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Unit/Lesson Title: Recounts, Features of Recounts Lesson duration: 45 Stage 2 Year 3 Class/Group 3G
minutes
National Standard: Focus Area:
Rationale Syllabus Outcomes Syllabus Content
This lesson will serve as an EN2-4A: Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text
introduction to the unit and as and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a structures and language features of literary texts.
a skill building exercise. range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in
different media and technologies. Read different types of texts by combining contextual,
Students will be learning how semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text
to deconstruct texts to find EN3-5B: Discusses how language is used to achieve a processing strategies for example, monitoring meaning,
their key features. widening range of purposes for a widening range of cross checking and reviewing.
audiences and contexts.
Identify and explain characteristic text
structures and language features used
in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the
purpose of the text.
Unit/Lesson Title: Recounts, Collaborative Writing Lesson duration: 45 – 55 Stage 2 Year 3 Class/Group 3G
minutes
National Standard: Focus Area:
Rationale Syllabus Outcomes Syllabus Content
This is the second lesson in EN2-4A: Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies Experiment and share aspects of composing that enhance
the unit on Recounts. This and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a learning and enjoyment.
lesson is being undertaken to range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in
further expand upon the different media and technologies. Discuss aspects of planning prior to writing, e.g. knowledge
concepts explored in last of topic, specific vocabulary and language features.
lessons modelling activity. EN2-2A: Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts
that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and
In this lesson students will be language. events from students' own and other cultures using visual
working together as a class to features, for example perspective, distance and angle.
write a recount utilising
numerous language and Create texts that adapt language features and patterns
structural features similar to encountered in literary texts, for example characterisation,
those in The Happiest rhyme, rhythm, mood, music, sound effects and dialogue.
Refugee.
Unit/Lesson Title: Recounts, Independent Writing Lesson duration: 45 Stage 2 Year 3 Class/Group 3G
minutes
National Standard: Focus Area:
Rationale Syllabus Outcomes Syllabus Content
This is the third lesson in this Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and
unit of work and will be aiming EN2-2A: plans, composes and reviews a range of texts events from students' own and other cultures using visual
to facilitate students in writing that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and features, for example perspective, distance and angle.
their own imaginative language.
recounts. Create texts that adapt language features and patterns
EN3-6B: uses knowledge of sentence structure, encountered in literary texts, for example characterisation,
Students have spent the grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and rhyme, rhythm, mood, music, sound effects and dialogue.
previous two lessons learning compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and
about the features and technologies. Plan, compose and review imaginative and persuasive
composition of a recount, to texts.
continue this progression, HT2-3: describes people, events and actions related to
students will be making their world exploration and its effects. Identify elements of their writing that need improvement and
first attempts at writing their review using feedback from teacher and peers.
own individual imaginative
recounts. Develop knowledge and understanding about the nature of
These recounts will utilise a history and key changes and developments from the past.
cross KLA approach with
students having their learning
connected to the history
syllabus.
Prior Knowledge Risk Assessment Resources
Students have previously had the book Students will be located in their seats for the The Little Refugee
read to them and have completed previous entirety of the lesson to minimise hazards, Pens/pencils
units on a variety of text types. students must raise their hand if they wish White Board
to leave their seat to access the variety of Markers
Students have read and written their own resources provided inside of the classroom. iPad’s
recounts in the past, this includes Earphones
deconstructing simpler recounts/narratives. Swinging on chairs is strictly prohibited. Any
student requiring use of a charging chord
In the previous lessons students have must sit at the closest desk to a power
deconstructed a recount and identified the point.
features found inside this type of text
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through teacher modelling as well as
completed a collaborative Recount in the
previous lesson.
