AC9L1F8C05 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor create and present spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts for specific purposes, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and features, and conventions appropriate to text type and context

Elaborations

• • Elaboration creating a short documentary, using digital tools to record and present information, for example, producing a documentary that conveys information about their school, community, social or cultural events
• • Elaboration creating an interactive or multimodal presentation for younger children and/or the community that highlights the benefits of maintaining and strengthening their language
• • Elaboration writing a report or creating a commentary of an event such as a football match, school camp, school dance or music festival
• • Elaboration creating a multimodal advertisement using persuasive language to advocate for traditional medicines, bush foods, or a community event
• • Elaboration reporting on their own or others’ experiences of events, using formats such as personal recounts, blogs or digital/oral presentations
• • Elaboration interviewing and writing a biography of a significant individual from their community or region, for example, a community leader, musician, artist or sportsperson
• • Elaboration creating texts such as blog posts or articles for school newsletters, social-media sites, or for local media, on social and environmental issues

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• • Elaboration creating and sharing spoken, written or multimodal texts that express their sense of identity, for example, identity maps or family trees that describe significant life events such as community and language affiliations, people and travel experiences
• • Elaboration creating an annotated timeline of key milestones in a significant event or achievement, such as the National Apology, the National Day of Healing (National Sorry Day), the Referendum, the Freedom Ride, Native Title, the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and the people who brought about change such as Uncle David Unaipon, Eddie Koiki Mabo, Charles Perkins AO, Rachel Perkins, Adam Goodes, and Doris Pilkington Garimara AM
• • Elaboration writing a review and expressing appreciation of an event celebrating the diversity of First Nations art, dance, artefacts, song, etc.
• • Elaboration creating a story about an imagined hero or heroine who has the qualities and attributes of significant First Nations Peoples that they admire and respect
• • Elaboration composing the lyrics to a ballad, poem or song, praising significant Elders, community members or family members for their role in passing on [Language] and cultural heritage