front where a student sits with their back to the board. The teacher writes a Language word on the board. The student asks questions about the word, eg Am I an animal? Students are not allowed to say the word on the board. The person in the chair has to guess the word on the board based on the clues given by other students. These can include the English word for the target word. Australia’s first Game: In 1868, Australia’s first Introduce past tense international cricket team Ball: representative cricket on verbs relating to Throw, to: team toured England. The the cricket team’s Run, to: team members were all activities. Catch, to: Koorie men. Research the Play, to first Australian cricket Man, white: team and take notes of Overseas, other country: what you find. Travel, to: Sick, to be: In pairs, practise using the Find members of the Tired, to be: past tense suffix with the team in the verbs in the vocabulary list. Extension: –this site acknowledges Make a wall chart with the team but does words associated with not credit them as cricket. Cover up and the first Australian allow a student to call out cricket team. Why the word in Language, and not? Discuss the first to say the correct people’s attitudes to meaning in English has race. the next turn. Individual members of the Translate sentences from Choose an individual Create sentences in team references, eg, The member of the cricket Language using Aboriginal men went to team and write a report on available words and England in 1868. The people the player. What grammar. at Coranderrk played cricket. happened to them after the tour? Include Language words and sentences in your report Extension: If the where possible. Language is available, students Retell your chosen write the players’ individual’s story in class, names using the using your notes for spelling system of support. the target language
front where a student sits with their back to the board. The teacher writes a Language word on the board. The student asks questions about the word, eg Am I an animal? Students are not allowed to say the word on the board. The person in the chair has to guess the word on the board based on the clues given by other students. These can include the English word for the target word. Australia’s first international cricket team In 1868, Australia’s first representative cricket team toured England. The team members were all Koorie men. Research the first Australian cricket team and take notes of what you find. In pairs, practise using the past tense suffix with the verbs in the vocabulary list. Make a wall chart with words associated with cricket. Cover up and allow a student to call out the word in Language, and the first to say the correct meaning in English has the next turn. Game: Ball: Throw, to: Run, to: Catch, to: Play, to Man, white: Overseas, other country: Travel, to: Sick, to be: Tired, to be: Introduce past tense on verbs relating to the cricket team’s activities. Find members of the team in the Extension: –this site acknowledges the team but does not credit them as the first Australian cricket team. Why not? Discuss people’s attitudes to race. Individual members of the team Choose an individual member of the cricket team and write a report on the player. What happened to them after the tour? Include Language words and sentences in your report where possible. Retell your chosen individual’s story in class, using your notes for support. Translate sentences from references, eg, The Aboriginal men went to England in 1868. The people at Coranderrk played cricket. Create sentences in Language using available words and grammar. Extension: If the Language is available, students write the players’ names using the spelling system of the target language
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