English / Year 9 / Language / Expressing and developing ideas

• TLF-IDM016123

A resource with information, study guides and resources on visual literacy to support the English K-10 Australian Curriculum in English. It provides a series of activities, guidelines and tasks about visual texts from a variety of sources. Contains writing scaffolds, templates and proformas for responding and composing ...

• TLF-IDM015614

<span style="line-height: 1.4;">You've heard people speaking English with different accents, but have you noticed that the differences in accent come down to the way words are pronounced? Listen to this interview with linguist David Crystal and find out about accents and why the same word can mean something different or ...

• TLF-IDM013976

This is a resource for instructional leaders and teachers containing video vignettes and supporting text that demonstrate differentiation and explicit teaching of the Australian Curriculum: English in the areas of reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar across a range of classrooms from Foundation to year 10. The vignettes ...

• TLF-IDM010618

This is a multilayered resource about prefixes and suffixes. It includes a video set in the workplace and two multiple choice quizzes. There are also four factsheets and five worksheets that provide an explanation of prefixes and suffixes and exercises in using them. The factsheets, worksheets and quizzes are pitched at ...

• TLF-IDM010631

This is a wordsearch game about the common letter pattern 'ound'. Students search a grid of letters to find 11 examples of words containing the 'ound' letter pattern that are written horizontally, vertically or diagonally on the grid. Students can choose to play the game against the clock. An example of the game is provided ...

• TLF-IDM010557

This is a multilayered resource about words that are tricky to spell. It includes a video set in the workplace about homophones; three factsheets and four worksheets that cover homophones, words with double letters, silent letters and endings that sound like 'shun', and words that look the same; as well as three interactive ...

• TLF-IDM010630

This is a wordsearch game about the common letter pattern 'ould'. Students search a grid of letters to find ten examples of words containing the 'ould' letter pattern that are written horizontally, vertically or diagonally on the grid. Students can choose to play the game against the clock. An example of the game is provided ...

• TLF-IDM011122

This is a single-screen information and worksheet about the spelling of words that end in a sound like 'shun'. It provides three generalisations about when the sound is spelt using the '-tion', '-cian', or '-sion' endings. It includes a worksheet with an exercise for students to practise choosing the right word ending and ...

• TLF-IDM011121

This is a single-screen worksheet about spelling words with double letters. It contains 15 examples and explains how mnemonics can help to remember double letter words. It explains that mnemonics are phrases or sentences that can help jog your memory. Students are asked to create their own mnemonics to help them remember ...

• TLF-IDM010623

This is a multilayered resource about common letter patterns. It includes a video set in the workplace. There are also two factsheets and four worksheets about syllabification, when to use 'c' for the 's' sound and how to choose and spell word endings. The resource also includes ten wordsearch games using common letter ...