My alien friend – AT
Students learnt about people’s characteristics – personal information, likes/dislikes, physical appearances, hobbies and interests. In this task, students were asked to imagine that they meet a friendly alien. Students were to create, introduce and describe …
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Reply to letter – AT
Students learnt how to read and write letters in Vietnamese using relevant grammar, vocabulary, sequencing, and conventions. In this task, students were asked to read a letter from an imaginary character ‘Trang’ to his grandmother. Students were to imagine …
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Brochure: A referendum to change Australia’s Constitution - AT
Students created a brochure outlining both the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for Australia becoming a republic. This brochure would be distributed to members of the public before the vote which took place in 1999. The task was completed after an introductory unit …
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Days of the week – AT
Students learnt the days of the week in Greek and discussed what they did on each day. Students participated in a series of activities including alphabet practice, listening to and singing songs, and using modelled language to reinforce learning. In …
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Reading about Australia – AT
Students learnt about the Arabic sound system and writing patterns, sound-letter relationships and features of syllable blocks. In this task, students were asked to read aloud a story about Australia with teacher guidance, using their knowledge of sound-letter …
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Essen in Deutschland und Australien – AT
Students learnt about and compared eating and drinking customs in Germany and Australia. They researched the relationship between language, culture and values evidenced in these customs. They learned expressions for food and drink and associated activities, liking/disliking …
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Living things – AT
Students learnt about farm, wild and domestic animals within the unit ‘living things’. After building on vocabulary related to colours, students were introduced to descriptive sentences for noun and adjective agreement. Students participated in discussions …
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In our classroom – AT
Students studied the classroom environment and classroom objects commonly found and used. Students practiced counting the number of items and using appropriate case markers and counters for nouns. In this task, students were asked to write at least 5 …
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School camp recount – AT
Students learnt how to write recounts to enable them to talk about past events. Common language and appropriate grammar structures were brainstormed, and students learnt how to sequence events using transition words (e.g. Đầu tiên (First), Sau đó (Then), …
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My future career – AT (Vietnamese)
Students studied a unit on work and future plans, learning a range of grammar structures and topic-specific vocabulary. Students learnt how to express future plans and wishes and justify reasons and opinions. In this task, students were asked to write …
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Vietnamese New Year – AT
Students learnt about various Vietnamese celebrations and traditions. They explored informative writing style conventions to describe and reflect upon events and celebrations. Students learnt to analyse texts to gain information and recount the information …
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Identicube - AT
Students were asked to fill in a table writing the relevant information about themselves under the given sub-headings. This was a class activity where students were encouraged to use expressions learnt during a unit of work on Identity. Students then …
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Anzac Day invitation – AT
Students explored the important symbols associated with the commemoration of Anzac Day (25 April). The teacher and teacher-librarian provided students with pictorial sources and real or replica artefacts using a ‘memorial box’ borrowed from the Australian …
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Animales de Venezuela – AT (Spanish 5-6)
Students built on their understanding of animals, describing their characteristics, habitat, what they eat and what they can do. Students used sentence constructions with present tense verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, plural forms, …
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Procedural writing: Alfalfa – AT
In this unit of work, students integrated aspects of other Learning areas with their learning in Vietnamese on the topic of “Farms and farming” which included a visit to a farm. Using the knowledge gained from the farm visit, students had the opportunity …
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Mother’s Day letter - AT
Students learnt about celebrations and traditions and how to create texts to express thanks and appreciation. Students discussed the role of mothers/carers in the family and in society, and their own personal response to the role. Students had previously …
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My house, my home – AT
As part of a unit ‘my house, my home,’ students learned how to describe housing features using a range of nouns, adjectives and grammatical structures. Students discussed what makes a house a home and compared living arrangements and conditions in Australia …
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My summer holidays dairy entries - AT
Students had learnt about plain form and past plain form and how to write diary entries and sequence events. In this task, students were asked to reflect on their summer holidays and write 2-3 separate diary entries for 2-3 days or events recounting …
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φρούτα και λαχανικά – AT
Students learnt about the Greek diet and healthy eating. They learnt the names of popular Greek fruit and vegetables and how to describe them, discuss likes/dislikes and ask for them at a Greek greengrocer. The students learnt about gender and gender …
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الاحتفالات الوطنية – AT
Students discussed the ways in which Arabic speaking countries celebrate their national days. Students learned how to talk about and describe activities and the atmosphere of particular events in which people celebrate with a sense of pride and personal …
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