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AC9LMG10EC06 Years 9 to 10 Languages

AC9LMG10EC06 | Years 9 to 10 Modern Greek: Creating text in Greek

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor 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

Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand
Communicating meaning in Greek
Substrand
Creating text in Greek

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 presenting digital texts in Greek on topics such as recycling, sustainability and ‘zero waste’ movement, school life, sports or leisure activities
  • • Elaboration presenting information about cultural events in different formats such as captioned photographs, digital presentation or emails, for example, an Antipodes festival/Glendi, traditional dance performances and costumes
  • • Elaboration explaining a Greek custom or practice to an Australian audience, for example, Απόκριες, using appropriate language structures and supporting graphics, materials and gestures
  • • Elaboration writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in Greek 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 creating persuasive texts such as promotional brochures, speech scripts, infographics or video clips to encourage people from the wider community to attend an event or to recycle waste containers and materials, for example, Ανακύκλωσε σήμερα για να έχεις αύριο
  • • Elaboration accessing texts such as songs, films and digital/online texts, and creating a new version or modifying key aspects, for example, introducing a new character or creating alternative endings
  • • Elaboration illustrating and captioning imaginative stories or characters in different formats such as cartoons, photo stories, using descriptive and expressive language, for example, Η παρέα μου, or using other devices such as alliteration or similes and metaphors, άσπρος σαν το χιόνι, κολυμπά σαν δελφίνι, κρύος σαν πάγος
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  • • Elaboration writing and/or narrating a diary entry for an imaginary or real character, such as a person living during the period of the Greek Revolution or a Greek philosopher or mathematician, for example, Σήμερα πήραμε πίσω τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Σήμερα ανακάλυψα ότι η γη είναι επίπεδη. Εγώ, ο Πυθαγόρας, έκανα μια νέα ανακάλυψη.
  • • Elaboration creating a range of texts to entertain and engage particular audiences, for example, digital books, songs, cartoons and video clips suitable for young or new learners of Greek
  • • Elaboration writing a recipe and procedure for a fusion dish in Greek with footnotes in English about the ingredients and flavours, for example, ελληνικά τάκος, φέτα Ηπείρου με βετζεμαιτ, πατάτες τηγανητές με φύκια, λουκουμάδες με μερέντα
  • • Elaboration working in pairs to write a text message or secure social media ‘comment’ conversation, experimenting with handles, @ and # symbols, for example, Πώς είναι ο καιρός; #ηλιόλουστος, Σώσε τον πλανήτη μας! #ανακύκλωση
  • • Elaboration writing the first part of a text with genre of their choice and exchanging paper with a peer to continue writing the text, attempting to follow the same style, themes and conventions, or folding their paper so the next person cannot see the previous material and continuing the story, for example, Σε έναν γαλαξία πολύ μακριά από εδώ ...

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