Body
(Exploration/Transformation/Presentation) Individual:
Students will be
25 – 30 Inform the class of their activity for the remainder of seated in their
minutes the lesson; students will be writing their own desks working
individually during
imaginative recount utilising learning undertaken in
this activity.
both the English and History Curriculums for Stage Students are
2. The content from both of these KLAs work asked to work
together with the books (The Little Refugee) theme independently as
of journeys. Students are asked to create an they will be
imaginative recount from the perspective of either of summative
Students are assessed on the
the following:
writing their own final product.
recounts
• A settler’s journey from England to Australia.
according to the Integrated
criteria written Curriculum: This
• An Indigenous Australians move across the
on the board. lesson
country when the seasons change. incorporates
features from both
• EAL/D students may write a recount about the English and
their own journey to Australia History Stage 2
Curriculums with
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Write on the Board: To achieve a satisfactory mark students being
a student must include an introduction which presented with the
establishes the 5 W’s, a sequence of opportunity to
Students are access learning in
events/complication that involves 2 events and a
demonstrating English using a
their conclusion. Students must also include 2 language historical
understanding features and 1 visual feature in their texts (Students perspective.
of the will be working on this for the next 1-2 lessons
knowledge proceeding this). EAL/D students will be assessed Selection:
learnt in the using the criteria above however inclusion of Students are
history language features is not required. provided with the
curriculum by opportunity to
writing this If any student requires clarification on the 5 W’s select their own of
recount. the two topics to
play the following
base their writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWK1-L41f0 a Students are also
song that helps students to remember the 5 W’s. allowed to select
their own events,
This lesson is the beginning, students will be characters, and
spending this lesson planning out and creating a text features.
draft of their Imaginative recounts. Students will be
peer editing in this lesson then self editing and
finishing their recounts in the next lesson, in the Differentiation:
EAL/D students
third and final students will be drawing
are provided a
accompanying images to their recount. simpler marking Assessment as Learning:
criterion and are occurs in this lesson with
During this time post the Little Refugee up onto the
Students are presented with
IWB and allow students to access resources and students using their peers
synthesizing their own unique
their ideas into texts inside the classroom that may assist them in option to recount to review and critique their
an engaging completing this activity. This allows students to gain their own personal first drafts.
and coherent ideas from the text/s as well as provide journey to
narrative. demonstration of different literary features students Australia. As with
may choose to include in their own recounts. the other lesson
these students are
Float throughout the classroom during this activity also allowed to
draw these
providing assistance to students that may have
experiences
questions or developed any misconceptions about however the
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the activity or criteria for success. Once a student construction of a
has completed their work ask them to partner up basic written
with a peer and mark one and others draft recount should be
encouraged and/or
imaginative recounts.
assisted. Group:
Conclusion The concluding
discussion will be
(Presentation/Reflection) undertaken in
group form to
To conclude the lesson, bring the students down to encourage
the floor and engage in dialect asking students if participation and
they had any difficulties or if there was any Discussion: to allow students
5 confusion about the learning activity. Ask some of This lesson utilises who may be
minutes the student’s what topic they have selected and if a discussion of the uncomfortable
they would like to give the class a brief overview of content covered in with 1 on 1
their recount/plan. This discussion provides the lesson to assist interaction to
students who may be struggling for ideas in assessing seek help or learn
opportunity to hear from and be inspired by their student from a peer with
peers. comprehension the same
and provide problem.
students with
opportunity to
learn off of each
other as well as
ask questions.
The literacy unit I will be teaching to the students on my Year 3 class is on text type, recounts. Over the course of the unit students will experience learning
following the gradual release of responsibility model. This is done through the pacing of the content with students first being given the opportunity to first
engage with the content through a whole class and teacher central activity (Flint, et al. 2014. P149). The teacher central activity students engage in during the
first lesson utilises Explicit Teaching with a whole class discussion to allow for student engagement with the content. By deconstructing the text with the
students, they are shown the nuances and features that are utilised to create an engaging text/recount. EAL/D support is featured in this lesson with students
being provided a link to a video version of The Little Refugee, featuring small animations and multiple sound effects to allow students to engage with the
content from a variety of aspects (multimodality). To incorporate further support for these student’s precautions have been taken during the lesson planning
phase, specifically in material design by creating a simplified handout depicting the structure of a recount will be supplied to these students (Miller &
McCallum. 2015. p80). EAL/D students are further supported through incorporation of Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development, allowing the students to
co-construct their knowledge through cooperation and guided example (McDonald, 2010). Assessment is kept purely diagnostic in this lesson with students
only the student’s prior knowledge being assessed to inform instruction for the rest of the unit.
