ACL9LCG10U01 Year 9 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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.

apply the phonological and orthographic systems of Classical Greek in a range of contexts

Elaborations

• 1

  applying knowledge of sound and spelling changes, for example, when stops β/π/φ, τ/δ/θ/ζ, κ/γ/χ are followed by sigma, as in σπεύδω/ἔσπευσα, πέμπω/ἔπεμψα, διώκω/ἐδίωξα

• 2 noting that iota subscript is given in the upper case when reading Classical Greek inscriptions
• 3

  recognising the component parts of compound words that involve the transfer of aspirates, for example, κατά + ἵστημι = καθίστημι

• 4

  applying knowledge of non-Attic versions of common words, for example, θάλασσα (θάλαττα), πονέω (πονῶ), ἐς (εἰς), μάτηρ (μήτηρ)

• 5

  applying knowledge of diacritical marks for accentuation, to distinguish between words with the same spelling, for example, interrogative and indefinite adverbs, pronouns such as τις and τίς, or verbs such as πονεῖ and πόνει

• 6

  understanding the function of crasis and elision when reading aloud, for example, κἀγαθοί = καὶ ἀγαθοί, τἄλλα = τὰ ἄλλα

• 7 reciting or presenting extracts from Classical Greek texts, using expression to convey meaning, tone and emphasis, for example, excerpts from ‘The Iliad’ by Homer, ‘The odes of Pindar’, ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles or ‘Medea’ by Euripides

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