AC9LS4C05 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using formulaic expressions, simple phrases and sentences and modelled textual conventions

Elaborations

• • Elaboration creating a class report or visual/digital display related to topics they have been studying in Spanish and/or other learning areas, for example, frutas, animales, daily routines, menu of favourite dishes from Spanish-speaking countries
• • Elaboration planning and presenting information on cultural events of interest to peers, for example, adapting a popular Spanish children’s story to a puppet show or a show and tell of a cultural artefact from a Spanish-speaking country, using a combination of language and visual images such as photos, illustrations, captions and diagrams, for example, Esto es …, Es …, Es de …
• • Elaboration using innovative ways to create a self-profile or self-introduction, for example, using captioned photos in a scrapbook, slide presentation, or a digital, animated character representing themselves, to highlight key characteristics and details, for example, Tengo nueve años, Vivo en Sídney, Estudio chino los sábados, Tengo el pelo negro y los ojos verdes.
• • Elaboration creating simple descriptions in Spanish and matching them to appropriate First Nations Country/Place locations in their local area or elsewhere in Australia
• • Elaboration recreating familiar stories or fables to share with younger learners of Spanish, using modelled language and images or performance to engage the audience
• • Elaboration writing the first part of a short, imaginative text, independently or in pairs, and exchanging papers with others to complete a story or sentence, for example, Érase una vez un conejo blanco ...
• • Elaboration singing or reciting alternative versions of familiar songs or rhymes learnt in class, for example, from La vaca lechera to La vaca loca, La gallina turuleca to La gallina feliz

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• • Elaboration creating simple bilingual texts such as Cuentos de la selva, by creating captions for a series of images, or a mini book such as el reciclaje or animales salvajes
• • Elaboration making a sculpture and annotating it to explain their creation, for example, Esta es mi mascota. Es un perro. Tiene el pelo marrón y los ojos negros.
• • Elaboration researching a Spanish-speaking country/region and writing a packing list appropriate for weather, conditions and activities, for example, Mi lista de equipaje para la Patagonia: botas de montaña, chaqueta, gorro …