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AC9LMG4C03 Years 3 to 4 Languages

AC9LMG4C03 | Years 3 to 4 Modern Greek: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Content Descriptor

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

Foundation to Year 10 sequence

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

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Modern Greek · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration learning that First Nations Australian languages change according to connections and relationships between people, and giving examples of how this occurs in Greek
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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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  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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

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