Reflections on a shadow day - BELOW
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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Journal writing - AT
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. The task was undertaken as a part of a sequence of six 30-minute lessons about potential workplace issues. Through journal writing, students were required …
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Heimat und Migration – AT
Students learnt about German-speaking communities in Australia and cultural identity. They learnt about the language features of formal texts such as reports and data, and how to access, interpret and respond to these. In this task, students were asked …
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Journal writing - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. The task was undertaken as a part of a sequence of six 30-minute lessons about potential workplace issues. Through journal writing, students were required …
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My house and community - AT
Students were asked to prepare an oral presentation about their house and community. This task was a summative task at the end of a unit on describing the inside and outside of their home and surroundings.
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Production elements - BELOW
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. They explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit consisted …
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Animale stranissimo - AT
Students had completed a unit of work learning about animals and the adjectives and expressions to describe the physical attributes of animals. Students had learnt subject, verb, noun, adjective word order and agreement in Italian. Students were asked …
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Hubungan - AT
Students were asked to write a response in Indonesian to a stimulus image. Students were asked to describe the picture using vocabulary and phrases learnt during a unit on relationships. The task was to be completed within the class period allocation …
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La mia infanzia - AT
Students had been learning to discuss their childhood memories using the correct past tenses in Italian. Students had learnt the present perfect and imperfect tenses in Italian and the focus of this task was to demonstrate appropriate use of these tenses …
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Digital project: Python game - BELOW
Students were provided with a game that had been developed by previous students at the school using Python. They were required to correct any errors and to modify the game by creating additional features and functionality, for example new character races, …
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Reading Hiragana - AT
Students had been learning the Hiragana alphabet. The system to help students learn Hiragana focuses on practising two rows of the Hiragana chart at a time, adding and reviewing hiragana at a student’s own pace. This is called the ‘Karate Belt’ system. White …
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Digital project: Python game - ABOVE
Students were provided with a game that had been developed by previous students at the school using Python. They were required to correct any errors and to modify the game by creating additional features and functionality, for example new character races, …
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Τι κάνω το απόγευμα – AT
Students learnt personal and school routines for various parts of the day. In this task students wrote sentences and paragraphs in relation to the sequence of their afternoon routine, using a range of language features and functions and appropriate punctuation …
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Law of conservation of mass – ABOVE
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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Number and algebra: My thinkboard - WS2
The students were presented with a basket containing five skipping ropes. They were told that previously there was a basket full of skipping ropes and were asked to list three different solutions to how many skipping ropes had gone missing. Students gave …
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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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Choreography: Telling stories - ABOVE
Students investigated how elements of dance can be used to tell a story. The task consisted of two sections that were joined together. The first part engaged the students in the development of understanding of repetition and contrast to communicate their …
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Composition: Penguins - ABOVE
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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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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Mein Wochenende – AT
Students learnt how to talk about past events and activities, and to sequence these logically. They also learnt how to pose questions and write for a particular audience and context. In this task, students were asked to write an informal email to a …
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