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(CF): 1 English 5 Connections, Patterns & Relationships Thinking Laterally Science Understanding Australia 9 Global Community
Overarching Outcomes
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These refer to the Overarching Learning Outcomes in the Curriculum Framework (1998:18-19)
Literature'
! Recognise!that!ideas!in!literary!texts!can!be!conveyed!from!different!viewpoints,!which!can!lead!to!different!kinds!of! interpretations!and!responses(ACELT1610)! ! Create!literary!texts!using!realistic!and!fantasy!settings!and!characters!that!draw!on!the!worlds!represented! in!texts!students!have!experienced(ACELT1612)! ! Create!literary!texts!that!experiment!with!structures,!ideas!and!stylistic!features!of!selected!authors(ACELT1798)! !
Literacy'
Navigate!and!read!texts!for!specific!purposes!applying!appropriate!text!processing!strategies,!for!example!predicting! and!confirming,!monitoring!meaning,!skimming!and!scanning!(ACELY1702)! ! Use!comprehension!strategies!to!analyse!information,!integrating!and!linking!ideas!from!a!variety!of!print!and!digital! sources!(ACELY1703)! ! Develop!a!handwriting!style!that!is!becoming!legible,!fluent!and!automatic!(ACELY1706)! ! Clarify!understanding!of!content!as!it!unfolds!in!formal!and!informal!situations,!connecting!ideas!to!students!own! experiences!and!present!and!justify!a!point!of!view!(ACELY1699)! ! Plan,!draft!and!publish!imaginative,!informative!and!persuasive!texts,!choosing!and!experimenting!with!text! structures,!language!features,!images!and!digital!resources!appropriate!to!purpose!and!audience(ACELY1714)! ! Use!a!range!of!software,!including!word!processing!programs,!learning!new!functions!as!required!to! create!texts!(ACELY1717)!
General'capabilities'and'cross4curriculum'priorities'
Literacy! Develop!Vocabulary!!! Develop!skill!in!writing!descriptive!texts! Develop!an!understanding!that!actions!are!shaped!by!an!understanding!an!interpretation!of!the!past.!! ICT!capability! Ability!to!use!computers!and!relevant!programs! Represent!information!using!a!variety!of!ICT:!Action!Notes! Critical!and!creative!thinking! Develop!an!ability!to!create!and!design!using!prior!knowledge!! Develop!sills!in!critiquing!a!range!of!advertising!products.!! Inter!cultural!understanding!! Develop!an!understanding!of!Ghana,!Indonesia!and!how!their!lifestyles!are!similar!and!different!to! Australia.!!
Reading'Groups'
Group!1:!Mark,!Ursula,!Zachary,!Phoebe,!Ivan! Work!on:!vocabulary,!informational!comprehension,!Spelling! Group!2:!Elizabeth,!James,!Fiona,!Georgia,!Adam,!Harry! Work!on:!Vocabulary,!Work!attack,!Comprehension!(fic!&!inform),!spelling! Group!3:!Lucas,!Alice,!Christopher,!Brendan,!Oscar,!Daniel! Work!on:!Vocabulary,!compehension!(Fic!&!infom),!spelling! Group!4:!Karen,!Natasha,!Robert,!Sally,!Wendy! Work!on:!vocabulary,!Word!attack,!Fluency,!Conprehension!(Fic!&!infom),!spelling!! Group!5:!Chloe,!Tristan,!Jane,!Vinnie,!Yolanda!
'Spelling'Groups' '
Late:'Letter'name'4' alphabetic'Spellers:' Elizabeth! James! Fiona! Georgia! Adam! Harry! Mid/Late:'Within'Word' Pattern'4! ! Karen!! ! Ursula! Natasha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Zachary! Robert!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Phoebe! Ivan!! ! !! ! ! Early/Mid:'Syllable'&' Affixes! ! ! Alice!! ! !!!!Sally! Christopher!!!!!!!!!Wendy! Lucas!! ! !!!Mark! Brendan! Daniel! Oscar! ! ! Early:'Derivational' Relations'' Chloe! Tristan! Jane! Vinnie! Yolanda!
Work!on:!Informational!comprehension.
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Prior'Knowledge' Children!are!aware!that!other!children!have!different! responsibilities!that!prevent!them!from!living!a!life!similar! to!their!own! Students!have!had!prior!experience!with!using!language! features!images!and!vocabulary!to!create!different!effects! in!their!writing! Prior!knowledge!in!using!research!methods!such!as!online! search!engines.!! Prior!knowledge!in!using!mapping.!!
