AC9L1F10C05 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

create and present informative and imaginative texts for diverse contexts and purposes, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and a range of features and conventions to engage different audiences

Elaborations

• 1 creating the script for a short documentary, using digital tools to record and present, for example, producing a documentary about Creation, Dreamtime, Dreaming or a traditional story that connects them with Country/Place and Peoples
• 2 creating an informative podcast for the school community to showcase recent events or future activities or initiatives, selecting language and audio features appropriate to audience
• 3 creating a multimodal advertisement using persuasive language to advocate for traditional medicines, bush foods, or a community event or cultural celebration
• 4 reporting on their own or others’ experiences of events, using formats such as personal recounts, blogs or digital/oral presentations
• 5 interviewing and writing a biography of a significant First Nations individual person or group from their region, for example, a community leader, musician, artist or sportsperson
• 6 creating evaluative, persuasive or reflective texts on cultural, social and or environmental issues that concern them, to be featured on a platform of their choice such as a school newsletter or a secure school social-media site
• 7 creating an interactive or multimodal presentation, for younger children or for the community, that highlights the benefits of maintaining and strengthening their language
• 8 creating, and sharing spoken, written or multimodal texts, that express their sense of identity such as identity maps or family trees that describe significant life events, genealogy, and connection with Country/Place, cultural Lore and language
• 9 creating an evaluative appraisal of the significant events or achievements of First Nations Australians, such as the National Apology, the National Day of Healing (National Sorry Day), the Referendum, the Freedom Ride, Native Title, and the Uluru Statement from the Heart
• 10 creating a collaboratively collated biographical booklet dedicated to the people who brought about positive change for First Nations Peoples, featuring individuals such as Uncle David Unaipon, Eddie Koiki Mabo, Charles Perkins AO, Rachel Perkins, Adam Goodes, Doris Pilkington Garimara AM and Cathy Freeman OAM
• 11 composing the script for a short play or film, including director’s instructions, descriptions of setting, characters, etc., with digital and performative elements
• 12 creating an individual artwork or community mural, with guidance from Elders and/or community members, and critiquing the symbolic meanings of the imagery, composing a commentary on effective methods in creating cultural and/or historical meaning
• 13 choreographing a new dance, after consulting with Elders and/or community members, to represent a current issue(s) that affects their community and Country/Place

Related Achievement Standards