ACL9LCG10U02 Year 9 Languages

ACL9LCG10U02 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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.

Content Descriptor

select and use vocabulary, grammatical structures and linguistic features of Classical Greek to interpret, translate, and respond to texts

Elaborations

• applying expanded knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and problem-solving skills to translate compound sentences and complex sentences with nested clauses by completing information gap activities in extracts
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applying knowledge of -ω, contract and -μι verbs in all tenses, active and middle, indicative, imperative and infinitive forms
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applying knowledge of common irregular verbs, for example, oἶδα, ἒοικα
• demonstrating a broader understanding of moods by developing charts and mind maps, including the subjunctive and optative, as appropriate
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applying knowledge of the use of participles with the genitive absolute and the accusative absolute by completing a quiz, for example, ἡμέρας γενομένης, ἔδοξεν ταῖς κόραις πρὸς τὸν κρήνην βαίνειν and δέον τὴν πόλιν ἀμύνεσθαι, οἱ ἄνδρες τὰ ὅπλα ἔφερον
• applying knowledge of the passive voice in all applicable tenses, including first and second aorist and future
• developing a broader understanding of clauses, including fearing, conditional and indefinite clauses

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• understanding the structure and use of indirect statements with ὅτι, the infinitive or the participle
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distinguishing between the simple infinitive and recognising the use of the articular infinitive, for example, ἀγαθὸς εἰς τὸ λέγειν τε καὶ πράττειν
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identifying verbs that take supplementary participles by completing tables, for example, ἔτυχον παροῦσαι αἱ γυναῖκες/οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐφαίνοντο οὐ βουλόμενοι ἀγορεύειν
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applying knowledge of the comparative and superlative degrees of common irregular adjectives, for example, ἀγαθός/ἀμείνων/ἄριστος, ἀγαθός/βελτίων/βέλτιστος, ἀγαθός/κρείττων/κράτιστος
• applying knowledge of a wider range of indefinite pronouns and adjectives
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identifying the verbal adjective in -τέος, for example, οὐ λεκτέοι εἰσὶν οἱ λόγοι

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANCLGY910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By 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. They apply strategies to translate and interpret Classical Greek texts into English and demonstrate understanding of how language conveys cultural meaning. Students apply Classical Greek sound-script relationships and use restored pronunciation when reading familiar and unfamiliar texts aloud. They select and apply Classical Greek grammatical conventions and rules when translating and responding to texts. They explain how Classical Greek has influenced English vocabulary and analyse language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate understanding that language, texts and artefacts from Ancient Greece are connected with culture and identity, and reflect on the interrelationship of language(s), culture(s) and identity.