AC9LMG4C03 Year 3 Languages

AC9LMG4C03 – Year 3 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Greek

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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.

Content Descriptor

locate and respond to key information related to familiar content obtained from spoken, written and multimodal texts

Elaborations

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reading profiles and stories in print and digital form about, for example, people and animals, and creating a display with names and short descriptions, for example, Ο ελέφαντας είναι μεγάλος, Το ποντίκι είναι μικρό
• locating and responding to key information relating to school activities in a Greek context, for example, from a sister school, and comparing with own daily schedule/routine, timetable, break time οr subjects
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identifying and relaying keywords obtained from short spoken texts with some unfamiliar language, for example, some items on a recorded shopping list, ένα γάλα, δύο ψωμιά, ένα κιλό μπανάνες, ένα πακέτο παξιμάδια or sequencing pictures/items in order of what they hear
• learning that First Nations Australian languages change according to connections and relationships between people, and giving examples of how this occurs in Greek
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surveying/interviewing peers regarding their likes, interests, routines and activities, and compiling the results in charts, Venn diagrams, graphs or pictorial presentations, for example, 10 μαθητές έχουν σκυλιά
• listening to, reading and viewing stories in various formats, for example, 'Aesop’s Fables', or stories by contemporary Greek authors, and responding to questions about characters, themes and events
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using information and descriptive language from a Greek myth or legend, creating a profile or digital presentation about a character, their personality traits, attributes and their achievements, for example, Θεά Αθηνά, κουκουβάγια, ελιά, σπαθί, ασπίδα, Θεά της σοφίας

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• obtaining information from various sources and deciding which facts to include in a text about the school or community, for example, choosing facts or items that would be useful for Greek-speaking visitors, such as a school/neighbourhood map, timetable or canteen menu
• creating a timeline or sequence of the main events of a story using pictures, words and simple sentences, for example, a simple bilingual timeline of Greek history with key dates
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watching or listening to a short weather report, deciding which day to invite their friend to play outside and creating a short invitation or message with corresponding images, for example, Θα κάνει ζέστη το Σάββατο, Πάμε στη θάλασσα

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANMGRF10Y34

Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use Greek language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal worlds. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts.Students imitate sound combinations and rhythms of spoken Greek. They demonstrate understanding that Greek has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Greek and make comparisons between Greek and English. They understand that the Greek language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).