Writing a Précis
Precis longer passages by summarising the main ideas and key information concisely while maintaining the essential meaning and removing non-essential detail
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If your child reads a long article about a topic they're studying, can they write a short summary in their own words that captures the key points without copying sentences?
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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
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
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
identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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.