AC9LF10C05 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor 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

• • Elaboration creating a multimodal profile, biography of or tribute to a prominent French-speaking person in the Australian community; outlining successes achieved, challenges overcome and goals and aspirations for the future
• • Elaboration reading an instruction manual such as mode d’emploi pour l'installation d’un logiciel and advising a friend on the steps to take, using plain French
• • Elaboration composing and illustrating a children's story book and reading it to younger children within the school or the community, using expressive French intonation, rhythm, pitch and appropriate gestures
• • Elaboration writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in French reflecting on the impact of a visit to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, and, with permission, referring to cultural knowledge of the site
• • Elaboration making language choices that indicate values and attitudes when creating texts, for example, the placement of nouns and adjectives C’est un bon à rien; C’est un brave jeune homme/C’est un jeune homme brave; Ce sont des sans-papiers/Ce sont des réfugiés.
• • Elaboration creating a real or simulated role-play using language for buying and selling goods and services such as ordering in a bakery, selling second-hand clothes, organising travel, considering using planes or trains for carbon footprint, and raising money for charities
• • Elaboration creating the script for a talk to present their views on the pros and cons regarding a current issue of interest, such as animal welfare, climate change, anti-racism, explaining their reasons for agreeing or disagreeing, and applying strategies to convince their audience

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• • Elaboration composing and performing a poem, song, monologue or dialogue, adjusting the text and performance to suit the audience
• • Elaboration using emotive language and images when creating texts such as reports on current issues, C’est émouvant, C’est troublant, C’est déraisonnable.
• • Elaboration exploring the use of French colloquialisms, language codifié such as argot or verlan, for example, zyva – vas-y; ouf – fou; zarbi-bizarre and idioms, for example, tomber dans les pommes, les doigts dans le nez when creating texts for a young audience
• • Elaboration making an entry in an imagined diary or journal about memorable past experiences or future plans and aspirations