Outcomes and indicators 1 2

Learning activities-whole class Assess Exposition Pre-Assess and set writing goals for term 2. Read The giant jam sandwich Students write a procedure for making a sandwich and an explanation of what a sandwich is

Guided groups

Resources Notebook file with stimulus The Giant Jam Sandwich Jogn Vernon Lord

Evaluation

recognises the purpose and organisational structure of a procedure identifies some of the distinguishing features of procedures, eg use of commands, lists examines models of explanation, eg a poster, project states the purpose and intended audience before writing writes simple directions or instructions for a known procedure involving a few steps in sequence.

Each student plants a fruit seed. Discuss what will happen next Class construction of a procedure for growing a plant. Look at pictures that show how a plant grows. Examine explanation of life cycle of a plant. Identify features of an explanation Read Handas Surprise Learn about different fruits. Write information reports about the fruits. Make fruit salad. Guided construction of a procedure. Show an orange. Brainstorm: What do we know about oranges? What can we do with oranges? Watch video without sound. Write a procedure for How to make orange

Seeds Soil Pots, paddle pop sticks Life cycle of a plant big book

Handas Surprise Fruit, bowl, knife, chopping board

discusses some of the different purposes of visual texts, eg charts, maps, diagrams compares the features of different procedures and discusses how differences are related to purpose,

Orange Youtube video

context and audience writes a procedure with some attention to detail and essential steps in logical order.

juice Link to Y2 HSIE giving directions Compare different types of procedures (recipes to directions and instructions). Use ven diagram to show what is the same and different Read The Enormous Turnip or variation Write a newspaper article detailing what happened. Y2 can record video of a news item Homework Task: Type up a favourite recipe of your family and post on class website. Print all recipes into a recipe book for each child. Life cycle of humans Explanation: How do we breathe? Where does food go? Write an explanation of the digestive system (science link) Y3: Work on documentary explaining the role of a particular community group (HSIE link) Information report about Drummoyne

writes an information report on a familiar topic, identifies function of different stages of an information report.

The enormous turnip Newspaper proforma Ipads

states the purpose and intended reader before writing an explanation give at least two events in an explanation sequence

experiments with various ways of presenting written work to appeal to the reader, eg by using different heading, layout,colours and illustrations

ASSESSMENT TASK: Design a Grow your own plant kit Context: The local nursery is looking to sell complete packages as gifts to make it easy for customers who want to grow fruit and veg at

Recipe kit - ?? Recipe card brochure

 uses some conventions of layout to assist the reader, eg combines related ideas or information under subheadings uses some effective planning strategies, eg uses a pro forma correctly book 9

home. Include a instructions for how to grow the plant, a seed packet with an information about the plant and an brochure explaining how the plant will grow.

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