Years 3 and 4 Italian
The nature of the learners At this level, children are developing awareness of their social worlds and of their memberships of various groups including the Italian class. They are developing literacy capabilities in English, such as writing in the Roman …
Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Italian Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students comprehend a range of spoken, written, and multimodal texts on familiar topics, including home life, friends and classroom activities. They use Italian to communicate and to interact, for example, to exchange greetings and …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLITC026
sharing feelings and ideas about texts (for example, La storia/canzone parla di …e di … Non mi piace …) and making connections between their own experiences and those of characters and places encountered in creative stories or images
Elaboration (2) | ACLITC026 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLITC030
noticing similarities between Australian and Italian cultures in major celebrations like Christmas (l’albero di Natale) and Easter (l’uovo di cioccolata), as well as differences, for example, the presence of il presepe at Christmas, and the presence of …
Elaboration (3) | ACLITC030 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU034
Recognise how grammatical structures are used to form simple texts
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLITU034 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLITC021
following procedures and instructions together, for example, recipes such as una macedonia di frutta, or making a model of an Italian garden or piazza
Elaboration (2) | ACLITC021 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLITC023
responding to a partner’s questions, for example, Di che colore è la maglia? Qual è il tuo/suo gioco preferito?
Elaboration (5) | ACLITC023 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITC026
experiencing different types of children’s texts (for example, Lo Zecchino d’Oro, video clips on Suonolandia and RAI Junior); appreciating elements of humour and drama, use of sound effects, and facial expressions; and responding to the characters and …
Elaboration | ACLITC026 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITC029
Create simple bilingual texts[Key concepts: meaning, equivalence; Key processes: comparing, explaining]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLITC029 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLITC030
noticing the influence of important events such as religious celebrations on childhood experiences (for example, le lezioni settimanali di catechismo, la Prima Comunione, andare alla Scuola Media) and connecting these to their own experiences
Elaboration (1) | ACLITC030 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITC027
Create short, simple imaginative texts for different audiences[Key concepts: character, narrative; Key processes: interacting, creating]
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLITC027 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU033
Use key grammatical structures to form simple sentences, including the use of possessive pronouns, prepositions, definite and indefinite articles, and gender and singular/plural forms
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLITU033 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (13) ACLITU033
creating simple sentences in the subject–verb–object pattern, and linking ideas using conjunctions such as e and ma
Elaboration (13) | ACLITU033 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLITU034
recognising how ideas are sequenced in simple texts (for example, prima, dopo), noticing patterns in the organisation of texts, for example, sequence in a narrative
Elaboration (1) | ACLITU034 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITC029
creating simple bilingual texts for different purposes and audiences, for example, school/classroom signs, captions for a school event or a class/school display of ‘homes around the world’ or ‘classrooms around the world’
Elaboration | ACLITC029 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum