AC9LMG2U03 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor notice that Greek has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration comparing similar texts in Greek and English and noticing how they are the same or different, for example, a counting song, street signs or labels at a market
• • Elaboration understanding that the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet have connections with the Ancient Greek alphabet, and comparing lower-case and upper-case Modern Greek and Roman alphabet letters
• • Elaboration understanding that there are many words and names in English that have Greek origins, for example, Alex, Chloe, Timothy, Theodore, Zoe, alphabet, astronaut, chemist, dentist, echidna, platypus, eucalyptus, hippopotamus, mathematics, school, story, telephone
• • Elaboration using an anchor chart for cognates and words with Greek roots, and adding to it throughout the year, for example, αλφάβητο, βάζο, Σεπτέμβριος, σαλάτα, λεμόνι, μπανάνα
• • Elaboration recognising the order of words in phrases and sentences, for example, η μαμά μου, Δεν κάνει κρύο, Nα η θεία μου, and making comparisons with English sentence structure
• • Elaboration noticing that certain sounds in English do not exist in Greek, for example, noticing sounds when writing their names and other familiar words such as ‘a’-α as in Katerina/Κατερίνα, the hard ‘d’-ντ as in tomato/ντομάτα, ‘b’-μπ as in dad/μπαμπάς, and ‘j’-τζ as in glass/τζάμι