During this unit on Celebrations, you will learn to comprehend different text types about Celebrations, develop skills in gathering information and making inferences. You will listen to, read, interpret and create a variety of learning texts about Celebrations. You will also explore and respond to cultural celebrations different from your own, consider similarities and differences between cultures, and identify celebrations of significance in Australia and around the world.

1. What will you learn during
this unit on Celebrations?
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2. Literacy – Comprehending Texts
You will learn to understand and use
different types of texts to find out about
Celebrations.
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3. Literacy – Comprehending Texts
You will develop skills in gathering
information and making inferences
(conclusions based on the information
you have found).

4. Literacy – Comprehending Texts
You will listen to, read, interpret and
create a variety of learning texts about
Celebrations, such as an information
report, recount, procedure, description,
response and narrative.

5. Intercultural Understanding
You will be encouraged to explore and
respond to cultural celebrations that
are different from your own cultural
celebrations.
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6. Intercultural Understanding
You will consider similarities and
differences between cultures as you
learn to value your own culture and
that of others.
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7. Intercultural Understanding
You will be able to identify celebrations
and commemorations of significance in
Australia and the world.
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8. Information & Communication
Technology
You will develop skills in accessing
textual and graphic information from a
range of digital sources, for example,
locating information, copying and
pasting text and images.
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9. Information & Communication
Technology
You will develop skills in using
identified ICT tools safely to share and
exchange information with appropriate
audiences.
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