10 Samoan

Subject Overview

Term 1
Students will be able to:
-Identify letters and letter combinations of the Samoan alphabet
-Pronounce Samoan words correctly with macron and glottal stops
-Recite basic opening and closing prayer
-Greet, farewell and acknowledge different people appropriately in Samoan
-Introduce themselves and others
- Communicate personal information in Samoan i.e. name, parents’ names, place of origin
- Say a simple speech to describe themselves and their family in Samoan
-Describe relationships with their immediate family members in Samoan
-Draw and describe their family tree in Samoan

Term 2
Students will be able to:
- Give a range of simple information about their homes and possessions
- Communicate about locations
- Describe the attractions and their favourite places in their hometown in Samoan.
- Describe key historic events in Samoa
- Describe the impact of colonisation on people in Samoa

Term 3
Students will be able to:
- Give simple information about their school in Samoan
- Identify and describe where objects are in the classroom in Samoan
- Describe where things and places are located in the school
- Identify key features of the Fale Samoa and what they represent
- Describe their academic goals, subjects, teachers, sports in Samoan

Term 4
Students will be able to:
- Use words for common food
- Communicate about likes and dislikes
- Communicate about the quality, quantity and cost of things
- Recite the prayer for food