In the proceeding lesson students will have the field built through use of a multimodal presentation demonstrating the structure of a recount and activating the
student’s prior knowledge from the previous lesson. Building the field for students provides additional support for EAL/D learners, it “helps them to either
develop new concepts, or else map already acquired concepts on to their new language, English” (Using the Curriculum Cycle with ESL Learners, 2008). A
Think, Pair, Share, Activity is used as the first activity in the body of this lesson, TPS have students work collaboratively and provides students opportunity to
practice critical thinking. In a 2013 study by Siburian (Siburian. 2013. P42) student’s achievement in writing descriptive texts mean mark was improved by 20%
after 3 lessons utilizing a TPS approach to teaching and learning, demonstrating its capability for instruction in literacy. The ideas generated from the TPS are
then written up on the board for use during the next activity, a collaborative imaginative recount written by the TPS following a modelled example. Piaget’s and
Vygotsky’s Theories of Cognitive Development are both applied in this lesson to provide students with opportunity for collaboration as well as stimulation from
class organisation with students being able to sit with their partners and work at a low volume (McDonald, 2010). By modelling writing the teacher
demonstrates the writing behaviours for compiling this text type as well as vocalises the thought process undertaken (Flint et al. 2014. P153). Formative
assessment is undertaken in this lesson with students being asked to read their collaborative recounts aloud, this provides opportunity to give immediate
feedback to students and address any misconceptions that the class may have. EAL/D learners are not assessed on their writing but their ability to convey a
recount, these students are also given the option to draw their recounts providing opportunity for multimodality in their physical learning activities, alongside
continued support with collaborative alternatives (Gibbons. 2015).
The third lesson in this unit contains a cross-curriculum approach to learning with aspects from the students History subject being integrated into the lessons
learning as history is ideally suited to assist student development in literacy particularly in comprehension, language, analysis and communication. Before
beginning the central activity for the lesson the field is built using a multimodal resource to encourage student engagement and retainment of student
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attention. For this lesson an online interactive game which has the students practice recount structure through a compilation of literacy mini games. In the
previous lesson students experienced the 2nd and 3rd steps of the curriculum cycle with students modelling the text type from the teacher and writing their own
through use of joint construction (Using the Curriculum Cycle with ESL Learners, 2008). In the body of this lesson students w ill be undertaking their first
Independent writing of the unit with students creating a draft of their own recount. The recount is based off of the journey theme found in Anh Do’s The Little
Refugee and asks students to utilise their learning from the History KLA particularly the First Contact unit. Students write their recounts from the perspective of
either a settler or Indigenous person around the time of first contact this creates a link to cultural and student personal background knowledge. To support
EAL/D students they are permitted to write/draw their recount about their own personal or their family’s journey to Australia, this creates authenticity in the
learning. Peer Editing is a technique used in this lesson, peer editing allows students to practice essential writing skills with the writer receiving guidance and
correction and the peer editor is given opportunity to think about how to improve their own writing (Flint et al. 2014. 176).
References:
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. (2008). Using the Curriculum Cycle with ESL Learners [Ebook] (p. 1). Retrieved from
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/diversity/eal/continuum/writecurric.pdf
Flint, A., Lowe, K., Shaw, K., & Kitson, L. (2014). Literacy in Australia: Pedagogies for Engagement (1st ed., p. 150). Milton, Queensland: John Wiley & Sons.
Gibbons, P. (2015). Collaborative group work and second language learning. In Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning : teaching English language
learners in the mainstream classroom (2nd ed.) (pp. 49-78). Portsmouth, NH. : Heinemann.
Miller, J. & McCallum, M. (2015). Intensive language scaffolding across the curriculum : an EAL literacy model. In J. Hammond & J. Miller (Ed’s.), Classrooms
of possibility : supporting at-risk EAL students (pp. 77-93). Newtown, NSW. : PETAA.
NESA. (2018) History K-10. Stage 3. Learning Across the Curriculum. Retrieved from https://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/hsie/history-k10/learning-across-the-
curriculum/
Siburian, T. (2013). Improving Students' Achievement on Writing Descriptive Text Through Think Pair Share. International Journal Of Language Learning And
Applied Linguistics World, 3(3), 42.