ACL9LCG8U02 Year 7 Languages

ACL9LCG8U02 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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.

Content Descriptor

develop knowledge of the vocabulary, structures and features of Classical Greek grammatical systems to understand, translate and respond to texts

Elaborations

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using the definite article to identify the number, gender and case of nouns, for example, αἱ ὁδοί, τούς δικαστάς
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demonstrating that the definite article, nouns, pronouns and adjectives inflect to show number and case by completing tables, for example, ὁ ἡμέτερος πατήρ, τὰ μικρὰ ἄροτρα
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identifying the forms and functions of the nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive and dative cases of the definite article, nouns and pronouns by developing charts and mind maps, for example, τῶν πολιτῶν πολλοί (partitive genitive), τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ (dative of time when)
• recognising that Greek words have variable endings that indicate their grammatical function in a sentence
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recognising -ω verbs and contract verbs -εω, -αω in the present, future, active and middle, for example, λύω/λύομαι, φιλῶ/φιλοῦμαι, τιμῶ/τιμῶμαι
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using the present imperative, active and middle, for example, σπεῦδε
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using the infinitive and participles, active and middle, in the present, future, for example, παύειν/παύων, παύσειν/παύσων

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using the irregular verb ‘to be’ in the present, future and imperfect tenses, for example, εἰμἰ/ἔσομαι/ἦν
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recognising the use of common prefixes to form compound words, for example, ἐκβαίνω, εἰσβαίνω
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identifying the 3 declensions of nouns and adjectives, including variants and common irregular forms, by completing a quiz, for example, ἠ ναῦς, πολύς/πολλή/πολύ
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recognising agreement between adjectives and nouns in number, gender and case by highlighting the appropriate parts of words, for example, ἠ μακρὰ ὁδός, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς λόγου
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recognising the comparative and superlative degrees of regular adjectives, for example, ἀνδρεῖος, ἀνδρειότερος, ἀνδρειότατος
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identifying cardinal numbers εἷς/μία/ἕν to χίλοι/αι/α and μὐριοι/αι/α and ordinal numbers πρῶτος/η/ον to χιλιοστός, μυριοστός
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identifying the forms and application of personal, interrogative, indefinite, demonstrative and relative pronouns by completing information gap activities, for example, ἐγώ/σύ, ἡμεῖς/ὑμεῖς, τίς/τί, τις/τι, οὗτος/αὕτη/τοῦτο, ὅς/ἥ/ὅ
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recognising prepositional phrases using the accusative, genitive and dative cases, for example, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, πρὸς τῶν θεῶν, πρὸς τῇ νηί
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recognising positive, comparative and superlative adverbs from adjectives, for example, ἀληθῶς/ἀληθέστερον/ἀληθέστατα

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANCLGY78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use their knowledge of Classical Greek to interpret texts and sources, and respond to information about ancient Greek society. They develop strategies to translate Classical Greek texts into English, identifying familiar vocabulary and language structures and features to interpret meaning. Students apply Classical Greek sound-script relationships and use restored pronunciation when reading familiar texts aloud. They demonstrate understanding that Classical Greek has conventions and rules for spoken and written communication. They understand that Classical Greek has influenced English vocabulary and comment on language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that language, texts and artefacts from Ancient Greece are connected with culture and identity, and explore the relationships between language(s), culture(s) and identity.