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• VCELC159

  Engage with and respond to imaginative texts, describing and expressing thoughts and opinions about key ideas, characters, places and events

  Elaborations

  • expressing personal opinions about ideas in Greek imaginative texts in various modes such as myths, legends, stories, film excerpts, paintings, songs or video clips
  • identifying key messages and beliefs from Greek texts and comparing them with the knowledge, cultural values and belief systems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories
  • responding to imaginative texts, comparing ways in which people, places and experiences are represented, for example, the goddess Athena, Poseidon or characters in modern fiction
  • stating personal preferences about characters, attitudes and events in texts for example, Pandora’s box, Aesop’s fable ‘The Fox and the Grapes’

  VCELC159 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Creating

• VCELC009

  Create bilingual texts and resources to support their own learning, such as glossaries and personal dictionaries, digital resources and charts

  Elaborations

  • creating bilingual resources for language learning, such as word banks or a personal Greek–English dictionary, with examples and explanations of language use
  • using dictionaries and electronic translation tools to create bilingual texts, such as posters, maps, menus and schedules, making decisions about language use that are appropriate for the audience
  • creating bilingual resources, such as picture dictionaries or photo stories with bilingual captions and labels, for example, recreating a village scene in Greece or Cyprus, depicting roads, shops, products and services
  • creating bilingual signs and notices for the school, such as το γυμναστήριο, η είσοδος/έξοδος, η αίθουσα
  • developing strategies to support understanding of language that cannot be directly translated, for example, in the use of actions and gestures

  VCELC009 | Languages | Modern Greek | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating

• VCELC005

  Use spoken, written and multimodal forms of presentation to convey information on selected topics of interest

  Elaborations

  • creating texts relating to own experiences, for example, Easter celebrations, using appropriate and related greetings, Καλό Πάσχα, Χριστός Ανέστη
  • describing aspects of life in Australia for an audience in Greece or Cyprus, such as a teenage birthday party
  • presenting information in different formats for different audiences, for example, writing an email to a pen pal in Greece or Cyprus, introducing a new student to the class
  • reporting on events in their school life, personal world and immediate environment, for example, in a diary entry
  • using different modes of presentation to profile significant events, people or places related to Greek-speaking communities, for example, a flyer about a community event, a digital presentation on a favourite musician

  VCELC005 | Languages | Modern Greek | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• VCELC110

  Translate familiar words or phrases using visual cues or word lists, explaining the meaning of particular words, gestures or expressions

  Elaborations

  • comparing words and phrases in Greek and in other known languages, observing similarities or differences in terms, for example, the word for ‘mum’ is similar in many languages (mum – η μαμά,) and the word for pineapple is ‘ananas’ in more than 25 languages
  • making comparisons between Greek and English words, noticing similarities, for example, το αλφάβητο, το βάζο, ο Σεπτέμβριος, η σαλάτα, το λεμόνι, η μπανάνα
  • demonstrating to others the ways in which Greek people greet each other non-verbally and how body language is used to communicate `yes` or `no`, `not bad`, ‘What’s the problem?’, Why? and ‘Wow!’ Πoπό!

  VCELC110 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCELC122

  Participate in everyday classroom activities, such as asking for permission, requesting help, asking how to say or write something, and praising or encouraging peers

  Elaborations

  • asking for permission and requesting help using set phrases, for example, Θέλω βοήθεια, ελάτε κυρία, δεν καταλαβαίνω
  • asking how to say or write a word or expression, for example, Πώς το λένε;
  • praising and encouraging peers, for example, Μπράβο σου, Ωραία, Προσπάθησε, Έλα, Πάλι!
  • using words, phrases or interjections which can be used in conversation, for example, Α καλά, έτσι μπράβο, Ποπό! Ωραία! Όπα!

  VCELC122 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCELT019

  Encounter literature being created for various reasons and purposes and react to the retelling of a literary text

  Elaborations

  • experiencing literature being created about them and their context, for example social stories
  • reacting to digital and interactive retelling of various text
  • responding to multimodal text based on personally experienced events

  VCELT019 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Literature

• VCELT032

  Respond to the use of rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures

  Elaborations

  • experiencing rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems
  • being exposed to literature through the senses

  VCELT032 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT100

  Identify a preferred aspect of text, such as image, refrain within a multimodal text

  Elaborations

  • identifying repeated images and objects within a text
  • engaging with the images and refrains in some stories

  VCELT100 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT080

  Recognise familiar texts which share the same character or similar topic or event

  Elaborations

  • learning that texts can share a similar theme or character
  • joining in the chant or rhyme during shared reading

  VCELT080 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT113

  Identify topic and key events in texts that reflect personal and familiar experiences

  Elaborations

  • recognising shared elements from texts and their own personal experience
  • engaging with texts about a familiar event and comparing to personal experience

  VCELT113 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT045

  Recognise a familiar event or character during shared reading or viewing of text

  Elaborations

  • identifying some familiar images and shapes within a text
  • engaging with the features of shared texts, such as images, sounds and actions

  VCELT045 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT066

  Respond to familiar images or sounds during shared reading/viewing of texts

  Elaborations

  • scanning and indicating preferred image
  • recognising a familiar face or voice during a shared reading

  VCELT066 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT101

  Identify a favourite character or event within a story

  Elaborations

  • learning to link an event within a text to a feeling, for example happy, sad, angry
  • identifying a favourite image within a preferred text

  VCELT101 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT102

  Repeat and follow rhythms and sound patterns in familiar rhymes and songs from a range of cultures

  Elaborations

  • learning the key actions of everyday songs and rhymes
  • exploring the use of percussion instruments to react to the rhythm of a text

  VCELT102 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELT124

  Retell familiar text or event by sequencing images and simple statements

  Elaborations

  • identifying key images of a story
  • using two to three images in sequence to retell an event or familiar text

  VCELT124 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Literature

• VCELT115

  Identify the characters, events and setting in a literary text

  Elaborations

  • recognising a familiar setting or event in a known text
  • recognising similar objects and events across texts
  • discussing setting and characters within the text

  VCELT115 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT010

  Experience texts with different features, events and characters and respond to different literary texts

  Elaborations

  • experiencing to multimodal texts and experiences
  • exploring and listening to texts with various themes, features and characters
  • reacting to some elements within a multimodal text, such as sound, texture, images, actions, music, character

  VCELT010 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT044

  Attend to features of literary texts such as images, rhyme and refrains

  Elaborations

  • listening and responding to repeated chants, rhymes and refrains in familiar literary texts, for example clapping along with the beat
  • exploring words and sentence starters in different literature during shared reading experiences, for example ‘Once upon a time …’

  VCELT044 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT114

  Know some characteristics and features of literary texts, such as characters, beginning and ending in stories and rhyme in poetry

  Elaborations

  • knowing that there are different types of literary texts, for example story, poetry

  VCELT114 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT205

  Discuss how authors create characters using language and images

  Elaborations

  • identifying similarities between texts from different cultural traditions, for example representations of dragons in traditional European and Asian texts, and how spiritual beings are represented in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories
  • identifying some features of characters and how particular words and images convey qualities of their nature, for example some characters are portrayed as shy, others adventurous
  • discussing the characters of fictional animals and how they relate to those of humans

  VCELT205 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature