English Writing Compositionusually ages 11–14

Planning, Revising and Editing Writing

Plan, revise, and edit writing to improve coherence and effectiveness — considering how the writing reflects its intended audience and purpose, amending vocabulary, grammar, and structure, and proofreading for accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar

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Revise a draft to improve paragraph structure, adding or removing material for coherence
Edit sentence-level issues including word choice, grammar, and punctuation before finalising
Reflect on whether the writing achieves its intended effect on the target audience and adjust accordingly

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After your child finishes a first draft, do they go back and make real improvements — not just fixing spelling, but changing sentences or reorganising ideas to make it better?

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Revising and editing (age 7+)ages 7–11KS3 revision and editing extends KS2 evaluating and editing writing

Revising and editing (age 8+)ages 8–9Advanced independent plan/revise/edit (reflecting on audience and purpose, amending without teacher prompts) requires the self-critical reading skill as its foundation — a writer cannot revise independently without being able to judge their own work

Learning from Mistakesages 8–9Revising and editing requires analysing what is wrong with the current draft — the writing form of the universal error-analysis habit

Reflecting After Learningages 9–10The full plan-revise-edit cycle is the writing-domain form of the universal learning-reflection habit — assessing what worked and improving it

Literary and Language Terminologyages 11–14Planning, revising, and editing written pieces requires knowledge of literary and linguistic terminology

Planning, Revising and Editing Writingthis skill · ages 11–14

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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

AC9E5LA04low confidenceYear 5 · Language

understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text

AC9E6LA03low 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

AC9E6LE05low confidenceYear 6 · Literature

create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

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

EN3-SPELL-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E6LY10medium confidenceEnglish · Level 6 · Literacy strand

VC2E5LY11medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literacy strand

VC2E5LY12low confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literacy 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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Cohesion and Transitions Across Writingages 11–14 Developed Informational and Explanatory Writingages 11–14 Persuasive Writingages 11–14 Research & Source Evaluationages 11–14

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