AC9LRF8C03 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor interpret information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience

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• • Elaboration accessing a range of texts such as articles, scientific data and evidence, and Creation, Dreamtime, Dreaming and traditional stories, to demonstrate that there are shared universal world views and to exchange information about the world, science, astronomy, etc.
• • Elaboration responding to texts such as stories or video clips by recording key vocabulary and expressions, identifying main ideas and sequences of events
• • Elaboration discussing and explaining how land, waters, sky, people, plants, animals, and social and ecological relationships are expressed through the arts
• • Elaboration identifying how geographical location relates to or expresses elements of Country/Place and Peoples, and investigating how this may be manifested in traditional and contemporary arts, including paintings, weavings and artefacts
• • Elaboration listening to, viewing and sharing personal responses to popular First Nations traditional and contemporary music, identifying key messages and themes
• • Elaboration investigating how stories and songs often link neighbouring First Nations groups and nations, and recreating or acting out their own stories or songs
• • Elaboration researching the origins of First Nations names in their local regional, state or territory, recording meanings where known, and identifying different source languages, comparing similarities to or shared words with their own language

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• • Elaboration providing live commentary of a dance performance, with guidance from Elders and/or community members, commenting on movements, the role and positioning of the dancers and musicians, the significance of body art, symbols and adornments, and interpreting key messages of the performance and the meaning of movements
• • Elaboration developing a photographic record or portfolio of different animal and plant species found on Country/Place, providing a spoken or written commentary or annotations
• • Elaboration identifying and describing the role of various First Nations organisations that provide services to their community
• • Elaboration researching different aspects of a selected First Nations business operating in the community, for example, an organisation or enterprise associated with the arts, bush medicine, bush food, tourism, transportation or animal husbandry, and presenting findings in a digital format or oral presentation mode
• • Elaboration researching First Nations words used in English, and identifying and explaining words that come from the local language
• • Elaboration researching and exchanging opinions about important historical events concerning the local community
• • Elaboration reading a Creation, Dreamtime, Dreaming or traditional story, and placing the events in chronological order or translating a section of the story
• • Elaboration reading and performing a traditional song or dance with permission from Elders and/or community members, and explaining it to younger students