Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

6 Time: 10:00 10:30 Date: 01/04/16

Learning Area: English

Students Prior Knowledge:

Use a range of software including word
processing programs with fluency to construct,
edit and publish written text, and select, edit
and place visual, print and audio elements
(ACELY1707)
Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy
settings and characters that draw on the
worlds represented in texts students have
experienced (ACELT1612)

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

English/Language/Text structure and organisation/
ACELA1521
English/Language/Expressing and developing ideas/
ACELA1523
English/Literacy/Creating texts/ ACELY1714
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

Ethical
behaviour

creative thinking

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

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:
Compose a text for submission
Utilise prior knowledge of sentence structure, grammatical structures and point of view to construct a text
appropriate to purpose and audience
Understand how ideas can be expanded through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of
adverbs.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
1. Upload instructions to weebly site
(www.whichsidewillyouchoose.weebly.com)
2. Storybird instructions www.storybird.com
3. YouTube clip https://youtu.be/WH5jlkK4aUI

Provision for students at educational risk:

Provide students with links to visual outline of

plot description
Walk through storybird site access and assist
with upload of draft
Allow collaboration with other students


LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)
Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

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

Time
10:00

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

Resources/References
Motivation and Introduction:
Instruct students to sit at their own computers
This morning we will be continuing our class WebQuest. In todays lesson, we
will be watching a short video and accessing both our class storybird and
weebly sites. We will be using these web-based systems to begin writing the
plot for our stories.

Computer for each student

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

10:05

10:25

10:30

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Direct students to whichsidewillyouchoose.weebly.com

Read through instructions
Navigate site with students to ensure all understand what is required
Assist any students who are having problems or concerns
Instruct students to begin their plot draft using Microsoft word
Advise students they have 15 minutes to complete their initial
thoughts and ideas for their plot draft
7. Advise students to save their drafts, to continue in a later lesson
8. Remind students to write down ideas as they come to mind
9. Class code for story board: N999C
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
That completes our WebQuest lesson for today. In composing your plot drafts,
you have demonstrated that you are able to utilise your prior knowledge about
sentence structure, grammatical structures and point of view with a specific
audience in mind. Congratulations to each of you. Please shut your
computers down and return to your desks.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
Students return to their desks ready for the commencement of the next lesson
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Assessment will be undertaken by monitoring students progress on their plot
drafts. Spot questions regarding grammatical and sentence structures; along


with the use of verbs and adverbs will take place throughout the week.