The state of the nation - ABOVE
Students adopted the persona of the Federal Treasurer to prepare an address to the National Press Club on living standards in Australia. In preparation for this task, class discussion was used to determine the questions to be answered in the address. …
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My special place – AT
Students produced a drawing of an important place in their lives. The teacher then interviewed the students regarding the reasons why the places depicted were important. The explanations were transcribed by the teacher. The drawings and explanations formed …
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Harmony Day - Above
Students completed a teacher-created worksheet to answer questions, and gather and interpret information associated with Harmony Day (21 March). As part of the task students completed a survey of the cultural heritage of their year group, and recorded …
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Harmony Day – AT
Students completed a teacher-created worksheet to answer questions, and gather and interpret information associated with Harmony Day (21 March). As part of the task students completed a survey of the cultural heritage of their year group, and recorded …
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Research report: Qin Shi Huangdi – ABOVE
Students investigated the life, achievements and influence of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi as part of their study of life in ancient China. Supported by the class teacher and the teacher-librarian, students identified and located sources of historical information, created …
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Hangeul jumbled sentence activity – AT
Throughout a term, students learnt the system of language, Hangeul. Lessons focused on different letters in Hangeul each week and students practiced writing Hangeul syllables with the focused letter. Students then expanded on syllables to write their …
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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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Nhà ở Úc và Việt Nam – AT
Students learnt about the concept of ‘place and space’ and researched housing in both Australia and Vietnam. Students learnt language structures and vocabulary to enable them to compare and contrast objects, describe differences in culture and express …
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Research assignment: Wellbeing indicators - AT
Over a period of four weeks before completing the task, students examined the concept of human wellbeing and factors affecting human wellbeing. Students discussed how effective quantitative and qualitative indicators are at assessing levels of wellbeing. …
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Establishing a new colony – AT
Students investigated the early years of settlement of one Australian colony. Using sources provided by the teacher, and with the regular support of the teacher-librarian, they generated a series of inquiry questions to lead to the creation of a collection …
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Analysis essay - AT
Students studied the use of film techniques and conventions to communicate meaning in a film genre. They watched and analysed Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) through student-led small group class discussion and analysis tasks based on production elements, …
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Response to stimulus: First aid - ABOVE
Students participated in a 10-lesson unit on first aid focusing on DRSABCD, EAR, CPR, slings, minor injuries and limb injuries. Students were asked to apply their knowledge of first aid to a specific scenario. This scenario involved students having to …
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Referendum to change the Constitution - ABOVE
Students created a brochure outlining both the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for Australia becoming a republic. This brochure would be distributed to members of the public before the vote which took place in 1999. The task was completed after an introductory six-week …
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Di dalam, di luar - AT
Students were read the story Dog In, Cat Out by Gillian Rubinstein and Ann James. Students learned the names of animals in Indonesian and prepositions, di dalam and di luar. Students were asked to write a simple sentence in Indonesian following learnt …
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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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Self-Introduction Letter (Japanese 9-10)
Students had completed a unit of work on self-Introductions learning key vocabulary and grammar to enable them to explain who they are, where they are from, discuss their family, interests, hopes or desires and provide information about school life. Students …
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Mes grands-parents - AT
Students had completed a unit of work on the topics of family life and relationships, family origins and occupations. The use of a variety of past and present verb tenses and adverbs of time were revised. In this task students were asked to write a description …
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Museum in a box – ABOVE
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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'Stolen' – ABOVE
Students were engaged in a series of activities associated with the theme of reconciliation. Students listened to a teacher-reading of ‘The Shack that Dad Built’ by Elaine Russell and completed a tabular comparison of lives and experiences. Students listened …
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'Stolen' – AT
Students were engaged in a series of activities associated with the theme of reconciliation. Students listened to a teacher-reading of ‘The Shack that Dad Built’ by Elaine Russell and completed a tabular comparison of lives and experiences. Students listened …
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