ACL9LL8U03
Years 7 to 8
Languages
ACARA website code: AC9LL8U03
ACL9LL8U03 | Years 7 to 8 Latin: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor compare Latin vocabulary and language structures and features with English, using metalanguage
Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Latin · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying connections between the spelling of Latin and English words and applying understanding to improve spelling in English, for example, portat (portable), audit (audible)
- • Elaboration identifying and using Latin derivatives to expand English vocabulary, for example, maternal, nominate, puerile, agriculture, commerce, science
- • Elaboration identifying word families in which the same Latin root is used with different prefixes or suffixes, for example, the use of the root verb duco in reduce, introduce, deduce, conduct, produce
- • Elaboration discussing expressions and abbreviations in Latin that are incorporated into English, for example, postmortem, in loco parentis, etc. e.g., i.e., am, pm
- • Elaboration understanding conventions of word order in both Latin and English sentences, such as adjectives generally follow after the noun in Latin and before the noun in English, for example, puella laeta/happy girl, puer laetus/happy boy
- • Elaboration exploring how use of language techniques in narratives, such as exclamation, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia can encourage the audience to respond in particular ways in both Latin and English, for example, veni, vidi, vici; ululavit
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Read the full Years 7 to 8 Latin · Years 7 to 10 sequence achievement standard