Lesson Plan- whole group

Year level(s) 9 Learning Area/ACARA focus: Literacy,(ACELY1744)

Date/Time28/08/2014 _______________Lesson Focus: Comprehension /Interpretation

Background Information

Students have a high score of 7.8 or more on their NAPLAN for literacy. So they should be able
to:
- Construct proper paragraphs and sentences
- Comprehend the text given
- Listen to basic instructions
- Participate in class discussions and activities (brainstorm)
- Note take whilst listening to an audiotape





Teaching/Learning Purpose(s) (written in terms of outcomes):

- Students to comprehend short story.
- Be able to articulate what happened.
- Be able to identify the themes/morals of the story.
- Be able to identify other language conventions typical of a narrative
-






Preparation:
- Researching Irish Civil War
- Photocopying short story
- Preparing worksheets
- Preparing the audiotape








Lesson Plan
Start Time: 2:05pm
Samia Amin
5 min



10 min


15 min




Introduction
- Introduce topic
- Talk about the word Sniper (What does it mean?)


Listen to audiotape:
- Get students to take notes whilst listening (vocabulary)

Discussion
- Talk about Irony
- Relate to current tensions
- Irish Civil War

Cassandra Davis 2:35pm
5 min








5 min






15-20 min







2 min


- Characters
- 3
rd
Person POV who does the writer talk about?
- How do you know it is written in 3
rd
person POV?

- Theme (moral of the story),
- What is the main purpose of this story?
- What is the most significant part of the story?


Introduce task
- Brainstorm ideas with class
- What would happen next in the story?
- Try to get an idea from each student



Do task
- Write a paragraph continuing the story
- Ensure students know what a paragraph is
- Explain to them that they need to make sure they stay on topic with the
story and dont start writing about something completely different.



Conclusion
- Get a couple of students to read out their paragraphs
- Ask a couple students, spot questions e.g. what was the story about?




Finish Time: 3:05pm







Learning Experiences:

1. How will I engage the learners?

- The students will be engaged by how the activity will be interesting and fun.
- We will first brainstorm some ideas that the students may have about how to
continue they story.
- Then the work sheet will be shown to them and explained.
- The students will need to write a paragraph extending the story and once they are
finished there is a box at the bottom of their page to draw a picture relating to
the story.

2. Student tasks and activities (what will the students do to achieve the lesson
purpose(s)?
The students will achieve the lesson purpose by:
- Listening to instructions
- Being able to have a whole class discussion
- The students will be able to continue on with the story giving it a new ending.

3. Conclusion (how do you summerise the learning and relate it to the lesson
purpose(s)?

The lesson will be summarized by:

- Getting a couple of the students to read out their story extensions.
- Re-asking some questions to make sure they have an understanding of what they
have just read and written.
- Once the students have shown that they have understood the story and finished
writing their extensions, they will be asked to hand in their work and thanked for
working hard and listening to our instructions.


Assessment and evaluation: (How do you know the students have achieved the
learning purpose(s)? Evaluate your own performance)

Whilst the students are doing their work of continuing the short story, I walked around
making sure that they were all on task, using correct sentence structures and helping them
whenever it was needed.
I evaluated their performance by marking their work, seeing if they continued the short story
well using, punctuation, sentence structures and that they wrote at least a paragraph.
With judging my own performance, I feel that I did really well, the students remained on task,
they all contributed to discussion on how we might extend the story and I was always walking
around making sure they were doing what they were supposed to and seeing if they needed
any help.





















Lesson Plan-Small group

Year Level(s): __12__

Learning Area/ACARA focus: ACEEN014/ACEEN018/ACEEN019

Date/Time: 29/08/2014(11:35-12:35) Lesson Focus: Questioning/Assessing


Background Information:

Prior knowledge of civil wars and atomic bombs.
Have already studied the text When the wind blows
Have good questioning skills
Able to contribute to classroom discussions
They can identify different language conventions used in film and text.





Teaching/Learning Purpose(s) (written in terms of outcomes):

Successful use of identification of language conventions
Completion of their work sheets
Be able to contribute to group discussion






Preparation:

Work sheet
Knowledge of civil wars and nuclear attacks
Prepare military survival video
Pre-watch video
Writing this lesson plan








Lesson Plan (First half of lesson done by the teacher)
Start time: 11:35
3min



28min



20-25min





2min
Introduction:
Introduction of topic
Explain what needs to be done with the work sheet

Watch Military Survival video:
Students to take notes
Identify what parts might not be true

Groups:
Discussion on video
Go through the questions they are required to answer
Complete a good/bad advice poster with the group
E.g. what advice is given that is true? What advice is given that is false?
Conclusion:
Make sure the students have finished their work and understand what
they have written


Finish time: 12:35

Learning Experiences:


