Descriptors›Languages›Years 7 to 8›Engaging with the ancient Greek world through texts›Accessing and responding to Classical Greek texts›ACL9LCG8E02
ACL9LCG8E02 Years 7 to 8 Languages

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ACL9LCG8E02 | Years 7 to 8 Classical Greek: Accessing and responding to Classical Greek texts

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor respond to texts and convey information 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 7 to 8 Classical Greek · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration listening to and reading texts such as stories about life in the city/country, legends or myths, and responding to questions in English relating to content and context, or providing a summary of the text
  • • Elaboration gathering and collating information about daily routine in the ancient Greek world, such as family life, education, food, hygiene and exercise, and presenting findings in posters or digital displays, including annotations in English or words and simple phrases in Classical Greek
  • • Elaboration exploring and discussing references in texts to social structure in Sparta and Athens, including perioikoi, the helots and Athenian metics
  • • Elaboration researching artefacts such as Greek vases and explaining what they tell us about daily life and cultural practices in Ancient Greece
  • • Elaboration comparing details from different sources about where people of the ancient Greek world lived, such as in urban centres or rural settlements, for example, through dioramas or drawings with labels in Classical Greek or English, and discussing what they reveal about different lifestyles in the Classical period
  • • Elaboration reading accounts of historical events, for example, Aeschylus’ eyewitness account of the Battle of Salamis, and presenting the information in a different format such as a news report
  • • Elaboration discussing how scenes and characters are depicted in texts, such as through imagery or conversations
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  • • Elaboration reading a text such as a story or a myth and illustrating it with images and simple captions in Classical Greek
  • • Elaboration identifying and discussing the techniques writers use to achieve effects such as humour or surprise
  • • Elaboration presenting short Classical Greek texts orally, such as stories, dialogues, poems or speeches, using strategies to convey tone and emotion
  • • Elaboration creating a class bank of references in texts that relate to the worship of the Olympian gods and local heroes, the panhellenic festivals of the Olympic and Pythian Games, or the dramatic performances of the Dionysia in Athens, to assess the importance of religion in ancient Greek society

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