Exemplar'Texts'
Bellas chocolate surprise by Adam Guillan & Elke Steiner I like chocolate by David Cali Chocolate by Michael Rosen Chocolate by Ross Bateman Fair trade poems by children http://poetryzone.woodshed.co.uk/chocolatecomp.htm Off Side Tom Palmer Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest Robert Burleigh (2002) Need for Chocolate and Other Poems Mary Cheever Chocolate from Start to Finish Samuel G. Woods (1999) Pa Pa Paa: http://www.papapaa.org/ks3/choc_1b.htm Good eats S01E31P1 art of darkness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5vVfvyqURg Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake Chocolate Samuel G. Woods How Monkeys Make Chocolate Adrian Forsyth Crazy For Chocolate Frieda Wishinsky
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Chocolate Tree: A Natural History of Cacao Allen M. Young The Case Of The Chocolate Fingerprints Parker C. Hinter Chocolate by Hershey Betty Burford, illustrated by Loren Chantland Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Margot Theis Raven, illustrated by Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen
Links'to'other'learning'areas' This'unit'link'English'to'society'and'Environment'and'Science''
ASSESSMENTS:'
' ' Mid'Program'Activity:''Assessment''(Week'3)' ' Design'a'chocolate'wrapper'! o Research!current!chocolates!and!their!ingredients!! o Research!different!ingredient!combinations.!! o Review!how!chocolates!are!made! o Design!a!new!chocolate!bar!that!appeals!to!11!!13! year!olds.!! Focus!on:!Writing/designing!for!a!specific!audience!and! purpose! ' End'of'Program/Culminating'Activity:''Assessment''(Week'10)' Intent:''
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' Intent:' Fair'trade'campaign'' Research!all!aspects!of!fair!trade:!(what,!where,!who,!why,! when)! Research!the!countries!that!have!faire!trade/!need!fair!trade! Research!Solutions:!technology,!human!labour,!money!ect!! ! Personal:!! ! Country!based! ! World!based! Design!a!Poster!for!the!school!why!is!chocolate!destroying! our!world! ! ! ! Formative!assessments!conducted!throughout!the!weeks!(4i9)!with!the! summative!assessment!in!week!10! !
Unit Outline
KEY:''Whole'Class Week' '
'''''Small'Group''''Individual'''
Teaching'and'Learning'Activities' (what'and'how)'
Group' Structure'
(classroom' arrangeme nt)'
Literacy'Focus' (what'and'how)'
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Relevance!of!chocolate!in!our!life! Who!eats!chocolate?!Calculate!the!%!of!people!in! class!who!eat!chocolate!! Map!the!areas!of!the!world!that!consume!chocolate! (major!continents)! o Use!the!bar!graph!of!the!top!chocolate!eating! countries!found!from! http://www.shockmd.com/wpi content/ranking_of_consumption_chocolate _kl1.jpg! Discuss!the!results:! o Which!countries!eat!the!most?!!First!world! countries! o Highlight!to!the!students!how!relevant!and! involved!they!are!within!this!topic.!! ! Complete!cover!page!of!the!integrated!studies! workbook! Relevance!of!chocolate!in!our!life! Guided!reading!for!small!groups.!(use!5!day!writing! rotation!program)! Self!selected!reading;!rest!of!the!class;!increase! chocolate!awareness/interest.!Summaries!based!upon! ! Newspaper!articles:!relevance!of! chocolate!in!our!life;!present/past! ! Fiction!novels! ! Non!fiction!novels! ! Short!stories! ! Picture!books! ! Poems!!
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Exposure'to'different'text' types' Summarising' Reading' Guided'reading:!Intro!to! book,!Preview,!view,!review,! retell,!individual!activity! (readers!response!activity).!! Focus!on:! informational!texts,! two!reading! strategies:!readers! response,!think! aloud!!!
(F)! Collect!Guidedireading! Workbooks!to!mark!and! ensure!all!work!is!upitoi date.!Ensure!all!the! students!understand! topic.!Note!any! misunderstandings!to!be! reviewed!within!the! next!weeks!classes.!!
