AC9LMG8EC06 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

create spoken, written and multimodal, informative and imaginative texts using appropriate vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures, and some textual conventions

Elaborations

• 1 creating informative texts such as diary entries, emails, posters, presentations, related to own experiences, for example, important events in their lives, such as birthdays and cultural celebrations
• 2

  creating imaginary exchanges between characters from a story in a performance for the class, for example, meeting a character from a Greek story or film for the first time, Γεια σας ποιο είναι το όνομά σας?

• 3

  selecting appropriate formal/informal language and conventions to suit audience, for example, writing a text message to a friend versus an email to the teacher, for example, Έλα, τι κάνεις; Έρχεσαι; vs Αγαπητή κυρία Φρόσω, Θα ήθελα να ...

• 4 creating a print or digital poster in Greek to promote travel to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, including what to see and do
• 5

  creating their own versions of familiar texts such as stories, greeting cards or board games, for example, a Greek version of Scrabble, or Η πολύ πεινασμένη κάμπια for younger students, την Τρίτη έφαγε 5 ελιές

• 6

  writing the first part of a short narrative, and exchanging with a peer to write the next section, repeating until the text is complete and reading aloud, or folding the paper so the next person cannot see what is previously written to create a funny story, for example, αύριο θα πάω στην Ντίσνεϋλαντ ...

• 7 creating and telling an imaginative story from a stimulus object or picture using secure digital tools, for example, using speech bubbles, voice recordings, captions or subtitles to accompany visuals
• 8 creating and performing a short play or video clip to share with and entertain others, for example, a rap or role-play on Grandparents’ Day or an open day for younger students
• 9 writing a short poem such as an acrostic poem, with a Greek word of their choice (a name, character, food, etc.), and using adjectives or sentences to describe the item

Related Achievement Standards