English - Year 8
Purpose audience and structures of different types of texts Analyse how the text structures and language features of persuasive texts, including media texts, vary according to the medium and mode of communication (ACELA1543)
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How an idea changes – ABOVE
This task was designed to address the aspects of the Year 8 achievement standards that relate to science as human endeavour. Students were asked to research a ‘big idea’ in science and create a presentation in which they explain how that idea has developed …
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Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Recognise intellectual property apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources Apply digital information security practices independently …
Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Responsibility and enterprise | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
7-10 Geography - Year 8
Communicating Content descriptions with elaborations: Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of communication forms selected to suit a particular audience and purpose; using geographical terminology and digital technologies as appropriate …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - BELOW
Students were engaged in a unit of work on Elizabethan drama using Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as the key text for a performance-based assessment. They studied style and the acting conventions of the play’s original context. They also learned …
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Literacy - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Navigate, read and view learning area texts navigate, read and view a variety of challenging subject-specific texts with a wide range of graphic representations Listen and respond to learning area texts listen …
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Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Generating and designing Generate, develop, test and communicate design ideas, plans and processes for various audiences using appropriate technical terms and technologies including graphical representation techniques (ACTDEP036) Evaluating Independently …
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Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations: Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical, sustainability …
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Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 and 8 Design and technologies knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, …
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Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Apply digital information security practices independently apply strategies for determining the appropriate type of digital information suited to the location of storage and adequate security for online environments Apply …
Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Digital media literacy | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Apply digital information security practices independently apply strategies for determining the appropriate type of digital information suited to the location of storage and adequate security for online environments Apply …
Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Informed and safe use of information and devices | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Knowledge and Understanding Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical and sustainability considerations are prioritised in the development …
Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Media Arts - Years 7 and 8
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Experiment with the organisation of ideas to structure stories through media conventions and genres to create points of view in images, sounds and text (ACAMAM066) Manipulating and applying …
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Visual Arts - Years 7 and 8
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Experiment with visual arts conventions and techniques, including exploration of techniques used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent a theme, concept or idea in …
Visual Arts - Years 7 and 8 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Recognise intellectual property apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources Apply digital information security practices independently …
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
The Arts: Drama - Below satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student understands some of the conventions of performing a script. The student can identify some choices made to communicate to an audience.
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The Arts: Media Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and analyse technical and symbolic elements in a documentary and describe how they communicate meaning to an audience (WS1). The student can analyse technical and symbolic elements, as …
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The Arts: Media Arts - Satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and analyse technical and symbolic elements in a documentary and how they communicate meaning to an audience (WS1). The student can analyse technical and symbolic elements, as well as …
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The Arts: Media Arts - Below satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify some technical effects in a documentary and how they communicate meaning to an audience (WS1). The student can use some technical and symbolic elements, as well as conventions of print …
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The Arts: Visual Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and use detail to analyse artworks from a range of artists and cultures. In so doing, the student identifies their own viewpoints and those of others artists (WS1, WS2). They analyse and …
The Arts: Visual Arts - Above satisfactory - Years 7 and 8 | Portfolios | Work samples | Resources