Style: Hip-hop - AT
Students were asked to choreograph a dance that explored the stylistic features and culture of hip-hop in a five-week unit. They worked collaboratively in pairs to manipulate and combine the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production …
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Folk music: North American - AT
Students studied American folk music and the origins of blues in a 10-week unit that differentiated for a range of abilities in class. In particular, they studied traditional North American blues and gospel music, focusing on This Train is Bound for Glory …
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The Arts: Music - Satisfactory - Years 7 and 8
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can identify and describe the elements of music used in their interpretation of American folk music. The student performs music demonstrating the use of aural skill and voice, and instrumental techniques …
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Languages: Korean - Satisfactory - Years 9 and 10 (F-10 sequence)
This sample of student work shows that the student uses written and spoken Korean to communicate with teachers, peers and others in a range of settings and for a range of purposes. The student initiates, sustains and extends spoken and written exchanges …
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Languages: Indonesian - Satisfactory - Years 9 and 10 (Year 7 entry)
This portfolio of student work shows that the student can interact with peers and adults using written and spoken Indonesian to communicate (WS3) about personal interests and relationships (WS1), practices and experiences (WS2, WS4, WS5), and about broader …
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Languages: Arabic - Satisfactory - Years 7 and 8 (Year 7 entry)
This portfolio of student work shows that the student uses written and spoken Arabic to exchange information (WS4) about their personal worlds and to express feelings, likes and dislikes (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS5). The student uses formulaic language for a …
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Languages: Korean - Satisfactory - Years 7 and 8 (Year 7 entry)
This portfolio of student work shows that the student uses Korean to interact with others (WS3) and teachers (WS8) in classroom routines and activities, exchanging greetings, wishes, experiences, interests and information (WS1, WS8). The student approximates …
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Mi barrio y los pueblos antiguos de Latinoamérica – AT
Students learnt about Indigenous South and Central American groups and conducted research into one group of interest to them. The following task, in three parts, was set: Part 1: Investigate how an Indigenous South or Central American group lived and …
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Scripted: Pyramus and Thisbe - AT
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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Responses to listening, items on clothes and fashion - AT
Students had been learning about the language used to describe clothing and fashion. In this task, students were asked to complete listening exercises that required them to identify vocabulary and descriptive language such as colour and style. Students …
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Digital project: Representation of data - AT
Students created a website using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control visual elements of their web page, and developed an understanding of why data needed to be compressed and separated from presentation. They used Unicode to create a greeting and …
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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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Hip-hop: Technology - AT
Students were asked to use dance to explore an issue facing the youth of today in a four-week unit. They were assessed in a summative task that included making (choreography and performance) and responding. Students selected and organised the elements …
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Contemporary - AT
Students were given the opportunity to develop their own choreography in response to Keep Everything by Chunky Move, choreographed by Anthony Hamilton. They also experienced and analysed a range of other Australian dance from contemporary and past times …
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Arranging and performing - AT
Students had to determine a community activity at which they could perform. They had to select repertoire and identify what style and form would suit the community performance. Students used their understanding of music making in different cultures, times …
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Horangi Magic book – AT
Students were read ‘Possum Magic’ by Mem Fox in English, and spoke about the language and features of this story. The teacher used this story and its language and features to model a Korean version of the story. They looked at a map of Korea and learnt …
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Composition: Penguins - AT
Students learning in music builds upon learning from the previous band. Students perform from a musical score that they have graphically notated and composed collaboratively with the ensemble. The task involved students playing instruments and improvising …
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Research task - AT
During a teaching and learning unit on chemical sciences, students learnt about pure substances and mixtures and investigated a variety of separation techniques for soluble and insoluble substances. During a unit on Earth and space sciences, students …
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Megafauna essays – AT
Students were asked to create in expositional essay to analyse and evaluate the evidence for opposing theories relating to the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. This task was part of a teaching and learning unit on biodiversity which focused on the …
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Law of conservation of mass – AT
Prior to the sample task, students learnt the basic concepts and history of atomic theory, the difference between elements and compounds, the law of conservation of mass, and different types of chemical reactions. In this task, students were asked to …
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