VSL VCE Greek
LESSON

Term 2 Week 9

Γεια σας! Despite initial hopes of returning to face-to-face learning this week, following guidance from the Victorian Department of Education we will be continuing with online lessons for the rest of the term.

VCE

This week we are continuing with our topic on the environment. We will be mainly working from the VSL distance material again. We are working towards our next SAC, which will be about synthesising information from three or more texts and writing a high-level piece of work using these.

The first set of materials relevant to the environment is workset 12, the second is workset 14, which I will refer to in your tasks below. Please disregard comments in the worksets about SACs.

  1. Listening Comprehension Complete the listening comprehension exercises 1 and 2 in workset 12. You will need these two audio files: exercise 1, exercise 2.
  2. Discussion: Environmental posters Look at the posters on pages 2 and 3 of workset 14, write down some responses to the relevant questions, we will discuss these in class. Can you come up with a rhyming slogan communicating the message of the three posters in exercise 2?
  3. Discussion: The myth of King Midas Watch this children’s version of the myth, and this one meant for an older audience. In what ways are they similar/different? Why might this be the case? Write down some points in Greek (at least four), we will discuss these in class.
  4. Writing task: Plastic pollution Watch this video on plastic pollution. The video is in English, but enabling Greek subtitles will help with vocabulary. Write a few paragraphs (approx. 150 - 200 words) in Greek about the analogy made between the mythical figure Midas (Μίδας) and plastic use. We will discuss this in class.
  5. Written response Complete exercise 3 in Workset 14, read the essay and answer the questions in Greek.
  6. Grammar This topic contains many difficult neuter noun declensions. Study these on page 13 of workset 14 and complete exercise 7.
  7. Submit your work for steps 4 and 5 at this link.

Years 9 and 10

Today I want to do a small unit on cooking and recipes. We will be working mainly from chapter 13 in the GCSE I textbook and workbook.

  1. Reading Read the text on the first page of chapter 13 in the textbook: η συνταγή της γιαγιάς. Answer the questions in box A on the next page.
  2. Listening Comprehension Complete the listening comprehension exercise ΣΤ in the workbook. You will need this audio file. Feel free to pause it and listen to it as many times as you need.
  3. Reading Comprehension Complete exercise 7 in distance workset 13. Despite the instructions, I would like you to read the dialogue and answer the questions in English.
  4. Grammar: genitive singular Use the notes from class to complete exercise Z in the workbook chapter. You need to fill in the gaps with the correct genitive form of the noun.
  5. Writing Complete exercise H in the workbook chapter. A friend is asking you for a recipe of a traditional Greek dish. In about 70-100 words write out the recipe in Greek, modelling your piece of writing on the text you read in step 1. Include the name of the dish, the ingredients (υλικά) and your method (εκτέλεση). If you are stuck for ideas, you will find plenty here.
  6. Submit your work for the above steps at this link before next week.