Students use cards to revise new words, then create a song in Language with actions, using mime and weather sentences, e.g. is cold” and students “today shiver, etc. Video the class performance for revision purposes and/or to show others. Assessment: observation, quizzes, role-play, contribution to discussions, written work, oral presentation, display of artwork (delete those not applicable) Topic 2: Plants and Animals Overview Suggested Student Insert words and grammar in Comments/resources Activities target Language for the Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See Topic 1 Farewell routine See 1 Revision Create a wordfinder using seasonal words for the class to complete. Plants Ask a knowledgeable Hi my friend: Plants, algae and community member to fungi of Victoria show the students Where is old man weed?: examples of local plants on which Aboriginal people rely. Ask them to Australian Plants tell students when they Society Yarra Yarra can be found. Students make notes, including the word in Language. Lead by an appropriate community member, examine the different plants used in cooking, and discuss how diets would vary with the seasons. Make notes and discuss in class. Role-play a friend and – ask if they know where to find some lemon myrtle, pepperberry, old man weed or similar. Animals Examine the different He and I went hunting. animals local Aboriginal We saw a big red kangaroo. people hunt and in which I threw a long spear. season, since there are I killed the red kangaroo certain times when with the spear. hunting is not allowed. My mother cooked the red Students find out when kangaroo. this is and why. We all ate the cooked red
Students use cards to revise new words, then create a song in Language with actions, using mime and weather sentences, e.g. “today is cold” and students shiver, etc. Video the class performance for revision purposes and/or to show others. Assessment: observation, quizzes, role-play, contribution to discussions, written work, oral presentation, display of artwork (delete those not applicable) Topic 2: Plants and Animals Overview Suggested Student Activities Insert words and grammar in target Language Comments/resources for the Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See Topic 1 Farewell routine See 1 Revision Create a wordfinder using seasonal words for the class to complete. Plants Ask a knowledgeable community member to show the students examples of local plants on which Aboriginal people rely. Ask them to tell students when they can be found. Students make notes, including the word in Language. Lead by an appropriate community member, examine the different plants used in cooking, and discuss how diets would vary with the seasons. Make notes and discuss in class. Role-play – a friend and ask if they know where to find some lemon myrtle, pepperberry, old man weed or similar. Hi my friend: Where is old man weed?: Plants, algae and fungi of Victoria Australian Plants Society Yarra Yarra Animals Examine the different animals local Aboriginal people hunt and in which season, since there are certain times when hunting is not allowed. Students find out when this is and why. He and I went hunting. We saw a big red kangaroo. I threw a long spear. I killed the red kangaroo with the spear. My mother cooked the red kangaroo. We all ate the cooked red
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