Lesson Plan

Day: M T W T F Date: Term 4 Week 1 Time: Year: 3/4

Lesson number 1 of 4 (if the lesson is one in a sequence of lessons)

Learning Area: English

Topic: Reading

Australian Curriculum Content Description: (see ACARA or SCASA)

Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the
authors reasons (ACELT1594)
Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in
collaborative situations (ACELY1676)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Cross-curriculum priorities: Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures

Critical and Personal and social

General capabilities: Literacy Numeracy ICT Ethical behaviour Intercultural understanding
creative thinking capability

Students prior knowledge and experience:

(Briefly outline what the students already know about this topic from previous lessons/experiences. Note any particular skills needed.)

Most students in the class probably havent read the book, but have done modelled reading. Students are
really interested in dragons and have lots of different resources which involve dragons. Students have also
been making predictions in science.

Teaching purpose: (What is the broad purpose of the lesson? What are you teaching and why?)
The purpose of this lesson is to get students to start thinking critically, and to make predictions on the story
based on a few sentences and an illustration. Students will use their predictions and visualise them through
their own drawings.

Learning objectives: (What will students know and be able to Assessment: (For each learning objective, state how you will assess the
do at the completion of the lesson specific, concise and degree to which the objective has been achieved. What will be the evidence of
attainable objectives. Use relevant taxonomies.) the learning? Consider formative and, if appropriate, summative assessment
strategies)
On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Through group discussions of both predictions
1. Make predictions of the text
2. Students sentence structure on post it notes
2. Convert written prediction into a drawing
3. Students use of describing words in their narrative
(another lesson)

Preparation and Resources:
Resources
Book -The Paper bag princess
Something to cover the front page up
Post it notes
Drawing paper
Timer/ counter

Preparation
Read through book
Pre write questions down

Catering for diversity (detail any adjustments or considerations for educational/resource adjustments)
Some students will need some more guidance when making predictions, as they dont want to say the wrong or
right thing.
This is session caters for verbal and visual students, and allows the students to get up and move.

Learning experiences Time: 20min

Introduction: 10 minutes
Today I have a mystery book for us to go through together. If you have read this book and
you know what is going to happen, I need you to be a secret squirrel and not tell anyone
else what happens.

Sequence of learning experiences:

Read students the first page of the book and show them the illustration. Pause to make
sure everyone can see.

You have 1 minutes to predict what is going to happen next with the people next to you and
write them down on a post it note.

Ba dada da dum To re-gain students attention

Ask the students if they would like to share any of their predictions

Continue to read the second page only.

I am going to give you another post it note, you are to write another prediction of what might
happen next on the post it note.

Get the timer on their tv for 2 minutes.

When I start this timer you will have two minutes to walk and mingle around the classroom
and discuss your predictions. When the timer goes off, you all need to be sitting quietly at
your desks for our next task. Of you go!

(While the students are mingling, hand out blank paper for students to draw on for their next
activity.)

What you will be doing with this piece of paper is drawing your prediction. So have a look at
what you have written down on your post it note, now you are going to draw a picture of
what you have written on the blank paper in front of you.

25-30min
Students to draw their prediction, using the materials they have with them.
Lesson conclusion: 5-10
Gather students back on the mat, to finish the story.

Ask students if their predictions were right or wrong

Lesson Evaluation:
(Reflect on the lesson. What worked? What did not work? What would you change? Why? Only complete this section if you actually taught the
lesson)
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