AC9LG4C05 Year 3 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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 spoken, written and multimodal texts using formulaic expressions, simple phrases and sentences and modelled textual conventions

Elaborations

• 1

  creating and illustrating short imaginative or informative texts, such as using secure digital tools to produce Mein Traumhaus, and annotating the presentation, for example, Mein Schloss ist sehr alt, groβ und schön. Es ist rosa und lila

• 2

  sharing an item (Schultüte, Zuckertüte, etc.), relating to German-speaking communities’ language and culture through the school newsletter, at a school assembly or in a library display, or displaying links to digitally-produced student items such as movies or photo-text collages

• 3 designing simple written and multimodal correspondence such as invitations or greeting cards in print or digital form, incorporating formulaic expressions, simple phrases and sentences, and modelled textual conventions, for example, an invitation to Grandparents’ Day at school
• 4 creating simple descriptions in German and matching them to appropriate First Nations Country/Place locations in their local area or elsewhere in Australia
• 5

  producing and presenting illustrated or multimodal texts using a modelled structure, for example, an acrostic poem based on their first name or Elfchen (an 11-word poem) about a family member or pet

• 6

  using modelled structures and picture prompts to retell the basic plot of a narrative, or making simple summary statements, for example, Der König und die Königin sind im Schloss.

• 7

  creating and presenting a performance using modelled German language, for example, a puppet play involving die Maus from Die Sendung mit der Maus meeting a current Australian fictional character or an Igel meeting an echidna

• 8

  acting out a text with a repetitive plot and/or dialogue, and adapting aspects of the story, for example, Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt or another well-known story from German-speaking countries or regions’ culture

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