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Relevance!of!chocolate!3! ! The!forms/types!of!chocolate!found!in!our!shops:!! Science!experiment:! Changes'in'matter' o Make!a!table!of!descriptive!language!! o Properties!of!chocolate!in!differing!states:!! o Discover!and!explore!the!properties! and!characteristics!of!chocolate!as!a! solid!and!then!as!a!liquid.!! ! Where!does!chocolate!come!from?!! Informational!text:!! Assign!one!page!of!Chocolate!by!Samuel!Woods!to! each!group!! o Jigsaw!teaching!! Grand!conversation! Explore!vocab!from!the!text.!!(use!word!wall)!! Text!structures:!using!Informational!picture!books! ! Cause!and!Effect!! ! Sequence!! ! Problem/Solution!! Introduce!featured!book:! Charlie!and!the!chocolate!Factory!by!Roald!Dahl!! o Predict!and!draw!the!cover! o Relate!to!past!knowledge!! o Text!structure:! o Setting!! o Plot! ! Start!chapters:!Individual!and!modelled!reading!!(use! stop!and!think!cards)! Spelling:!Use!5!day!spelling!rotation!program!! ! Organise!the!Spelling!Workbooks!for!this!unit!of!work! Focus!on:! o Individualised!group!words!and! rules/patterns!! o Word!origins,!prefixes!and!suffixes!
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Reading'comprehension:' informal'text' o Summarising!main! ideas! o Deepen!depth!of! knowledge! Speaking'and'listening!! Vocabulary'development!! o Students!record! new!vocab!into! workbooks' Text'types'structure' Reading'strategies'for' whole'class:'' Readers!response:' link!past!knowledge! !children!write! sticky!notes! Anticipation!guide:! chapter!one!! Reading/listening/viewing! Spelling'rotations:'' LetteriName!Alphabetic! Sort!Short!vowels! in!CVC!words:!Sort! 38:!short!a!and!o!in! easy!CVC!words! Within!Word!Patterns! R!influenced!vowel! patterns:!Sort!25! ar,are,air! Syllables!and!Affixes!
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Introduce!the!assignment:!Looking!at!chocolate!companies!and! chocolate!wrappers.! ! Research!phase!1! Who!makes!the!chocolate?! o Research!major!companies!that! make!chocolate.!! o Name!of!chocolate!bars! o Ingredients!! o Descriptive!sentences!describing!the! chocolate!bar! '
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Inflicted!endings:! Sort!5!adding!ed!to! words! Derivational!Relations! Prefixes:!sort!1! prefixes! (in,un,dis,mis)! Recording'information:' Action!Notes'(IPAD!APP)! Comprehension'strategy:' The!mains!ideas!(stages)! required!to!make!chocolate' Summarising:!visually! summarising!information! learnt!onto!a!map! Writing:!! o Common!grammar!and! spelling!reminders! o Use!relevant!descriptive! language!and! vocabulary! Research'focus:'' Note'taking' Summarising'on' Action'Notes' ' Comprehension'of'texts'' o Main!ideas!! o Structure! o Purpose!! ! Descriptive!language:!add!to! previous!list! !
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! Computers!and!online! search!engines! Ipad!! Integrated!workbooks' Choco!challenge!research! worksheet! http://www.schooli portal.co.uk/GroupHomepa ge.asp?GroupID=92056' '
(F)! Assignment!1:!Finding! descriptive!words!to! describe!chocolate.! Reviewed!in!integrated! workbooks!(to!be! started!in!week!one!and! edited!and!improved! until!week!3! assessment)! (F)! Collect!Integrated! Studies!Workbooks!to! mark!and!ensure!all! work!is!upitoidate.!
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Where!does!chocolate!come!from?!!Part!2! Compare'and'contrast' o Discuss!the!Aztecs!!! ! Everyday!life!in!Ghana.!! ! How!they!came!to!discover!chocolate!! o Discuss!the!Ghana!people! ! Everyday!life!in!Aztec!civilisation.!! ! How!they!came!to!discover!chocolate!! o Discuss!the!Asian!population!!Indonesia!! ! Everyday!life!in!Indonesia.!! ! How!they!came!to!discover!chocolate!!
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Where!does!chocolate!come!from?!!Part!2! Science'experiment:'' Life'cycle'of'the'cocoa'bean'tree:'' Biology!facts:!pod!production,!life!span!of! (ACSSU094)! pod!production,!seeding!cycle,!physical! (ACSIS088)! conditions!affecting!tree!production!! (ACSIS090)! ! Write!an!informational!piece!(Report)!of!writing!about! where!chocolate!come!from!focusing!on!a!text!structure! previously!learnt! Design!a!chocolate!wrapper:!Research!phase!2! o Importance!of!audience!and!purpose! o Elements!of!a!chocolate!wrapper!and! its!purpose!activity! o Elements!of!the!chocolate!bar!wrapper! (ACELT1610)! o See!checklist!! ! o Annotating!common!wrappers! (highlighting!the!elements!of!a! wrapper)!
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Reading' Read!websites!for! information! Vocabulary'Development' Use!an!oniline! dictionary!to!look! ' up!unknown! words!!ripe,! harvested! Writing!elements:! Writing!for!a! purpose! Writing!for!a! specific!audience!! !
