LA04high confidenceYear 3 · Language

understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of the stages of written texts, grouping related information together

AC9E1LA03medium confidenceYear 1 · Language

explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain

AC9E6LA03medium confidenceYear 6 · Language

explain how texts across the curriculum are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases depending on purposes, recognising how authors often adapt text structures and language features

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN1-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 1

EN3-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E3LA04high confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · Language strand

VC2E3LY11medium confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · Literacy strand

VC2E1LA03medium confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Language 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.

Nearby on the map

Narrative Writingages 7–11 Rehearsing and Varying Sentencesages 7–8 Revising and editing (age 7+)ages 7–11 Basic Informational Writingages 6–11

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