Writing task – weather forecast
Students were asked to write in Chinese characters about the weather forecast in a city of their choice.
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Advertisement - ABOVE (E&B)
Students produced a print advertisement for a fictitious product: a self-sharpening pencil. They were required to consider ways of engaging with their target market and to include key pieces of information required by the consumer. The task was completed …
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The world of work in the future - AT
Students researched the factors that may impact upon the world of work and created an infographic to summarise their findings. The teacher, in association with the teacher-librarian, scaffolded the research and monitored the nature and breadth of source …
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Consumer dispute - ABOVE
Students wrote a script for a segment in a consumer information television show. They outlined a dispute between a consumer and a business, and they explained how and why the issue was resolved. This task was completed as a homework task.
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Consumer dispute - AT
Students wrote a script for a segment in a consumer information television show. They outlined a dispute between a consumer and a business, and they explained how and why the issue was resolved. This task was completed as a homework task.
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Vocabulary exercise - AT
Students had learnt about forming simple sentences in Italian and using simple vocabulary. Students were asked to identify, sort and classify vocabulary from an English and Italian word list. Students were asked to draw an image to demonstrate their understanding …
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Letter to French penfriend - AT
Students had learnt how to structure likes/dislikes and personal information and how to structure a simple letter. In this task, students were asked to write a letter following the text type conventions to a new French penfriend.
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Clothing – AT
Students looked at photographs of clothing worn in the first half of the twentieth century. They were asked to find similar clothing which they subsequently wore for a full day at school. Students then responded to teacher questions on their likes and …
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My place in the world – AT
Students listened to and discussed a teacher-reading of a picture book, such as My Place in Space or Me on the Map. Students then collected photographs and maps to show the location of their own homes on a variety of scales. The pictures were positioned …
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Wetter - AT
Students created a German weather phrasebook that included German and English translations, as well as a picture to describe each phrase. They learnt how to use a conjunction to join two short sentences. This was the first task in a unit focusing on how …
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What should I wear today? – AT
Students learnt about various items of clothing and to express and show understanding of simple sentences about clothes. Students were aware that Spanish and English share the same alphabet, but letters and sounds are pronounced differently. In this …
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Paragraph: Ancient Egypt – Above (History)
Students examined a series of images of the wall decorations of two different ancient Egyptian tombs. They used the information in the images to make inferences and draw conclusions about life in this ancient society. Students expressed their ideas in …
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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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Probability – AT
In this integrated unit of work, students’ knowledge of mathematics was used to consider concepts of chance and probability. In this task, students had to imagine that they had partly overheard a conversation. They then had to complete two columns in …
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Tết – AT
Students learnt about festivals and celebrations in Vietnam. Students were introduced to the customs, traditions and rituals of these celebrations. In this task, students were asked to describe Vietnamese New Year objects and their significance for the …
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Interview - What was life like when you were young? - AT
Students had completed a unit of work comparing life in the past to the present. Students had learnt how to describe way of life, activities and leisure in the past, how to express opinions and use l’imparfait. Students were asked to write the script …
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Comparison: Knight versus samurai - AT
Students compared the life and roles of European knights and Japanese samurai in medieval times. They examined a selection of primary and secondary sources provided by the class teacher and teacher-librarian and summarised their findings on a Venn diagram. …
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Researching a scientist - ABOVE
In previous teaching and learning units, students practiced researching scientific topics online and they were taught how to judge the quality of the information they found. Students were given opportunities to write research reports that included bibliographies. In …
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Landscapes - BELOW
Students were engaged in a process of creating an artwork of a landscape with merged perspectives to communicate a viewpoint on sustainability. They explored Aboriginal Waanyi artist Judy Watson’s own viewpoints on sustainability, as well as her use of …
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Report: Elizabeth Farm House
Students attended Elizabeth Farm, a historical estate in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney, to investigate what life was like in the 1800s. The students explored the family home of wool pioneer John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth, including the bedrooms …
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