AC9LH10EC06 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts, selecting vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures and textual conventions for familiar and some unfamiliar contexts and purposes, to engage different audiences

Elaborations

• 1 composing promotional or persuasive texts for audiences such as peers, younger children, parents or authorities in order to argue a case or establish a position on an issue, for example, प्रदूषण के प्रभाव, पढ़ाई और मनोरंजन में तालमेल, पौष्टिक आहार और स्वास्थ्य
• 2 creating a multimodal resource to introduce prospective Hindi-speaking tourists or recent migrants to different aspects of Australian life such as cultural and linguistic diversity, city/local attractions, animals, dangers, and outback exploration, for example, ऑस्ट्रेलिया एक बहुसांस्कृतिक देश हैं ।, यहाँ बहुत खतरनाक जानवर हैं, जैसे कि जहरीले साँप और मकड़ियाँ।
• 3 creating bilingual stories or adapting an existing resource such as a traditional story by designing, illustrating and captioning texts using expressive and imaginative language to capture character and emotion to suit a different kind of audience such as young people in today’s society
• 4 writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in Hindi 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
• 5 writing the first, middle or last part of a text in the genre of their choice, and exchanging with peers to write the missing sections following the same style, themes and conventions, for example, मेरे सपनों की छुट्टियां..., अगर मेरे पास सुपर पावर होती..., प्रिय डायरी...
• 6 creating a digital profile of a significant member of the wider Hindi-speaking world, using information collected from online research, documentaries or published interviews, for example, a philosopher, poet and writer such as Rabindranath Tagore, a film music composer and musician such as O.P. Nayyar, a chef, artist or sporting figure
• 7 creating a spoken commentary on traditional games such as कबड्डी or खो-खो, sports or an event such as an India-Australia cricket match, music festival or fashion show, using modelled language and style that characterise these text genres, for example, यह लाल पोषक क्या जबरदस्त लग रही है!
• 8 creating a profile of a particular group or community, for example, a collection of mini biographies of class members, family or friendship groups, including details such as personal achievements, special memories and interests, मेरे दादाजी को सर्वश्रेठ लेखक का पुरस्कार मिला हैं।
• 9 creating leaflets or slogans to raise awareness of social or environmental issues in Hindi-speaking communities, for example, स्वच्छ भारत; छोटा परिवार - सुखी परिवार; बेटी बचाओ-बेटी पढ़ाओ
• 10 using descriptive and evocative language to create an imagined scene, event or interaction designed to create a strong emotional response, such as fear, relief, anticipation or amazement, for example, मैंने जब लाटरी जीती तो मेरा जीवन ही बदल गया

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