WEEK 4 - Victoria What makes you beautiful?

Session focus Resources

1 hour
Session
1:
10
EXPLAIN

Whole class focus

Learning
Intention:

Model

We are
learning to
add details to
my factual
information
and revise
current
content
Success
Criteria:
I can add
details to my
information
and revise
current
content
I can explain

pg. 1

Independent or teacher lead

groups

Sharing group (feedback)

Discuss why it is important to revise and edit your

Choose students to share why

content

it is important to revise/edit?

Checking that each sentence/paragraph in the

information report makes sense

Adding or deleting information where necessary.

Checking punctuation and capital letters

Do I understand the content?

Have you answered all your focus questions?

Is there information missing?

Demonstrate how to synthesise all the gathered

information
How do we gather all the components of information
together to make it make sense? How do we lay it out to
make it understandable?
What would it look like? What do we need to do to
organise it?

Describe why you chose to

make any changes

facts to
others

Students edit and revise their information report

concentrating on the same aspects modelled to the class.
Students should also ensure that only facts have been
included in their data, no opinion

Session
11
EXPLAIN

2:

Learning
Intention
We are
learning to
add details
such as
headings,
titles and
borders
We are
preparing our
information
to present to

pg. 2

Provide any

art materials
needed for
posters or

Model how to add details such as headings, titles and

Choose students to share with

borders to our work

the class how they have added

details to their work

In teams, students refer back to the goals in the inquiry

rubric to ensure they are still on task

brochures

What do you need? How can we obtain materials for our

presentation? I.e. travel brochures, ideas write to local
councils. What artefacts can we bring from home (ask for
permission from your parents) for our
display/presentation

Students continue working on their research and adding

details to their information

the class by
referring back
to the goals in
the Inquiry
rubric

Teacher conferences at point of need to assess levels of

understanding and provide opportunities for them to
demonstrate their current understandings, supporting
student thinking and challenging students to represent

Success
Criteria

their ideas in new ways. Teacher gives feedback to help

students assess themselves and set new goals

I can add final

details such
as headings,
titles and
borders
details to my
presentation
I can refer
back to the
rubric to
revise my
goals
Session
12

3:

ELABORATE

*Facilitate
s
pg. 3

Teacher conference with teams 1, 2, 3 & 4 referring back

to the inquiry engaging students in conversations about
their progress, extending and refining students
understanding and further synthesising their knowledge.

Choose students to share their

discoveries, experiences and
new knowledge

substantiv
e
conversati
on
*Cultivate
s higher
order
thinking
*Monitors
progress
Blooms
Taxonomy:
Analysing and
Synthesizing
Learning
Intention:
We are
preparing our
information
to present to
the class by
referring back
to our Inquiry
rubric
Success
pg. 4

Review
a) What would you like to learn more about?
b) What do you need help with?
c) Where and how could you find more information?
d) Is this information relevant to my job description?
e) How do I organise my content?

Students problem solve as a team

Students continue researching, gathering information and

revising and finishing off previous work

Criteria:
I can refer to
the rubric to
identify
standards for
presentation
to help me
prepare for a
great
presentation

pg. 5