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Business report - ABOVE

Students worked in small groups to develop a business report for a hypothetical business. Students chose from a list of teacher-prepared scenarios, explored the implications for the business and prepared solutions and recommendations. The format of the …

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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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Written response: Puberty and me - ABOVE

Students were involved in a five-week unit of work about puberty and relationships. This involved a focus on personal qualities, rights, responsibilities, and stereotypes and how they are reflected in the media. Students learnt about the importance of …

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App design – St Michael’s

This task was part of a unit of work that involved the design of an app for new students to the school. Students were asked to use their knowledge of coordinate geometry and the Cartesian plane to help solve a programming problem associated with development …

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Experimental investigation - Merici

Students had learned content related to atomic structure and electricity so they understood how a solar panel works. They had completed introductory practicals on setting up solar panel circuits, using data loggers and voltage/current curve for the solar …

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Elaboration (1) ACELT1606

discussing poetic language, including unusual adjectival use and how it engages us emotionally and brings to life the poet’s subject matter, for example ‘He grasps the crag with crooked hands’ (Alfred, Lord Tennyson); ‘Wee ... tim’rous beastie’ (Robert …

Elaboration ACELY1690

describing the language which authors use to create imaginary worlds; how textual features such as headings, subheadings, bold type and graphic organisers are used to order and present information, and how visual codes are used, for example those used …

Elaboration ACELT1611

discussing how figurative language including simile and metaphor can make use of a comparison between different things, for example ‘My love is like a red, red rose’; ‘Tyger!, Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night’; and how by appealing to …

Elaboration (2) ACELY1808

choosing vocabulary and spoken text and sentence structures for particular purposes and audiences, such as debating a topic with a team from another school, creating a voiceover for a media presentation, and adapting language choices such as use of similes, …

Elaboration (2) ACELY1811

choosing vocabulary, spoken text and sentence structures for particular purposes and audiences, such as debating a topic with a team from another school, creating a voiceover for a media presentation, and adapting language choices such as use of similes, …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI023

using comparative language when describing family life over time and/or comparing features of places, such as ‘smaller than’, ‘bigger than’, ‘closer’, ‘further’, ‘not as big as’, ‘younger/older than’, ‘more rainy days’, ‘fewer/less’, ‘hottest/coldest’, …

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI061

arguing a point of view on a civics and citizenship issue relevant to their lives (for example, the consequences of breaking school rules, the value of contributing in their community, the need to preserve an endangered species) and making effective use …

Elaboration (1) ACAVAM119

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – Can you identify implied meaning from the symbols and codes within the artwork? What is a universal symbol that reflects contemporary youth culture, as you understand it? How important …

Elaboration ACTDIP027

determining the factors that influence proposed solution ideas, for example user age affects the language used for instructions, dexterity affects the size of buttons and links, hearing or vision loss influence captioned or audio-described multimedia …

Elaboration (1) ACLARC107

reporting information gathered from peers about their families, using modelled language such asوليد لا يحب الحساب ولا القراءة؛ فادية عندها أخ صغير في المدرسة؛ فاطمة تسكن في شقة؛ مازن يحب الديناصورات

Elaboration ACLARC109

creating own version of a story by sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels, using modelled language, for exampleكان يا ما كان؛ في يوم من الأيام؛ كان في مرة

Elaboration (3) ACLARC109

creating and presenting a class Big Book and texts in digital form based on imagined scenarios in familiar contexts, using modelled language, for example,كان دب كبير إسمه راين؛ عاش راين في جبل ضخم؛ أكل راين؛ شاهد راين ثعلباً صغيراً

Elaboration (1) ACLARC113

identifying themselves as belonging to a particular cultural and/or language group, for example,أتكلم العربي؛ صف العربي؛ أهلي من لبنان؛ أنا من الاردن؛ أنا أسترالي لكن أهلي من سوريا

Elaboration (2) ACLARC120

using common expressions and appropriate body language when responding to frequently used comments and questions, for example,يبدو أنك متعب؛ متى نمت البارحة؟ لماذا تأخرت هذا الصباح؟ كيف تأتي إلى المدرسة؟ هل عندك طعام للفرصة؟

Elaboration (3) ACLARU133

classifying a range of texts in print, digital and online formats, such as stories, digital greeting cards, recipes, advertisements (print and online versions) and posters, according to their purpose(s), for example, to entertain, to describe, to inform …

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