AC9L2F8C05 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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 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

• 1 creating a journal record of activities such as excursions, performances or sporting events to share with teacher and peers
• 2 writing the biography of a significant Elder and/or community member to share with teacher, family and peers
• 3 creating a family tree to explore kinship and naming systems, relationships and responsibilities, etc.
• 4 describing a typical day during the school week or on the weekend
• 5 creating a rap or skit to entertain others, including digital or performative elements
• 6 creating an interactive presentation for younger children that highlights the benefits of reclaiming and revitalising the language of and connection with the Country/Place, and of learning [Language] as an additional or second language
• 7 reviewing a film, computer game, novel or performance and writing a review using key words, phrases and expressions
• 8 taking on the role of a character from a First Nations story and responding to questions in-role of that character
• 9 telling the story of a real or imagined journey, involving a variety of characters connected with County/Place or events, and choosing a preferred mode of storytelling, such as miming, performing, dancing, animating, or recounting the story
• 10 creating their own visual and performative artwork and, after consultation with and permission from Elders and/or community members, using symbols and techniques appropriate to Country/Place to convey a message or emotion, for example, a dance using movement to convey the meaning/message/theme of the story
• 11 creating animations, songs, short plays, sporting chants/jingles or stories to present in class or to share with the local community or with a wider, virtual audience
• 12 creating and editing a multimodal presentation in [Language] to explain aspects of the local Country/Place, for example, the importance of geographical features, spiritual significance, uniqueness of flora and fauna
• 13 researching and sharing information about other Indigenous Peoples in Asia, for example, the Ainu people of Northern Japan

Related Achievement Standards