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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Extended response: Responsibility for the outbreak of World War II - AT
Students explored key people and events from the inter-war years between World War I and World War II and considered the contribution of particular actions and attitudes in the lead-up to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. Students then examined a …
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Exploring rights and freedoms - AT
Students were asked to investigate the role, actions and influence of an individual or group involved in the achievement of the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They were required to present their findings in the first-person …
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Why we shouldn’t go to school 6 days a week – AT
Students learnt persuasive writing techniques and how to present opinions, thoughts and argue a case in a short text. Students examined the features of persuasive texts, as well as paragraphing, sequencing and common grammatical structures and vocabulary …
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Farm animals – AT
In this unit of work, students integrated aspects of other Learning areas with their learning in Vietnamese on the topic of “Farms and farming”. Students learnt the roles that animals play in our lives. Animals are pets, they are raised to be food and …
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Why I want to learn Vietnamese – AT
Students learnt how to talk about likes and dislikes with justification, and how to express personal information, desires and wishes. Students learnt how to use action verbs, conjunctions to link ideas and how to use appropriate personal pronouns consistently …
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Narrative writing – AT
Using traditional Vietnamese stories, students learnt how to construct imaginative narrative texts. They learnt how to plan and sequence events, use paragraphs, punctuate and use modelled language and grammar structures. In this task, students were asked …
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School camp recount – AT
Students learnt how to write recounts to enable them to talk about past events. Common language and appropriate grammar structures were brainstormed, and students learnt how to sequence events using transition words (e.g. Đầu tiên (First), Sau đó (Then), …
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Expression of gratitude – AT
Students studied a unit on relationships and people that are important in their lives. They learnt how to talk about special people, memories and expressing thanks and gratitude. In this task, students were asked to create a structured written text to …
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Vietnamese versus Australian – AT
Students learnt the Vietnamese alphabet, and about linguistic differences between Vietnamese and English, and cultural differences between Vietnam and Australia. Students participated in various activities, class discussions and conducted their own research …
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My future career – AT (Vietnamese)
Students studied a unit on work and future plans, learning a range of grammar structures and topic-specific vocabulary. Students learnt how to express future plans and wishes and justify reasons and opinions. In this task, students were asked to write …
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Rates of reaction – ABOVE
Students were asked to research factors that affect the rate of a chemical reaction. Working in groups of 3–4, students were asked to select one factor and design and perform an experiment to confirm its effect. Students presented their findings individually …
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Design project: Pig enclosure - BELOW
Students completed an analysis of the two pig enclosures (managed environments) at the school where pigs were housed. They used their prior knowledge, internet research and an audit key to assist them in assessing the positives and negatives of each of …
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La mia scuola - AT
Students were asked to write an article on their school life and discuss the positive and negative aspects of their school.
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Reflection on images on stamps and coins - AT
Students had looked at a number of images on coins and stamps from Australia and Italy and had a class discussion on what the choice of images by Australia and Italy reflects about cultural perceptions of what is important for each respective society. …
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Germany's next top model - At
Students learnt two ways to describe clothing: adjective after the noun (no ending) and adjective before the noun (endings required for agreement). In previous units, students had learnt the concept of nominative and accusative. In this …
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Restaurant role play and review – AT
Students learnt the vocabulary and sentence patterns related to names of food and drink, eating at a restaurant, reading a menu, ordering food and critiquing food. Students completed various formative tasks to learn and understand a range of vocabulary …
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Megafauna essays – ABOVE
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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About me (Arabic) – AT
Students explored the concept of identity in a unit called ‘Who am I?’ They learned the relevant language structures, and participated in various tasks to practice reading, writing and talking about themselves and their personal world. In this task, …
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Water in the world - AT
Students explored how water connects places, environments and people. Provided with images, graphs and thematic world maps showing average annual precipitation and access to improved drinking water, students were asked to identify global patterns of average …
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