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      Work sample Year 7 - 8 Chinese Second-Language Learner Pathway: Shopping role play

      • TLF-IDA004200

      This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Shopping role play. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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      Find your voice

      • TLF-IDM025970

      Students learn about, compose and perform slam poetry.

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      Marvellous mechanisms

      • TLF-IDM025959

      Students develop skills in how to use mechanisms in a debate.

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      How to be funny

      • TLF-IDM020220

      What is the key to being funny? As Tim Ferguson explains, if you can laugh, you can write comedy. Has something funny happened to you lately? Or is there something in particular that you find puzzling or amusing about the world around you? Put your thoughts on paper and experiment with telling your story in different ways. ...

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      Design thinking across the curriculum

      • TLF-IDM025436

      This cross-curriculum resource is designed to introduce Stage 2, 3 and 4 students to the design thinking process through a series of videos and interactive activities. This resource is also downloadable as a SCORM file: the downloaded version will only work if you upload it to a webserver, such as Moodle or Canvas.

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      Different views

      • TLF-IDM025767

      This resource will encourage students to develop their understanding of the first contact of the Aboriginal people of Kamay Botany Bay and the men aboard the HMB Endeavour in 1770. This resource is one part of the 'Endeavour – eight days in Kamay' resource.

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      Characterisation in debates

      • TLF-IDM025953

      Students learn how to use characterisation and descriptive language in debating.

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      Considering responsibility in debates

      • TLF-IDM025965

      Students learn how to discuss responsibility when debating.

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      Deep diving into definitions

      • TLF-IDM025974

      Explore definitions in debating from the negative team's perspective.

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      Radio National: What makes a great speech?

      • TLF-IDM015882

      Did you know that making a speech in public is rated as one of most people's greatest fears? There is however an art to making a great speech. Listen as Don Watson speech-writer for the former Prime minister Paul Keating, Michael Gurr playwright and speech-writer, and Ted Widmer foreign policy speech writer for former US ...

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      First Tuesday Book Club: Sentencing 'The Book Thief'

      • TLF-IDM018557

      People can express their opinions and attitudes in ways other than words. In this clip, join in the discussion about Markus Zusak's popular novel 'The Book Thief', and explore how verbal and non-verbal cues can add emphasis to your speech.

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      Paul Hogan and Australian slang

      • TLF-IDM015831

      Listen to Australian comic actor Paul Hogan talk to reporters in February 1987 about the Oscars and his role as Mick Dundee in the film 'Crocodile Dundee' (1986). Hogan played a laid-back outback survivalist in this hugely successful film, which is known for its use of Australian slang. Take note of Hogan's own use of Australian ...

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      Talkabout: Using language to describe being Australian

      • TLF-IDM015605

      What are some iconic Australian symbols? No doubt people would say the kangaroo, the koala or the emu. But what about sheep? Have they played a part in shaping the way Australians see themselves?

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      Hannie Rayson on writing complex roles for women

      • TLF-IDM020009

      Watch as Hannie Rayson describes her early desire to write multidimensional, complex roles for women in her plays. What was this in response to?  Why is it important for audiences to see female characters as well as male characters driving drama in plays? 

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      BTN: What is debating?

      • TLF-IDM020584

      Well, come along to round six of the 2015 National Schools Debating Championships to find out! What are the rules of debating? And what are the speakers judged on? As BTN reporter Carl Smith explains, in order to make a good argument, you need to try to prove that your ideas are right and your opposition's ideas are wrong. ...

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      Can We Help?: Efficient speech: the process of language change

      • TLF-IDM015562

      Wassup, bro?Well 'pparently I ain't speakin' right.Will thou ha' the truth on't?We often think that only young people speak in abbreviated forms, but the truth is people have been doing this since Anglo-Saxon times! In this clip discover with Professor Kate Burridge some words that belong to the 'zero plurals' group, why ...

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      Radio National: Using the word 'you' in English

      • TLF-IDM015881

      Have you ever wondered why we use the word 'you' to refer to both one 'you' or many of 'you'? Or have you ever heard anyone refer to many of 'you' using the once grammatically incorrect word 'youse'? This program considers the words we use when we are talking to each other face to face. It also looks at the use of the word ...

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      Syllabus bites: Active and passive voice

      • TLF-IDM016217

      A web page with information, teacher guides and activities on writing sentences using the active and passive voice. This resource supports the BOS NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum in English K–10.

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      Visual humour

      • TLF-IDM016369

      This resource focuses on how humour is created in images, films and multimodal texts. It includes activities and reading strategies to support the analysis and understanding of the processes of visual humour in texts. This resource supports the Australian Curriculum in English K–10.

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      Syllabus bites: types of sentences

      • TLF-IDM016280

      A web page resource with information, teacher guides and activities on types of sentences to support the Australian Curriculum in English K–10. It has detailed activities, links to resources and quizzes.

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