LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 7M Time: 8:55am-9:45am Date: 13/05/16
Learning Area: English
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events,
issues and characters represented in texts drawn from
different historical, social and cultural contexts
(ACELT1619)
Elaborations

Building knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to the

history, culture, and literary heritage of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
Identifying and explaining differences between points of view in
texts, for example contrasting the city and the bush or different
perspectives based on culture, gender or age.

Students Prior Knowledge:

Narrative conventions:
ie. How authors construct a story using
Plot (exposition, development and structure)
Characterisation (character construction and
progression of central and other characters)
Setting (time, place and atmosphere)
Point of View (POV)
Language, style and tone
Theme (ideas/issues explore in text)
Specific to characterisation: SAAOS (Speech,
appearance, actions, others opinions and reactions,
and symbolism)
Knowledge of both traditional and modern
adaptations of fairy tales (for example Rapunzel
and Tangled) including Challenging the stereotype
of traditional fairy tales
Students have ability to read and comprehend
various texts through participation in Accelerated
Reading (AR) program (students read and are
tested on knowledge and understanding of read
text)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Ethical
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
Critical and
behaviour
competence
creative
thinking
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures (N)

Personal and
Social
competence

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

(N)

Intercultural
understanding

Sustainability (N)

Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Identify common fairy tale stereotypes that exist in childrens literature.
Compare known common fairy tale stereotypes with unconventional outcomes in modern adaptations of
Fairy Tales.
Revise different narrative conventions and their association with Fairy Tales and other narratives.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Observation of prior English lessons
Liaise with Mentor approximately 2 days before
scheduled lesson to allow for editing and improvement
of lesson plan if necessary.
Fairy Tale Reality Check (Appendix 1) poem is printed
and rehearsed.
Plot: Rapunzel (Appendix 2) is printed
The Practical Princess: Main Event, Expectation,
Reality Table (Appendix 3) has been created and
printed to cater for all students: 22 students
Table is ready to be projected on interactive whiteboard.
Narrative Conventions Handout (Appendix 4) has been
printed to cater for all students: 22 students
Objective Assessment Checklist (Appendix 5) has
been printed
YouTube video The Practical Princess is loaded and
ready to be played on interactive whiteboard.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EiqPXd08d4
You Tube video Elements of a Short Story is loaded
and ready to be played on interactive whiteboard.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUbVH20qW0A
Read suggested literature (from mentor) including:
Fairytales for Creative Thinkers by Meg Corey
Improvisation with Favourite Tales by Ruth Beall
Heinig
Traditional Tales from the Grimm Brothers by Jan
Thorburn

Provision for students at educational risk:

Students with learning difficulties (including but not
limited to dyslexia, dyspraxia, low level
concentration, and/or low level cognitive ability) will
benefit from a combination of visual and written
activities (see below)
Visual: Elements of a Short Story YouTube
video, The Practical Princess YouTube video
and projection of The Practical Princess: Main
Event, Expectation, Reality Table on
interactive whiteboard.
Written: Hard copy Narrative Conventions
Hand Out (Appendix 3) and hard copy The
Practical Princess: Main Event, Expectation,
Reality Table (Appendix 2).
Students who are gifted and/or talented will benefit
from participation in class discussions where the
teacher will aim to encourage critical thinking (see
key questions lesson steps)
Students with CAPD, ESL or vision impairments will
have the option of viewing YouTube videos with
subtitles.
Students will have option to use their personal IT
device (iPad) to type answers if writing proves
difficult.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
Objective 1:

Objective 2:

Objective 3:


Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

***See lesson feedback form***

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time
8:55am

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/References

Students transition from PC

Good morning 7M
Teacher to excuse disruptions to the timetable due to NAPLAN and cross
country. Students will be having an English lesson today instead of Health.
Poem: Fairy Tale Reality Check (Appendix 1) by unknown author

9:00am

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Interactive Whiteboard

Can students guess what topic the class will be covering today?
Answer: Fairy Tales
Expanding on original and modern adaptations of fairy tales, how they are
created (narrative conventions) and why they are created.
**Teacher to make students aware that this is just an introduction lesson and
there will be more lessons to come exploring the topic**
Teacher to give a basic overview of the Fairy Tale: Rapunzel
First published in 1634 (382 years ago)
Best known for the line: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
Plot (See Appendix 2)

9:05am

Lesson Steps
Teacher asks for student to hand out The Practical Princess: Main Event,
Expectation, Reality Table (Appendix 3)
**Teacher to project table onto interactive whiteboard**

Teacher to explain task:

Class will be watching a narrative called The Practical Princess (modern
day adaptation of Rapunzel) on YouTube and completing the given table.

