House of my dreams – AT
Students learnt the names of the rooms of the house and participated in various activities such as songs, videos, reading books and examining features of houses. Students used scaffolded examples to draw the house of their dreams, including rooms and …
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Vowel and consonants combinations – AT
Students had learnt about aspects of spelling in Greek. In this task students were asked to identify words with particular features in a given text, then share pronunciation with a fellow student.
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Thanking people – AT
Students had learnt about formal and informal ways of thanking people, both in spoken and written texts, in the plural, as well as in the polite form. Students discussed various situations for thanking others. This task had two parts: Students were …
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Picture match – AT
Students learnt the Arabic alphabet and how to recognise and read basic nouns with appropriate pronunciation. In this task, students were asked to read familiar words aloud in a group and then match the written Arabic word to the appropriate picture.
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Letters of the Arabic alphabet – AT
Students participated in a range of activities to build an understanding of the Arabic alphabet and pronunciation. Students learnt how to recognise the letters and sounds of the Arabic alphabet and identify how letters are modified so they can be joined …
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Comparing countries – ABOVE
Students selected two countries, one in Africa and one in South America. With teacher guidance, they undertook a structured inquiry to identify and compare the geographical features of each country. Students recorded their word-processed findings and …
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Comparing countries - At
Students selected two countries, one in Africa and one in South America. With teacher guidance, they undertook a structured inquiry to identify and compare the geographical features of each country. Students recorded their word-processed findings and …
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Who are we? – ABOVE
Students answered a series of questions based on class data gathered and represented by the teacher as part of an interdisciplinary unit on Australian identity. They reflected on their learning experiences, including songs such as ‘I Am Australian’, and …
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Spending and saving – AT
This task was part of a unit of work exploring how to make informed choices as a consumer. Students were presented with a scenario in which they were given a gift of $3000. They were required to save half of the money while being free to spend the other …
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Land rights source analysis – ABOVE
Students listened to the song ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. They worked in groups to conduct research into the song, including its lyrics and the events and people upon which it was based. Students then answered questions …
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Land rights source analysis – AT
Students listened to the song ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. They worked in groups to conduct research into the song, including its lyrics and the events and people upon which it was based. Students then answered questions …
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Letter: Life in Ancient China - ABOVE
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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Holiday conversation – AT
In a unit on holiday plans, students researched sites to see and activities to do in Arabic-speaking countries, learnt the language for making reservations at a hotel and purchasing tickets for travelling. They learnt about formal language use required …
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Digital project: App development - BELOW
Students collaboratively designed and implemented an app for Year 7 and 8 students. They documented their process using a group wiki including guidelines for using the wiki and managing files, analysis of similar apps, functional and non-functional requirements, …
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Statistics and probability: Baffling box plots – WS10
From a given set of information about two footballers, students were asked to determine which footballer was more worthy of a reward. Students had to provide justification for their decision.
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This is my city - AT
Part A: Written script In this task, students were asked to work in pairs and write a script where they would discuss information about their cities. Students were instructed to use hiragana and kanji and use a variety of vocabulary and language structures …
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Revision of systems of language - AT
Students had completed learning the grammar of the passé composé, when to use the auxiliaries avoir and être, using the passé composé with reflexive verbs and the partitive article de, the pronoun en and the imperative with reflexive verbs. Students …
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Creating a place – ABOVE
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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Creating a place – AT
Students conducted surveys and collected data about different environments. Students then used the data to inform their drawings of imagined places and wrote reflections on the process and the choices they made. The entire task took place over a one-week …
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Museum in a box – AT
Students visited a local museum to investigate aspects of life in the past. Following the visit, students chose objects or technologies for teacher-guided research and inquiry, and students sequenced developments along a simple timeline and wrote scaffolded …
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