The Arabic-speaking world – AT
As part of a unit, ‘The Arabic-speaking world’, students learned about the location of Arabic-speaking countries, the various dialects of these countries and differences between spoken and written Arabic. In this task, students were asked to create a …
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Español mind map and reflection– AT
In this unit, students discussed the Spanish-speaking world, some of the differences between Spanish and English and the benefits of language learning. Students learnt about displaying this knowledge and understanding through mind maps and Venn diagrams. In …
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GrA4
Whole text level uses time connectives to sequence ideas and events (first, then, next, after) groups related ideas into paragraphs Sentence level writes simple sentences correctly writes compound sentences to make connections between ideas …
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Let’s travel – AT
In a unit of work based on travel and tourism, students learnt how to make plans to visit a destination and decide on activities to do there and attractions to visit. Students were to consider the best time of year to visit, where they would stay and …
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My house – AT
Students learnt about housing in some Arabic-speaking countries and compared these with their own homes. They learnt vocabulary and structures to support descriptions and comparisons. In this task students answered questions of comprehension on a text …
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Profiles and reading comprehension - AT
Students had learnt about self-introduction in Japanese and sharing personal information using a variety of nouns, adjectives and basic verbs. Students had discussed in length Japanese sentence structures, patterns, differences, particles and grammar …
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Ma vie a tellement changé - AT
Students had studied a unit of work on their personal world which included past and present activities, daily life and childhood memories. They learnt the language to enable them to reflect on past experiences and text structures appropriate to this …
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SpK4
delivers spoken texts for a range of purposes across learning areas (explains how the mathematics problem was solved) uses complex sentence constructions including relative clauses (the boy who drew the picture got a prize) (see Grammar) adjusts register …
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Wet ‘n’ wild Wetlands world – AT
As part of their Science inquiry learning, students in Years 5 and 6 learned about ponding in the school wetlands. Ponding is part of an integrated program, that incorporates STEAM and German. Students learn German in weekly lessons from Foundation …
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Reflection on images on stamps and coins - AT
Students had looked at a number of images on coins and stamps from Australia and Italy and had a class discussion on what the choice of images by Australia and Italy reflects about cultural perceptions of what is important for each respective society. …
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Living things – AT
Students learnt about farm, wild and domestic animals within the unit ‘living things’. After building on vocabulary related to colours, students were introduced to descriptive sentences for noun and adjective agreement. Students participated in discussions …
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CrT6
Crafting ideas writes for a range of purposes (to recount a personal experience, to observe and describe, to provide a reason why, to express thoughts and feelings about a topic) writes four or more sequenced and clearly connected ideas includes …
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CrT7
Crafting ideas writes informative, imaginative and persuasive texts using evidence of structure (to recount a personal experience or a sequence of events; to describe a person, thing or process; to provide a reason why; to provide an opinion backed …
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Un viaje a Bolivia - At
In this unit, students learnt about travelling through Spanish-speaking countries from an English speaker’s perspective, considering historical and cultural features and traditions, and places and events of interest. They learnt language and grammar related …
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Japanese classroom - AT
Students had completed a unit of work on Japanese school life, classrooms and school etiquette. Students learnt key concepts and classroom related language as well as differences between Japanese and Australian school life and classrooms. In this task, …
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Obento project and reflection - AT
Over the course of a 4-week unit about portable meals (Obento), etiquette and food culture, students were asked to plan and create their own obento following the criteria and guidelines explored in class and complete a range of tasks at each step. Students …
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CrT10
Generic indicators organises related information and ideas into paragraphs/sections uses a range of complex punctuation flexibly and correctly (see Punctuation) spells complex and most challenging words correctly (see Spelling) uses a range of …
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Weather– AT
Leading up to the task, students brainstormed a variety of terms used to describe weather conditions in English, then those used in Vietnamese. They discussed the meaning of the word ‘translating’ and the fact that some words cannot be directly translated. In …
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Building sentences - AT
Students were asked to translate sentences from English to French using the vocabulary, grammar and sentence structures that they had learnt during the semester. Students were given a table of scaffolded language structures to refer to and to assist them …
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Unscripted conversation and reflection on use of French language - AT
Students were asked to participate in an unscripted conversation about aspects of their home and interests. The task required students to reflect on aspects of language and cultural practice.
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