AC9LS8EC06 Year 7 Languages

AC9LS8EC06 – Year 7 Languages: Creating text in Spanish

Strand

Communicating meaning in Spanish

Substrand

Creating text in Spanish

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.

Content Descriptor

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

Elaborations

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preparing a presentation by following a format that includes a greeting, introduction and sequenced ideas, for example, Buenos días. Hoy voy a hablar de los koalas. Voy a compartir su descripción física, su dieta y dónde viven. Los koalas son animales muy simpáticos.
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composing and performing a role-play based on a real or imagined scenario, for example, meeting a new student, ¿cuál es tu asignatura favorita? or going to the shops, ¿dónde está la panadería?
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producing informative texts that combine print, digital or visual elements for specific audiences, for example, creating a brochure or video about their school or community for a Spanish-speaking audience, Esta es la biblioteca donde hay libros; a digital personal profile for class peers, Mi música favorita es el rock; or a presentation of their dream home, Mi casa ideal es/está …
• creating a print or digital poster in Spanish to promote travel to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, including what to see and do
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creating resources such as posters or displays to create awareness of relevant issues, for example, the environment, la basura a la papelera; use of technology, respeta online/en línea; and school etiquette, camina por la izquierda
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writing a story by composing captions for a sequence of pictures or images, for example, Hay una familia. La familia está en el parque. El parque tiene un lago con patos …
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creating characters, situations or events in a range of texts designed to entertain others, such as a short narrative, digital photo story, comic strip, or a page of a big book for younger students, for example, Mi monstruo vive en el espacio y come estrellas

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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 was previously written to create a funny story, for example, Es martes por la tarde y …, Las dos chicas están en el colegio …
• planning and presenting a performance for non-Spanish speakers, with bilingual and explanatory commentary

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANSPA7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use Spanish language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They recognise relationships between spoken and written forms. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Spanish or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts. Students approximate pronunciation and intonation in spoken Spanish. They demonstrate understanding that Spanish has conventions and rules for non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Spanish and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Spanish language is connected with culture and identity, and that this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.