1. How will I engage the learners?
The students will be engaged in the lesson by;
- Making sure they understand what to do
- Have the students in small groups for discussion
- Be engaged in the lesson with the students
- Help them whenever it is needed



2. Student tasks and activities (what will the students do to achieve the lesson
purpose(s))?
Students will achieve the lesson purpose by;
- Listening to instructions
- Joining in group discussions
- Able to take notes relevant to questions needing to be answered
- Students will be engaged in the activity









3. Conclusion (how do you summarize the learning and relate it to the lesson purpose(s)?)

The lesson will be summarized by;
- Students being able to explain the topic
- Re-asking some of the questions that needed to be answered
- Summarizing their lesson as a group e.g. what they learnt
- Finally I will thank the students for allowing me to teach them, ask them to hand in
their work for their teacher to mark and praise them on achieving the work they
were given.


Assessment and evaluation: (How do you know the students have achieved the learning
purpose(s) Evaluate your own performance)


The student achieved their learning purpose through being able to pin point certain parts of the
documentary and movie that they thought needed questioning. They assessed the information
given during the documentary and movie and then compared them to one another. Their
learning purpose and objective of the lesson was to complete the questions sheet that the
teacher had organized for them.
I felt that my performance was good although could have been better through fully
understanding the information myself e.g. watch the movie and the whole documentary.























































































High School Practical Experience Thornlie Senior High School
Observation notes
Monday 25
th
August 2014
Went into 2 different English classes due to the mentor teacher being away and that there
was a relief teacher.
Year 11 and 12 class, Teacher lets them into class took about 10min for all the students to
turn up and a further 10min for the students to start listening to the teacher and get on
with their work.
Students have to grade each other on their short stories ( reading out in small groups)
Teacher constantly telling students to get on with their work
Reading a short story Meeting the Martians, then answering questions
Recess
Home Rooms
English room 811, Ina-Marie Canute Year 10
- Students sat down and payed attention straight away. Except for a couple students
tapping which the teacher is ignoring
- Teacher re-introduces the activity to the students
- Organisation using Paragraphs
OLNA, year 10 11 12 need to pass to graduate year 12
Students get on with their work they know what is expected of them and information was
reinforced by teacher at the beginning of the lesson
Period 1 8:50 9:50
Period 2 9:50 10:50
Recess 10:50 11:20
Home Room 11:20 11:35
Period 3 11:35 12:35
Period 4 12:35 1:35
Lunch 1:35 2:05
Period 5 2:05 3:05
The Lady of Shallott
- Teacher hands back students essays
- Explains / reinforces the information to the students
- Quiz half today and half tomorrow
- Reading comprehension test
2:05 3:05 (room 813) Year 8 English
Students working in pairs, not listening
Teacher having to raise voice to get students to listen
One student hasnt even gotten anything out of their bag
Teacher walking around to get the students to do their work
It took 10min for students to be settled
Teacher told students to type up their play
The class seems to be segregated into good and bad sections
Teacher jokes around with the students as well as keeping it strict so the students know
what they are to do and what is expected of them.




Tuesday 26
th
August 2014 English Donald Henley
Teacher doesnt raise voice
He introduces what is going to be done to the class beforehand so the students know what
to do
A student volunteers to hand out the books
Students are listening to the teacher
Students are all reading and listening
The teacher reads the first couple of pages
I do read book to students 1 page
We do Students discuss the book
You do students write up points of their discussion on the board
Teacher then goes over what they have written with them (circles main words)
Students write on board what Bentrock may mean in the book after teacher discussed it
with them
Teacher discusses with them what they wrote
Teacher read a couple more pages to conclude the lesson
Students were well behaved during this lesson
Year 8 Low level literacy
Student were very loud to begin with
Teacher introduces what was going to be done during this lesson
Teacher read out the murder mystery story
Most students listened and followed along
Particular students kept talking
Teacher does the plot line with the students step by step
Students arent able to do it
3
rd
period advertising year 9
Students were loud but enthusiastic and would listen when asked
Teacher gives introduction into topic
View TV adds, discuss after each viewing
Gets adds that appeal to the students ( car adds)
Period 4 year 12
Teacher spends some time putting on the rest of the movie for the students to watch
(When the wind blows Raymond Briggs)
Period 5 Dott
Worked on lesson Plans, had discussion with the teacher about what he wants discussed
during the lesson.

Wednesday 27
th
August 2014
Not much happened today due to most of the students being at the sports carnival
Thursday 28
th
August 2014
English Year 11 ( I do, You do, We do)
Teacher had a brainstorm premade
Going through each point step by step
Then the student look through the book by themselves
Students are well behaved, listening to instructions

Teacher is good at using the I do, we do , you do approach
After lunch the other uni student and myself did the whole class lesson
Friday 29
th
August 2014
Teacher was away, we spent the morning finishing off our lesson plans
Did the small group lesson after recess
The rest of the day was dott