EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

Focus for Student Activities: Goldrush

Week 1:
1.

Outcomes
EN3-1A Communicates effectively for
a variety of audiences and purposes
using increasingly challenging topics,
ideas, issues and language forms
and features
EN3-3A Uses an integrated range
of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.
EN3-6B Uses knowledge of sentence
structure, grammar, punctuation and
vocabulary to respond to and compose
clear and cohesive texts in different
media and technologies

Designing, Selecting and Sequencing Activities

Students (Ss) brainstorm What is Gold? as a
class. Teacher (T) facilitates discussion through
questioning: Where does it come from? Where
was gold first discovered in Australia? What
can be made from gold? What is the Gold
Rush and what is it its significance to Australian
History and Democracy?
Ss are then given the following website:
http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/educati
on/down_under/gold/index.html and are to
develop a mind map about Gold in Australia in
table groups
Presentation of mind maps
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

Resources
website
laptops
ipads
A3
paper
Pencils
textas

Assessment
Contribution to
class
discussion
Ability to work
in a group
Contribution to
mind map
Quality of
mind mapuse of relevant
vocabulary
and
understanding
of text on
website

EN3-8D Identifies and considers how

different viewpoints of their world,
including aspects of culture, are
represented in texts
2.

EN3-1A Communicates effectively for

a variety of audiences and purposes
using increasingly challenging topics,
ideas, issues and language forms
and features

Ss are given a map of Australia and are to

identify places where and when gold was
found in each of the states and territories
through website given:
http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/GOLD_MAP.ht

Map of
Australi
a
Pencils
Website

Accurate
identification
of information
presented

EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.

3.

EN3-1A Communicates effectively for

a variety of audiences and purposes
using increasingly challenging topics,
ideas, issues and language forms
and features
EN3-3A Uses an integrated range
of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.
EN3-5B Discusses how language is
used to achieve a widening range of
purposes for a widening range of
audiences and contexts
EN3-6B Uses knowledge of sentence
structure, grammar, punctuation and
vocabulary to respond to and compose
clear and cohesive texts in different
media and technologies
EN3-8D Identifies and considers how

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Information of how the discovery was made

must also be included
Ss are to work in pairs
Upon completion, Ss will be asked to mark
the important dates on a timeline
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

Ss listen to and then analyse and discuss

the song Look Out Below by Charles
Thatcher
Class discussion of grammar used in lyrics
and strategies to engage the reader
Ss are to then individually answer
comprehension questions about the song
Ss then write a reflection on something in
their life that they felt was really hard but
persevered and was successful as an
outcome
This lesson runs for 1 hour

A4
paper
Laptop
Ipad

Smartboard
YouTube
link of song
Lyrics to
Look out
Below
English
books
Pencils

Participation in
group
discussions
Responses to
given
questions
Ss reflection
on writing task

EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

different viewpoints of their world,
including aspects of culture, are
represented in texts.
4.

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.

Ss read Chapter 1 of the book Midnite by

Randolph Stow
T asks students for predictions of the text by
looking at the cover
T reads the first page (modelling)
T then picks Ss to read (one page each)
If Ss are struggling with a word T
helps/corrects them
After reading the chapter, T then goes through
the content by questioning, What happened in
this chapter? What is some vocabulary that you
dont understand?
Midnite question sheets are handed out to
each Ss
Ss to answer questions
Class discussion of answers
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

Midnite
books
Midnite
Questio
n sheets
Pencils
English
books

Fluency of
students when
reading
Vocabulary
knowledge
Questioning
on content
and Ss level of
understanding

EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

Week 2

Outcomes
1.

EN3-1A Communicates effectively for

a variety of audiences and purposes
using increasingly challenging topics,
ideas, issues and language forms
and features

Designing, Selecting and Sequencing

Activities
Brief class discussion on the Eureka
Stockade
Give students handout on Eureka
Stockade and ask them to develop a
wall story of events that took place
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

Resources

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.

Assessment

Eureka
Stockade
handout
A3 paper
Pencils
Coloured
pencils

Accuracy and
quality of
information on
wall story

English books
Pencils
Spelling words
The Diary of
Rosa Aarons
sheet
Online timer
Smart board

Ability to carry
out given task
in time given
Charadesrelevant
vocabulary
used
Journal entryQuality of
writing

EN3-4A draws on appropriate

strategies to accurately spell familiar
and
unfamiliar
words
when
composing texts
2.

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.
EN3-4A
draws
on
appropriate
strategies to accurately spell familiar
and
unfamiliar
words
when
composing texts.
EN3-8D Identifies and considers how

T to explain each activity and assign

groups
8-10 min x 5 rotations:
a. Charades- Ss take turns to have
a go at playing charades.
Charade vocabulary must be
relevant to the English unit,
Goldrush
b. Journal entry- Ss write an entry
into their English books about
what they have learnt so far

EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

different viewpoints of their world,
including aspects of culture, are
represented in texts.
EN2-9B uses effective and accurate
sentence structure, grammatical
features, punctuation conventions and
vocabulary relevant to the type of text
when responding to and composing
texts

3.

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different
media and technologies.
EN3-6B Uses knowledge of sentence
structure, grammar, punctuation and
vocabulary to respond to and compose
clear and cohesive texts in different
media and technologies

4.

EN3-3A Uses an integrated range

of skills, strategies and knowledge
to read, view and comprehend a
wide range of texts in different

c. Spelling- Ss are given spelling

words to write, find meanings of,
write into sentences
d. Guided reading- A banner bold.
The diary of Rosa Aarons. T led
reading task and discussion of
text.
e. Independent group- completion
of b, c, d
Online timer is set up on the
Smartboard so that Ss know when
the next rotation is
This lesson runs for 1 hour

Ss read Chapter 2 of the book

Midnite in pairs
Ss are to stop at a word if they do
not understand it and discuss with
their partner and look it up in a
dictionary if necessary
Each student reads for 5 minutes
each taking turns
Midnite question sheets are handed
out
Ss to answer questions in pairs
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

KWLH chart is constructed as a

class on the topic of the Goldrush
Students are then asked to research

Midnite books
Midnite
Question
sheets
Pencils
English books
Online timer

Whiteboard
Whiteboard
marker

SpellingCorrect use of
vocabulary
used in
sentences
Guided
readingparticipation in
discussion

Fluency of
students when
reading
Vocabulary
knowledge
Questioning on
content and Ss
level of
understanding

Contribution to
class
discussion

EDLA 519 Assessment 2 Template 1: Teaching Plan Outline for 2 weeks

media and technologies.

and gain information from the list of

things mentioned in the KWLH chart
What do I Want to know section in
pairs
Class discussion of research
gathered
This lesson runs for 30 minutes

Ipad
Laptop
Pencils
English books

Accuracy of
information
collected