Egg creatures – AT
Students learnt the vocabulary and structures to describe characters and objects. In this unit, students worked in Visual Arts and in Modern Greek to create and describe. In Visual Arts, students created an egg creature. They started with a background …
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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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Source analysis and extended response: The Industrial Revolution - Above
Students examined four primary sources detailing working conditions in factories, mines and other operations during the Industrial Revolution. They completed four source analysis tables, recording their findings and ideas about the nature, content and …
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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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In our classroom – AT
Students studied the classroom environment and classroom objects commonly found and used. Students practiced counting the number of items and using appropriate case markers and counters for nouns. In this task, students were asked to write at least 5 …
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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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우리 가족 – AT
Students learnt about language to present and describe their family and family members. They discussed similarities and differences between the role of family in Korean communities and other cultures. In this task students were asked to create a brochure …
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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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Photo essay: An environmental issue - AT
Students investigated the environment movement from the 1960s to the present. They produced a photo essay to demonstrate how a significant event or campaign contributed to popular awareness of the environment. The photo essay was to contain nine photographic …
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Maths in Vietnamese – AT
In this integrated unit of work, students’ knowledge of mathematics was used to count and skip count in Vietnamese; talk about activities at different times of the day and to graph likes of colours based on a class survey.
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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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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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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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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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Classification - AT
Students had investigated the role of classification in the biological sciences. After a visit to a local wildlife park, where students observed features and behaviours of Australian animals, they analysed how scientists develop hierarchical classification …
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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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Solar car experiment – AT
As part of an integrated STEM project, students had previously designed and built a solar-powered toy car and they used this to investigate the transformation of light energy into electrical and kinetic energy. Students designed and performed an experiment …
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Production elements - ABOVE
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. Students explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit …
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