AC9LMG8EU02
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9LMG8EU02 | Years 7 to 8 Modern Greek: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor develop knowledge of, and use structures and features of, the Greek alphabet, grammatical and writing systems to understand and create spoken, written and multimodal texts
Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Modern Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration using the Modern Greek alphabet for spelling of names and commonly used language
- • Elaboration applying punctuation in texts, for example, the question mark (;), the acute (ά) and commas
- • Elaboration recognising and applying agreement and word order, for example, Η μαμά μου είναι ...
- • Elaboration learning the definite article in both singular and plural forms ο, η, το, οι, οι, τα
- • Elaboration distinguishing the difference between the use of definite and indefinite articles, for example, ο, η, το,ένας, μία, ένα
- • Elaboration using simple prepositions to add detail and connect ideas, such as κάτω, μέσα, έξω, πάνω, πίσω, μπροστά
- • Elaboration counting and using numbers in different contexts, such as telling the time, stating dates and quantities, for example, Είναι έξι η ώρα, Είμαι πενήντα κιλά, Πηγαίνω πρώτη γυμνασίου, Τα γενέθλιά μου είναι στις 10 Απριλίου.
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- • Elaboration using singular and plural pronouns, εγώ, εσύ, αυτός/η/ο, εμείς, εσείς, αυτοί/ες/α
- • Elaboration understanding and applying verb conjugation by using appropriate verb endings, for example, εγώ γράφω, εσύ γράφεις, αυτός/ή/ό γράφει, εμείς γράφουμε, εσείς γράφετε, αυτοί/ές/ά γράφουν
- • Elaboration using affirmative and negative statements in present, for example, εγώ παίζω, εγώ δεν παίζω, εγώ παίζω;
- • Elaboration understanding and applying word order such as subject+verb+object, for example, Ο Νίκος παίζει μπάλα., as well as word agreement such as adjectives and nouns, for example, η κόκκινη μπάλα
- • Elaboration understanding Greek nouns are assigned one of 3 grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, neuter and that grammatical gender can reflect the actual gender of an animal or person, but also the gender of an inanimate object, for example, η καρέκλα, η τσάντα, ο καναπές
- • Elaboration indicating ownership or possession using singular possessive pronouns after the noun or adjective they refer to, such as μου, σου, του, της, του, του, for example, το βιβλίο μου, η μαμά της
- • Elaboration incorporating basic connectives in texts to enhance cohesion and link ideas, such as και, γιατί, αλλά, for example, Παίζω κιθάρα, αλλά μου αρέσει και το πιάνο
- • Elaboration recognising command verbs in context, for example, έλα, ελάτε, κλείσε, άνοιξε, κάθισε, καθίστε, σήκω, σηκωθείτε, γύρισε, γράψε, διάβασε, άκουσε
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