AC9LH8C05 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, features and conventions appropriate to text type and context

Elaborations

• 1 representing Hindi script digitally in texts with the use of a Hindi keyboard and online translation tools
• 2 presenting a personal perspective on a shared learning experience such as a documentary on an environmental or community issue such as conservation or homelessness
• 3 developing a presentation for a young Hindi-speaking audience on the distinctive features of the Australian landscape, history, peoples or cultures
• 4 creating a print or digital poster in Hindi to promote travel to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, including what to see and do
• 5 writing and performing a play, cultural demonstration or skit for a school or community event, using Hindi for the performance and English for supporting explanations, for example, the first day at a new school, participating in a festival, or appearing on an Indian reality show
• 6 creating informative texts such as notices, web posts, flyers or posters to promote and inform others about events or school news, such as a new canteen menu, the school dance, Harmony Day, for example, नया ग्रीष्मकालीन मेनू अगले सप्ताह शुरू होगा! आओ मनाएं होली का त्योहार!
• 7 reporting on experiences of events associated with cultural expression and traditions, using formats such as personal recounts, secure blogs or digital presentations, for example, ऑस्ट्रेलिया के सामुदायिक शिविर; दिवाली उत्सव
• 8 animating their own imaginative fables, picture books, stories or cartoons in Hindi with embedded morals and values to present to younger audiences, using techniques, language and themes to engage and excite, for example, नैतिक शिक्षा – दूसरों की भलाई करने से ख़ुशी मिलती है।
• 9 composing and performing texts for specific purposes and audiences, such as jingles or digital animations, interpretations of poems for a public recitation or a speaking competition, or to create new interest in existing or imagined products
• 10 using literary devices in texts, such as onomatopoeia, similes and idioms, to engage an audience and convey meaning, for example, टिप टिप, छनक-छनक, खन खन, रुई जैसे बादल, शीशे जैसा साफ
• 11 performing imaginative representations of characters, contexts and feelings, for example, मित्रता; निष्ठा; साहस, using gestures, voice and props to build mood and to explore relationships and emotions

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