ACL9LCG8E03 Year 7 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

develop and apply strategies to interpret and translate Classical Greek texts to convey meaning in English

Elaborations

• 1 developing skills in using print and electronic resources to consider multiple meanings of vocabulary and locating the appropriate meanings of words within a context
• 2 using knowledge of Classical Greek-derived English words to deduce the meaning of Classical Greek words
• 3

  considering multiple meanings of vocabulary, for example, using dictionaries and electronic translation tools, and making appropriate selections according to context, such as ἄριστος

• 4 using known vocabulary in Classical Greek or English, and context, to deduce the meaning of unknown words
• 5

  applying knowledge of grammar to determine meaning of inflected forms and to recognise, in context, the specific function of words which may have multiple applications, such as subject or object, for example, τὸ δένδρον θάλλει. ὁ γεωργὸς κόπτει τὸ δένδρον

• 6

  translating Classical Greek into idiomatic English, identifying words and expressions that do not translate easily, for example, ἀγαθός, ἄριστος, καλός, ξένος, δεινός, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν, ἔστι μοι δοῦλος

• 7

  understanding that Classical Greek word order is different from English and determining appropriate word order in English to retain meaning and emphasis, for example, κελεύει σε ὁ Ζεύς

• 8 identifying and discussing effective strategies to create appropriate translations, applying problem-solving skills to resolve difficulties
• 9

  discussing how words that refer to aspects of ancient Greek culture should be translated, for example, ὁ δῆμος (deme, people, citizen body), ὁ ἀνήρ (man, husband, hero), ξένος (stranger, guest, foreigner)

• 10

  exploring the effect of using the variety of English translations for verb tenses, for example, ἰδών (having seen, after seeing, on seeing, seeing)

• 11 translating an extract from a text, and comparing and discussing the merits of different translations of the same text with peers, and collaboratively editing a final version

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