Political cartoons - AT
This task had two parts. First, students designed a political cartoon associated with the Franklin River dispute which incorporated the iconic ‘no dams’ symbol. Second, students critically analysed their cartoons and presented a rationale explaining why …
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Ayo ke Restoran
Students were asked to write the script of a dialogue between a group of friends making plans to eat out at an Indonesian restaurant. They were permitted to refer to their workbooks, text books and class notes to complete the task. Students were given …
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Letter to host family - AT
Students were asked to write a first letter to their host family in Indonesia. In the letter they were asked to explain why they wanted to go on an exchange to Indonesia.
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Creating a dictionary - AT
Students were asked to create a personal dictionary to help them learn and remember Chinese for an upcoming assignment. Students could include Chinese that they wanted to learn or revise such as numbers, greetings, colours, family members, tones and age. …
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Reading Chinese characters - AT
Students were asked to read Chinese characters and translate them to tell the time and also demonstrate understanding of characters for different forms of transport.
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Animal Poster - AT
Students had completed a unit on learning the vocabulary associated with the name of animals, colours, adjectives and body parts. Students were asked to create a poster describing an animal of their choice.
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Product report – ABOVE
Students chose a product from a provided list to research, and wrote an article for a business magazine analysing the product’s success. Students explored the structure and language features of persuasive writing and were provided with a scaffold of inquiry …
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Product report – AT
Students chose a product from a provided list to research, and wrote an article for a business magazine analysing the product’s success. Students explored the structure and language features of persuasive writing and were provided with a scaffold of inquiry …
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The state of the nation - AT
Students adopted the persona of the Federal Treasurer to prepare an address to the National Press Club on living standards in Australia. In preparation for this task, class discussion was used to determine the questions to be answered in the address. …
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Vendesi Appartamento - AT
Students were asked to create an advertisement for the sale of a house or apartment giving details such as number of rooms, special features and closeness to services and amenities.
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Building sentences - AT
Students were asked to translate sentences from English to French using the vocabulary, grammar and sentence structures that they had learnt during the semester. Students were given a table of scaffolded language structures to refer to and to assist them …
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First letter/email to a penfriend - AT
Over the course of the semester students had learnt the vocabulary, expressions and grammar structures related to themselves, family, interests and home. In this task, students were asked to write a letter of introduction to a penfriend using the language …
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World map – ABOVE
Students recorded the location of continents and oceans on a world map. Prior to students completing the activity, the teacher provided students with visual representations of key places using printed maps, globes and projections. Students completed their …
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What is a home? – ABOVE
Students completed a mind map template to record their answers to the question: ‘What is a home?’ The activity took place in class with students creating visual representations to support their own texts which were scribed by the teacher.
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What is a home? – AT
Students completed a mind map template to record their answers to the question: ‘What is a home?’ The activity took place in class with students creating visual representations to support their own texts which were scribed by the teacher.
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My birthday week – AT
Students positioned their birthday on a template provided by the teacher. Students also recorded the date of each day on the template and used text and images to indicate all personal or public events and celebrations occurring within the week.
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Communications timeline – AT
Students sequenced teacher-provided images of different forms of communication, from oldest to newest, along a timeline. The teacher then questioned the students about the choices they made. The question, along with a transcript of the student’s answer, …
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Anzac Day invitation – ABOVE
Students explored the important symbols associated with the commemoration of Anzac Day (25 April). The teacher and teacher-librarian provided students with pictorial sources and real or replica artefacts using a ‘memorial box’ borrowed from the Australian …
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Anzac Day invitation – AT
Students explored the important symbols associated with the commemoration of Anzac Day (25 April). The teacher and teacher-librarian provided students with pictorial sources and real or replica artefacts using a ‘memorial box’ borrowed from the Australian …
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Self introduction letter – AT
Students learnt the basic language of self-introduction, adjectives of colour and how to form simple sentences in German. In this task, students were asked to write a short text about themselves and include information about their name, age, hair colour, …
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