Animale stranissimo - AT
Students had completed a unit of work learning about animals and the adjectives and expressions to describe the physical attributes of animals. Students had learnt subject, verb, noun, adjective word order and agreement in Italian. Students were asked …
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Agreeing adjectives - AT
During an introductory activity to consolidate learning, students were asked to show their understanding by agreeing adjectives into masculine and feminine nouns.
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Introduction of self and friend - AT
Students had learnt the sentence structures, grammar and vocabulary for self-introductions and how to introduce friends. In this task, students were asked to write a self-introduction and to introduce a friend using the pre-learnt expressions and vocabulary. …
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Wie ist das Wetter? – AT
Students learnt about the terms used for weather in German and how to describe the weather using short, modelled sentences. In this task, students were asked to create a poster with pictures and sentences to describe the weather. They were asked to create …
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Meine Familie- AT
Students learnt vocabulary related to describing family and pets, including names, ages, birthdays and personal characteristics. They were also introduced to grammar structures such as present tense of verbs, possessive articles (mein/dein) and the subject-direct …
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The Australian colonies – ABOVE
Students constructed climate maps to show the location of the major climate zones in Australia. Students then produced overlays for the maps to indicate key events from the colonial history of each state and territory along with indications of its main …
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Bushfire action plan – ABOVE
Students were asked to write a bushfire action plan for their homes. Students examined digital and printed advice from rural fire authorities to identify key information and worked in consultation with their parents or carers to personalise the structure …
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Bushfire action plan – AT
Students were asked to write a bushfire action plan for their homes. Students examined digital and printed advice from rural fire authorities to identify key information and worked in consultation with their parents or carers to personalise the structure …
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Travel itinerary – ABOVE
Students were asked to produce a map depicting the position, distance and direction of places in the northern hemisphere relative to a location in eastern Australia. The map was to be presented as an itinerary for a potential round-the-world journey by …
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Federation: for and against – AT
Students were provided with a selection of primary and secondary sources detailing the key figures and events that led to Australia’s federation in 1901. The task involved extracting arguments for and against federation and then recording this information …
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Email to a member of parliament – ABOVE
Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …
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Email to a member of parliament – AT
Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …
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Animales de Venezuela – AT (Spanish 3-4)
Students learnt about Venezuelan animals and how to describe habitat, characteristics, what they eat and what they can do. Students were familiar with simple sentence constructions using present tense verbs, adjectives, simple conjunctions, plural forms, …
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About me – AT (Spanish 5-6)
Students had previously learnt language structures and vocabulary for self-introduction and talking about themselves. In this diagnostic task, students were asked to demonstrate their prior knowledge by creating a personal profile to convey relevant information, …
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My Spanish learning journey – AT
Students participated in whole-class and peer discussions about their Spanish learning journey. Concepts such as identity, intercultural awareness, metalanguage, values, global citizenship and culture were unpacked and discussed, with students recording …
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Listening comprehension – AT
Students learnt how to talk about themselves and then applied the knowledge to listen to information about other people. Students practiced listening to the teacher read introductions about various people before completing a listening comprehension task. …
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Source analysis: Ötzi, the iceman – AT
Students were presented with a selection of unseen primary and secondary sources associated with the discovery of the body of Ötzi, the iceman, in 1991. They were asked to answer a series of questions about each of these sources and then propose an explanation …
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Letter: Life in ancient China – Above (history)
Students were asked to adopt the perspective of a peasant in ancient China and to write a letter describing the main features of their life. This task was undertaken at the end of a unit on ancient China in which students investigated housing, work, clothing, …
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Postcard from Angkor Wat - ABOVE
Students were asked to imagine visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia and to design and write the two sides of a postcard detailing what they had seen and learned at the site. They were provided with a teacher-created template to record their thoughts and observations, …
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School holidays recount – AT
Students learnt how to compose short recounts using simple, modelled language structures and familiar vocabulary relating to leisure activities, likes/dislikes and family members. In this task, students were asked to write a short recount about their …
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