Source analysis: Ötzi, the iceman – AT
Students were presented with a selection of unseen primary and secondary sources associated with the discovery of the body of Ötzi, the iceman, in 1991. They were asked to answer a series of questions about each of these sources and then propose an explanation …
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Letter: Life in ancient China – Above (history)
Students were asked to adopt the perspective of a peasant in ancient China and to write a letter describing the main features of their life. This task was undertaken at the end of a unit on ancient China in which students investigated housing, work, clothing, …
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Research report: An Asian wonder – AT
Students were asked to write a research report based on their investigation of a wonder of the Asian world as part of their study of the ancient past. They were required to develop appropriate inquiry questions and to support the findings in their report …
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Postcard from Angkor Wat - ABOVE
Students were asked to imagine visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia and to design and write the two sides of a postcard detailing what they had seen and learned at the site. They were provided with a teacher-created template to record their thoughts and observations, …
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My future career – AT
Students learnt the Korean terms for work and occupations, learnt simple sentence structures to ask about their future career aspirations and answered questions appropriately using modelled sentences and set phrases. In this task, students were asked …
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Dictation task – AT
Students learnt about Korean food and its availability - such as street food, food in the home and restaurants. Students practised Dictogloss activities throughout the unit of work which required students, in small groups, to collaboratively reconstruct …
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Book response and summary – AT
Students had been read various children’s stories and discussed the main characters, themes and how to sequence and summarise the main events in their own words. In this task, students were asked to write a response to a story, outlining the main characters, …
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Mixtures and solutions - AT
Prior to the sample task, students investigated different types of mixtures and had been instructed on the scientific terminology used to describe their components. They had been given opportunities to identify solvent and solute in solutions and to use …
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Slater investigation - AT
In previous teaching and learning units, students learnt about the scientific method and conducted investigations, wrote reports and reflected on their investigations. During a teaching and learning unit on biological sciences, students practiced identifying …
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Verbal response: Staying safe - AT
Students identified feelings in day-to-day activities and distinguished between safe and unsafe situations. Students identified and explained warning signs and how to take action to keep themselves safe in their small rural community. Students were asked …
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Verbal response: Staying safe - BELOW
Students identified feelings in day-to-day activities and distinguished between safe and unsafe situations. Students identified and explained warning signs and how to take action to keep themselves safe in their small rural community. Students were …
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Reflections on a shadow day - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. In cooperation with the teacher, students negotiated a day to shadow a person working in an occupation of interest. Prior to the experience, students prepared …
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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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About me (Indonesian) - AT
Students were asked to complete sentences with appropriate information about themselves. This activity was undertaken after students had learned to introduce themselves, count from one to ten, say their age, and say which fruit they liked in Indonesian. …
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Like Statements - AT
Students had been learning sentence patterns through songs, games, reading and writing activities. Year 2 students were asked to write a sentence about their likes and dislikes using Hiragana and Romaji. They were able to refer to classroom posters and …
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Animals - AT
Students were asked to describe an animal of their choice in hiragana using their knowledge of adjectives, particles and sentence structure. They were provided with a vocabulary list and had previously learned Japanese sentence structure and the role …
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What do you want to do? – AT
Following on from the daily routine/leisure activities task, students built upon phrases from songs, videos and games related to this theme. New phrases were introduced and practised through the bilingual song ‘Me gusta cantar’ and students learnt the …
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Brochure: A referendum to change Australia’s Constitution - ABOVE
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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το ελληνικό αλφάβητο – AT
Students new to Modern Greek learn how to read, write and pronounce the Greek alphabet and discuss similarities and differences to the English alphabet. In this task, students were asked to write the Greek alphabet in order using upper and lower cases. …
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My neighbourhood – AT
Students leant about place and space and how to describe and discuss where they live. In this task, students were asked to write a short text, under test conditions, about where they live, describing the location and its features. Students then participated …
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