! Integrated!workbooks! with!tables!for!lifestyle! comparisons!! Nonifiction!books!on! Aztecs,!Asia! Downloaded!workbooks! chocolate!and!the! Aztecs! Ghana!people!study:! Papapaa!website! Africas!child!Eureka! video!! Integrated!workbook! Biology!facts! worksheets.!! Bucket!with!soil!and!a! tree!seed!
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Integrated! (F)! workbooks! Assignment!1:! o Task!cards:! demonstrates! elements!of!a! importance!of!audience,! chocolate!and!their! purpose!and!the! purpose!! common!elements!of!a! o Annotation! wrapper:!drafted!in! worksheets! Integrated!workbook,! o Elements!of!the! reviewed!end!week!2! chocolate!bar! checklist'' (F)! Poems! Poem!focusing!on!the! Picture!books!like!FIND! use!of!descriptive! THE!NAME! language!to!describe! Descriptive!sentences! chocolate.!Provide! found!on!food!packaging!!! feedback!before! Integrated!workbook!' assignment!1!draft!is! written! ! Poem!focus:!The!ability! o
to!accurately!and! correctly!summarise! information.!Revised! ! ! Guided!reading!for!small!groups.!(use!5!day!writing!rotation! program)! Focus!on!Poems! ! Rest!of!the!class:!! Paired!reading,!reading!journal!activities,!thinking! cards,!comprehension!activities!and!spelling! activities! ! Guided'reading:'Intro!to! book,!Preview,!view,! review,!retell,!! ! Individual!activity:' Draw!a!cartoon!strip! to!illustrate!the! poems!main!ideas!! How!does!this!make! you!feel! What!words!do!they! use!to!make!you!feel! this!way! What!do!you!think! they!meant!when! they!said!! ' Prediction'' Develops! interpretation! skills!via!reading! the!title!and!the! synopsis!! Writing' Reading'strategies'for' whole'class:'' Finding!signal! words! Reading/listening/viewing' ' Recording'information:' USE!IPAD!APP! Viewing/speaking,' listening' Writing:!! o Common!grammar! and!spelling! reminders! Use!relevant!descriptive! language!and!vocabulary' Selection!of!chocolate! related!Poems! Guided!reading! workbooks! Class!task!cards! Literature!for!class!to! use!
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Continue!featured!book:! Charlie!and!the!chocolate!factory! o How!are!the!characters!portrayed?!! o Text!structure:! ! o Review'setting'and'plot' ! o Characters'' ! ! ! (ACELY1702)! Continue!chapters:!Individual!and!modelled!reading!!(use! stop!and!think!cards)! ! ! Body'book'report:' o Choose!a!main!character!and!describe!their!life,! personality,!hobbies,!likes,!dislikes!! ! ! How!is!choc!made!2! Production!process:!! o How!the!beans!are!turned!into!chocolate.! ! The!factory!process!! R!3.3! o Summarise!the!information!using!a!comic! strip!! !
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Spelling:!! LetteriName!Alphabetic! Sort!Short!vowels! in!CVC!words:! Sort!39!Short!I! and!u!in!easy!CVC! words!! Within!Word!Patterns! R!influenced! vowel!patterns:! Sort!26!er,ear,eer!! Syllables!and!Affixes! Inflicted!endings:! Sort!6!unusual! past!tense!words! Derivational!Relations! Prefixes:!sort!2! prefixes!(pre,! fore,!post,!after)! Comprehension'of'an' informational'text,' Reading' Viewing' Summarising:'IPAD'APP'
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! Guided!reading!for!small!groups.!!(use!5!day!writing! rotation!program)! Focus!on!Poems! ! Rest!of!the!class:!! Paired!reading,!reading!journal!activities,!thinking! cards,!comprehension!activities!and!spelling! activities! ! Human'system:' Discuss!and!review!the!effects!of!chocolate!on!the! human!body.!! Review!the!effects!of!different!types!of!chocolate! and!their!effect.!I.E!dark!is!good!for!the!body,! white!is!bad.!! !
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Reading'comprehension:' informal'text' Text!structures:! Description!! Compare!and! Contrast! Vocabulary'development!! o Students!record! new!vocab!into! workbooks' Guided'reading:'' 4'doors' Factual'questions'' ' Reading'strategies:' Word'attack' strategies:' picture'cards,' sound'out,' connect.' ' Prediction'' Develops! interpretation! skills!via!reading! the!title!and!the!
Newspaper!articles!! Posters! Books! Webpages! Integrated!workbooks! Make!focus!questions!' addressing!all!levels!of! thinking' Novels! Question!sheets! that!address!all! levels!of!thinking! Stop!and!think! cards!
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