English Writing Compositionusually ages 8–11

Writing Craft Vocabulary

Know and use the vocabulary of writing craft and effect — form, structure, register, tone, voice, coherence, cohesion, argument, evidence, perspective, rhetoric, technique, formal, informal, and style — and understand that these words describe choices writers make intentionally to achieve a particular effect on the reader

How to tell they’ve got it

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Explain the difference between 'formal register' and 'informal register' and give an example of when each is appropriate
Use terms like 'coherence', 'cohesion', and 'paragraph structure' accurately when discussing or improving their own writing
Identify the 'purpose', 'audience', and 'form' of a piece of writing and explain how these shape the language choices

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If your child is writing a persuasive letter compared to a story, can they explain the difference in 'tone' and 'register' — and why they'd make different word choices for each one?

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Writing Craft Vocabularythis skill · ages 8–11

Unlocks

Revising and editing (age 7+)ages 7–11Evaluating and editing for consistency requires vocabulary of 'coherence', 'cohesion', 'register', and 'style'

Revising and editing (age 8+)ages 8–9Critical self-reading of writing requires vocabulary to name what is and isn't working: 'coherence', 'tone', 'structure'

Choosing Form and Tone for Your Audienceages 9–10Identifying audience, purpose, form, tone, and register before writing requires all these as named vocabulary

Writing for an audienceages 9–11Producing coherent writing for task/purpose/audience requires these as precise, understood concepts

Basic Informational Writingages 6–11Informative/explanatory writing requires 'form', 'structure', 'coherence', and 'evidence' vocabulary

Structured Opinion Writingages 6–11Opinion writing with a point of view requires 'argument', 'evidence', 'perspective', and 'formal' vocabulary

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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

AC9E6LA04medium confidenceYear 6 · Language

understand that cohesion can be created by the intentional use of repetition, and the use of word associations

AC9E5LA04medium 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

AC9E3LY06medium confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

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

EN2-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E4LE04medium confidenceEnglish · Level 4 · Literature strand

VC2E5LY10medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literacy strand

VC2E6LA04medium confidenceEnglish · Level 6 · 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

Revising and editing (age 8+)ages 8–9 Short Research Projectsages 8–11 Vivid Word Choicesages 8–10 Choosing Form and Tone for Your Audienceages 9–10

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