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AC9LMG10EC04 Years 9 to 10 Languages

AC9LMG10EC04 | Years 9 to 10 Modern Greek: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor interpret information, ideas and perspectives in a wide range of spoken, written and multimodal texts and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience

Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand
Communicating meaning in Greek
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Modern Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration accessing multimodal texts detailing lifestyles in Greek-speaking communities, identifying features of ways of life that reflect modernity or tradition, and discussing reasons for differences
  • • Elaboration recognising cultural expressions, phrases and etiquette in a range of contexts, such as 1st of January and gift giving, first day of month/week, name day celebrations, and incorporating in their own interactions, for example, Και του χρόνου, Καλή εβδομάδα, Καλό μήνα, με γεια τα γυαλιά
  • • Elaboration identifying how certain expressions give clues about particular events and celebrations, for example, Καλό ταξίδι, Στο καλό, Και στα δικά σου, Καλή αντάμωση!
  • • Elaboration listening to or reading First Nations Australians' stories in English, and presenting a profile of them in Greek
  • • Elaboration obtaining and compiling perspectives and attitudes regarding social and cultural issues in their own community, for example, interviewing a local environmental group and presenting information/opinions in graphs, charts or reports, Μπορούμε να βοηθήσουμε το περιβάλλον αν ...
  • • Elaboration exploring and gathering information on a range of cultural practices and traditions through a variety of sources, for example, viewing excerpts from a Greek song or video of a festival, annotating, and discussing with peers, aspects that were interesting and surprising
  • • Elaboration analysing stories such as Greek folktales/myths or ‘Aesop’s Fables’, Ο βασιλιάς Μίδας, ο λαγός και η χελώνα, discussing the values/morals portrayed in these, and explaining these to younger students or those unfamiliar with such texts
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  • • Elaboration researching a Greek festival/experience, event or tourist site, using guiding questions and facts from texts to plan, and writing a postcard in the voice of the journeying character, for example, Που είσαι; Σου αρέσει; Γιατί ή γιατί όχι; Τι σου έχει συμβεί μέχρι τώρα; Τι σου έκανε εντύπωση; Τι έχετε μάθει μέχρι τώρα, για τον εαυτό σας ή τους άλλους; Τι θα κάνεις; or Είμαι στα Γιαννιτσά και περνάω καταπληκτικά! Κάθε μέρα τρώω μπουγάτσα.
  • • Elaboration writing a ‘to do list’ for a character from an imaginative spoken, written or multimodal text, using information from the text, and inferring information and supplying evidence to support inferences, for example, if a character’s dream is to win at the Olympics, Προπόνηση για 2 ώρες την ημέρα., Υγιεινή διατροφή
  • • Elaboration adapting a text for a different purpose, keeping the original information or intent, for example, rewording a formal email from the principal to create an informal text message for their friend, summarising the key points, Όλοι οι μαθητές πρέπει να φοράνε στολή κατά τη διάρκεια των εξετάσεων. vs Απίστευτο, αλλά φοράμε στολή στις εξετάσεις!

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