ACL9LCG10E02 | Years 9 to 10 Classical Greek: Accessing and responding to Classical Greek texts

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor respond to texts and discuss ideas about ancient Greek society in Classical Greek or English, as appropriate

Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand

Engaging with the ancient Greek world through texts

Substrand

Accessing and responding to Classical Greek texts

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Classical Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

• Elaboration reading texts in Classical Greek and responding to questions in English to demonstrate understanding of content, context, purpose and technique
• Elaboration comparing social issues such as class, the role of women and civil rights in the Classical Greek and modern world
• Elaboration researching inscriptions or graffiti and analysing what they reveal about the society of the time
• Elaboration reading about events which have taken place in Athens and creating a virtual tour of the Agora or the Acropolis of Athens, adding written or oral text in English or simple sentences in Classical Greek
• Elaboration reading texts on the Peloponnesian war and re-enacting the ecclesia, debating a significant, related issue such as whether the Athenian farmers should leave their lands, retreat to the city and conduct a long war against the Spartans
• Elaboration gathering and collating information about ancient Greek art, including sculpture, jewellery and painting, and producing an online exhibition catalogue
• Elaboration reading a text and analysing characters, themes and the use of literary features

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• Elaboration discussing how language is used to reveal character, values and key messages in texts such as narratives, dialogues, plays, poems, letters or speeches, for example, Pericles’ funeral oration
• Elaboration discussing characters such as Croesus in ‘The Histories’ by Herodotus and Dicaeopolis in ‘The Acharnians’ by Aristophanes, and composing an imaginative text or performing a role-play from that character’s point of view
• Elaboration evaluating the effectiveness of texts by considering the use of techniques such as simile, metaphor, personification or pathos for particular purposes such as to entertain or persuade
• Elaboration listening to and/or reading extracts from original or modified texts, and performing them to convey meaning using appropriate expression, phrasing, stress and tone

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Achievement standard statements this supports

Achievement standardASLANCLGY910_91001Years 9 to 10 Classical Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequenceBy the end of Year 10, students use their knowledge of Classical Greek to interpret and analyse information from a range of texts and sources about ancient Greek society and culture.See it on the standard page →

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