AC9LCH8EC05 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor create spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, using vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures, textual conventions and appropriate characters and/or Pinyin, to suit purpose and audience

Elaborations

• • Elaboration creating digital presentations adding sound, voice and music, for example, a story about local action such as cleaning up a beach (BL) and explaining how cleaning up a beach will benefit the ocean (L1)
• • Elaboration producing a poster or a digital brochure using graphics, photographs and illustrations for a cultural event in China or Australia such as the Lantern Festival or Harmony Day (BL), or describing the area where they lived in China or Chinese-speaking country, including detail such as pros and cons of living there (L1)
• • Elaboration creating texts depicting the experiences of Chinese-speaking people in Australia, for example, a short interview conducted with an older member of the local Chinese community (BL), or writing a short narrative reflecting a Chinese person’s adjustment to life in Australia (L1)
• • Elaboration writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in Chinese reflecting on the impact of a school excursion to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, and, with permission, referring to cultural knowledge of the site
• • Elaboration developing material to explain a procedure or practice, such as a recipe or a tutorial on the rules of a sport or game (BL), and making lanterns or tai chi moves (L1)
• • Elaboration creating subtitles to match short video clips or descriptions, for presentations of intercultural experiences such as going on an overseas holiday, giving or accepting a gift or for informing peers and school or local community about a cultural event
• • Elaboration composing songs, jingles or video clips to promote real or imagined Australian products for a Chinese market, or vice versa

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• • Elaboration writing and performing role-plays using alternative versions of cultural stories, incorporating voice, rhythm and gesture to animate characters, or using support materials such as drawings or story maps to create visual contexts, for example, 《嫦娥奔月》 or 《后羿射日》
• • Elaboration creating an original story based on modelled, common expressions and phrases (BL) or from idioms or quotations from traditional literature such as狐假虎威，or 三人行，必有我师焉 from《论语·述而》(L1)