ACL9LCG10U02 | Years 9 to 10 Classical Greek: Understanding systems of language

Content Descriptor

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

Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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 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
• Elaboration applying knowledge of -ω, contract and -μι verbs in all tenses, active and middle, indicative, imperative and infinitive forms
• Elaboration applying knowledge of common irregular verbs, for example, oἶδα, ἒοικα
• Elaboration demonstrating a broader understanding of moods by developing charts and mind maps, including the subjunctive and optative, as appropriate
• Elaboration 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
• Elaboration applying knowledge of the passive voice in all applicable tenses, including first and second aorist and future
• Elaboration developing a broader understanding of clauses, including fearing, conditional and indefinite clauses

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

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Achievement standard statements this supports

Achievement standardASLANCLGY910_91004Years 9 to 10 Classical Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequenceThey select and apply Classical Greek grammatical conventions and rules when translating and responding to texts.See it on the standard page →

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