6AB Literacy Block - Term 2 - Week 10

Reading
Whole
Group

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

No Bones About Activity is

not complete. The students
will need one session. The
teachers notes are on the
noticeboard/whiteboard.

TEXT: WHOLE
GROUP:Reading a-z Level U
Get Moving! All About
Muscles
Report Books SHARED
READING
Learning Intention:
We are learning to identify
the features of an
Informational Report.
We are learning to analyse
and evaluate information to
infer/hypothesis case study
scenarios.
SC- I am able to..
identify the
opening statement
locate the
topic paragraphs
identify
titles and subtitles
identify
technical language,
passive voice, word
chains
identify
visual elements ;
diagrams, charts,
maps, heading
layouts

TEXT: CSIRO - Research report Catapult Sports - WASP

http://www.csiro.au/en/Researc
h/DPF/Areas/Wireless/WASP/Ca
tapult
Science Program SHARED
VIEWING
Learning Intention:
We are learning to identify
the features of an
Informational Report.
We are able to analyse and
evaluate the information
and relate it to real world
applications such as sport.
SC- I am able to..
identify the
opening statement
locate the
topic paragraphs
identify
titles and subtitles
identify
technical language,
passive voice, word
chains
identify
visual elements ;
diagrams, charts,
maps, heading
layouts
analyse the
information
presented
evaluate
the benefits of such
technology for use
sports

TEXT:Science program
SHARED VIEWING
Scope S3 Ep.42
http://tenplay.com.au/channeleleven/scope/season-3/episode-42
- science in sport (Whole class)

TEACHER SELECTED
LEARNING TASK
Comprehension
How Soccer Can Help Us
Understand Physics

TEACHER SELECTED
LEARNING TASK
Homophones: Reiterate that
students need to apply their
knowledge in their own writing
(some are not)New Wave
Spelling:

TEACHER SELECTED
LEARNING TASK
Comprehension:
Passive Smoking
Reading & Thinking Book 4
p54-55

TEXT: WHOLE
GROUP:Reading a-z Level
U
Get Moving! All About
Muscles
Report Books SHARED
READING
Learning Intention:
We are learning to identify
the features of an
Informational Report.
We are learning to analyse
and evaluate information
to infer/hypothesis case
study scenarios.
SC- I am able to..
identify the
opening statement
locate the
topic paragraphs
identify
titles and subtitles
identify
technical language,
passive voice, word
chains
identify
visual elements ;
diagrams, charts,
maps, heading
layouts

Reading
Activity

TEACHER GROUPPRIORITY LEARNING TASK

CSIRO/HELIX Article:
Super Suits
Articles on medical inventions
and scientific research that
have aided in the

http://www.readworks.org/p
assages/how-soccer-can-

Learning Intention:
We are learning to identify
the features of an
Informational Report.
We are able to analyse and
evaluate the information
and relate it to real world
applications such as sport.
SC- I am able to..
identify the
opening statement
locate the
topic paragraphs
identify
titles and subtitles
identify
technical language,
passive voice, word
chains
identify
visual elements ;
diagrams, charts,
maps, heading
layouts
analyse the
information
presented
evaluate
the benefits of such
technology for use
sports

Friday
INQUIRY
ACTION GROUPS

PERHAPS SCIENCE IN SPORT

WILL NICELY LEAD TO DIETHEALTH-METABOLISM

TEACHER SELECTED
LEARNING TASK
Grammar:
Prepositional phrases
Oxford Grammar
4,5,6
p.38-41; 36-39; 38-41``

Extras:

improvement of our
stewardship

help-us-understand-physics

Book D-Unit 6 pp22-25

Book E-Unit 9 pp34-37
Book F- Unit 3 pp10-13

(Leftover activity from week

7)

Invention:
BTN report/activity

4. Reading a-z
Username: vtzamarioudakis
Password: onder549

Procedural text - experiments.

Scope
http://www.csiro.au/en/Education/DI
Y-science/Physics/Collide-a-ball

SCOPE: S3 Episode 42
Science in Sport

http://tenplay.com.au/chann
el-eleven/scope/season3/episode-42

NOT DONE
NO. 4 Structure of a
Report
Unit 8: Its Only Water
Targeting English Bk1 p76

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

WHOLE GROUP: See Friday for

options

WHOLE GROUP: See Friday for

options
Quick spelling: prefixes/suffixes
Partners brainstorm as many words
using the base words: construct &
identify

WHOLE GROUP: See Friday for

options

WHOLE GROUP:Procedural text experiments. Scope

http://www.csiro.au/en/Education/DI
Y-science/Physics/Collide-a-bal

WRITING IDEAS FOR

WEEK 10;

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
story/s3603131.htm

Whole
Group
Writing

Quick spelling There/their/theyre

(there/here/where-all contain here,
which denotes a place)
LEARNING INTENTION:
We are learning to identify explicit
elements used to form a report
TEACHING FOCUS:
Explore a range of Information
reports to identify key elements
WRITING TASK:
Write a report about the muscles in
human body. Use this text as a
starting point
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I am able to

identify
specific headings to use

record
information under the
chosen headings

use complex
sentences

use
paragraphs

write in the 3rd

person

write
objectively

include
pictures/diagrams

include factual
information

use
nominalization
Other resources:

LEARNING INTENTION:
We are learning to identify explicit
elements used to form a report
TEACHING FOCUS:
Explore a range of Information
reports to identify key elements
WRITING TASK:
Write a report about the muscles in
human body. Use this text as a
starting point
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I am able to

identify specific
headings to use

record
information under the
chosen headings

use complex
sentences

use paragraphs

write in the 3rd

person

write
objectively

include
pictures/diagrams

include factual
information

use
nominalization

Quick spelling:Proofreading
/EditingPg2LEARNING INTENTION:
We are learning to identify explicit
elements used to form a report
TEACHING FOCUS:
Explore a range of Information
reports to identify key elements
WRITING TASK:
Write a report about the muscles in
human body. Use this text as a
starting point
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I am able to

identify specific
headings to use

record
information under the
chosen headings

use complex
sentences

use
paragraphs

write in the 3rd

person

write
objectively

include
pictures/diagrams

include factual
information

use
nominalization

Students write a procedural text

based on their observation of
colliding balls.
LEARNING INTENTION:
We are learning to identify explicit
elements used to form a scientific
report based on physics theory and
practical experimentation.
TEACHING FOCUS:
Explore the structure of a scientific
report as different to a standard
procedural text. Explore the change
in style of language, tense and
perspective.
WRITING TASK:
Write a scientific report based on
the colliding balls experiment.
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I am able to

identify specific
headings to use

record
information under the
chosen headings

write the
hypothesis and aim in
present tense

write the
method, discussion and
conclusion in past tense

include both
objective and subjective
voices appropriately

1. WRITE A
3RD REPORT
2. WRITE A
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
3. PREPARE A
DIGITAL
REPORT/VIDEO
SOLO/IN A GROUP

Writing Scientific Reports:

http://www.kaleenhs.act.edu.au/__
data/assets/pdf_file/0009/167166/
UCHSK_Student_Writing_Handbo
ok.pdf
Procedural text - experiments.
Scope
http://www.csiro.au/en/Education/D
IY-science/Physics/Collide-a-ball

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/scien
cefacts/humanbody/muscles.html
http://www.ducksters.com/science/
muscles.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=C6u0u_59UDc

1. Helix-Science in sport (WHole Class)

2. Reading z-a - Microbes - Friend or Foe; Genetics at Work; Fungus among us; Book of Blood; The Hard Stuff- All About Bones;The Amazing
Brain
3. Food science- fun experiments to write up or understanding nutrition