Stage : 2 Term: Weeks: Key Concept: Rhyme and rhythm in texts/ballads Text set: FOCUS TEXT: Edward the emu Sheena Knowles Edwina the emu Rod Clement & Sheena Knowles Olga the brolga Rod Clement Sail away: The ballad of Skip and Nell Mem Fox Waltzing Matilda AB Patterson Focus: Integrating English 2 content descriptors: S & L - Speaking & Listening R & V - Reading & Viewing W & R - Writing & Representing Spelling G, P & V - Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary T I & C -Thinking imaginatively and creatively E T - Expressing themselves R on L - Reflecting on Learning Acceptable Evidence: Plotting students on the Literacy Continuum – to develop student comprehension and vocabulary. Critical aspects: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Reading texts, Writing Learning across the curriculum: Literacy, creative and critical thinking LITERACY CONTINUUM for Modelled Reading appropriate) Session Modes/Skills Explicit Modelled Reading Guided reading (Where to next?) Independent reading
unknown/unfamiliar words in reference sources, e.g. dictionaries, thesauruses LITERACY CONTINUUM Session Modes/Skills Explicit Modelled Writing Guided Writing Independent Writing Writing C9 • Constructs well-sequenced imaginative, informative and persuasive using language appropriate to purpose and audience. • Plans and organises ideas using headings, graphic organisers, questions and mind maps. • Rereads texts during and after writing to check accuracy, consistency of meaning and fitness for purpose. • Structures using paragraphs composed of logically grouped sentences that deal with a particular aspect of a topic. • Uses a variety of spelling strategies to spell high frequency words correctly. • Chooses adverbials, nouns and adjectivals to express specific ideas and details. Writing C10 • Draws ideas from personal experiences, other texts and research 3 G, P & V and R & V 1 pronouns W & R 1 experiment & share word play visual features reread and edit Reflecting on learning Using the previous modelled paragraph: extract words for teaching various spelling strategies. add more lines to the ballad using pronouns (eg she, he, they). READ & REVIEW Students: review and refine their ballad add to their previous sentence Students choose a text: Create a list of adjectives from poems and ballads. 4 W & R 1 reread and edit Reflecting on learning Use the previous modelled ballad for students to edit add and insert errors to the sentence . students make corrections. students improve the rhyme and rhythm. PARTNER EDITING: ballad is read by a partner for editing and reflection using the writing criteria. ballad is revised. Students choose a text: Find and list pronouns. TEACHER EDITING Conferencing during independent tasks Continuing the unit:
to create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different audiences. • Rereads and revises text to and improve meaning, deleting unnecessary information or adding new information. • Uses sentence and simple punctuation correctly. • Uses morphemic, visual, phonic knowledge and knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to spell and edit words. • Uses grammatical features such as pronouns, conjunctions and connectives to accurately link ideas and information. Text set: Edwina the emu Olga the brolga Sail away: The ballad of Skip and Nell Waltzing Matilda READING: Using the above texts, cover the same literacy continuum markers and English syllabus content descriptors as listed in this unit. WRITING: Follow this unit outline and create a character, setting and/or plot to create a complete imaginative text incorporating students’ descriptive paragraph in this unit. FOR TEXT SET: Edwina the emu Olga the brolga Sail away: The ballad of Skip and Nell Waltzing Matilda & Spelling Difficult vocab: required entwining announced yeek depressed ballerina director pirouette bristled couple muttered Word families: night fight twirled whirled choking joking required hired Difficult vocab: brolga whiny downright jiving replied collapsed enough marsh barely dejected rejected nagging descended Word families: crocodile marsh harsh head instead Difficult vocab: T’was oath neither kith kin redesign Word families: loud proud Difficult vocab: billabong Coolabah waltzing jumbuck swagman stowed glee tuckerbag squatter thoroughbred Word families: Create word families from the text eg stow. mow, throw