AC9LRF8C02 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.

collaborate in activities that involve the language of transaction, negotiation and problem-solving, to plan projects and events

Elaborations

• 1

  participating in planning and making arrangements, using language related to place and activity, for example, organising class events such as holding a lunch, party or performance for NAIDOC Week and/or Reconciliation Week, using expressions such as "What shall we do?", "What do you think about …?", "Who wants to create the invitation?", "What type of food are we going to have?", "Who wants to perform?", "What about the music?", "Who shall we invite?" or equivalent as appropriate in [Language]

• 2 designing posters, displays and digital presentations, with guidance from Elders and /or community members, to draw attention to issues relevant to the Country/Place and Peoples, such as the importance of learning [Language] at school
• 3 creating collaborative presentations to showcase language-learning progress, such as creating displays or performances for Elders and/or community members, friends or the school community
• 4 participating in an exchange of opinions to form conclusions or solve issues on topics related to their personal worlds, such as working collaboratively to make a shield on Country/Place, with guidance from Elders and /or community members, and choosing the correct tree, bark and tools required for the function of the shield, if appropriate
• 5 giving and following instructions, using gestures or hand signs as needed, for example, explaining how to cook bush foods
• 6 promoting community events such as festivals or cultural activities, for example, making posters for music festivals or football matches in the [Language] community and posting on a secure school site
• 7 initiating student-led lunchtime or out-of-school hours programs to encourage their peers to read, exercise and improve technology literacy
• 8 making a video or multimodal presentation to provide information about the area in which they live and places of significance to them
• 9 researching traditional ways of bartering, such as negotiating for tools, weapons, instruments and artefacts, and presenting information in their preferred presentation mode
• 10 participating in a collaborative project, such as contributing to a school newsletter, secure blog or making posters to promote awareness and understanding of an important issue for the school community
• 11 creating resources collaboratively to help others, such as compiling helpful hints for new students at the school, for example, creating a student handbook in [Language]
• 12 planning culturally respectful interview questions to ask an Elder and/or community member or local First Nations person visiting the school
• 13 researching and presenting how local resources such as ochre or quartz have been sourced and used continuously by First Nations Peoples

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