YouTube (The Practical

Princess)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=0EiqPXd08d4

Appendix 4

(see YouTube link to right )

Before starting video, teacher and students will collaboratively work

through Expectation column with emphasis on common Fairy tale
stereotypes.
(teacher to enter answers onto projected table)
Whilst video is playing, students will fill in remaining Reality column as
Main Event plays out.

Teacher to stop video at required points to allow for discussion and for
students to enter their answers into the box.
Including:
Dragon is Killed: 2:13 minutes
Wealthy Lord Garp wants to marry the princess: 5:00 minutes
Princess escapes from the tower: 8:05 minutes
Lord Garp dies: 8:20 minutes
Prince wants to marry Princess: end
9:25am
Key Questions:
Can students see any similarities to other movies or television series they
have seen? (ie Disneys Rapunzel 1996, Tangled 2010, Once Upon a
Time 2011 or Into the Woods 2014)
Which one did you like better? The original or the modern version?
Was anyone surprised by the changes made in The Practical Princess
compared to Rapunzel?

9:30am

Why do you think these changes were made?

Possible answers
Make readers laugh
Surprise readers
Make fairy tales more interesting to older children
Make readers think about what usually happens in fairy tales
compared to what can actually happen
Promote the hero character as not always brave as confident but
intelligent, practical thinkers and gentle
Challenge gender stereotypes
Draw attention to the narrative conventions of fairy tales
(to discuss in more detail see below)
Teacher to ask student to hand out Narrative Conventions Handout
(Appendix 4) to each student.
Narrative conventions:
Techniques used by the author to tell a story to the reader
How the author constructs their narrative to portray meaning

Does so by making specific choices:

(see next page)

Language: Once upon a time and they lived happily ever after,
brave prince slay the dragon
Characters: Prince, princess, dragon, evil witch
Setting: In a kingdom far far away
POV: Third person (shifting to first)

Students to glue in work book while teacher readies YouTube video: Short
Story Elements (4:10minutes)
9:40am

YouTube (Elements of a
Short Story)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=jUbVH20qW0A

(see YouTube link to right )

Lesson Closure:
Teacher to collect The Practical Princess: Main Event, Expectation, Reality
Table (Appendix 3) from students to mark and return the following day.
Teacher instructs students that in the coming lessons they will be taken
through topic of narrative conventions in more depth.
9:45am

Transition:
Students pack away English materials and collect materials for next three
classes as they will not be coming back to the class until 5 th period.
Teacher dismisses students

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Objective 1:
Identify common fairy tale stereotypes that exist in childrens literature.
To meet objective, students will complete the Expectation column in The
Practical Princess: Main Event, Expectation, Reality Table (Appendix 3).
Objective to be judged by completion of Objective Assessment Checklist
(Appendix 5).
Objective 2:
Compare known common fairy tale stereotypes with unconventional
outcomes in modern adaptations of Fairy Tales.
To meet objective, students will complete the Reality column in The Practical
Princess: Main Event, Expectation, Reality Table (Appendix 3). Objective to be
judged by completion of Objective Assessment Checklist (Appendix 5).
Objective 3:
Revise different narrative conventions and their association with Fairy
Tales and other narratives.
To meet objective, students watch the Elements of a Short Story YouTube
video and participate in class discussions regarding narrative conventions

Appendix 5
Learning Area: English
Year Level: 7M
Date: 13/05/2016
Time: 8:55am-9:45am
Assessment of Objectives:
1. Identify common fairy tale stereotypes that exist in childrens literature.
2. Compare known common fairy tale stereotypes with unconventional outcomes in
modern adaptations of Fairy Tales.
Student Name

Objective 1
Met
Not Met

Objective 2
Met
Not Met

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