Year 5 B Unit Plan for Film Review!

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Australian Standards: !
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ACELA1504 Understand how texts vary in purpose, structure and topic as well as the degree of
formality!

ACELT1795 Use metalanguage to describe the effects of ideas, text structures and language
features on particular audiences!

ACELY1700 Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes
incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements!

ACELY1796 Use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning and interpreting
nonverbal cues and choose vocabulary and vocal effects appropriate for different audiences
and purposes!

Rationale:!
Students are excited about movies and play a large in their relaxation time. As a part of learning
expectations throughout the year at Fig Tree Pocket, students are excepted to perform an oral
presentation. it is decided to draw upon students interest in movies as context for their learning
to occur and for students to give a movie review on their shared interest in movies. !

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Resources Required: Exemplars of a movie review, definitions of the sections of a movie

review. dictionary, movie Rio 2, clips from At the movies, graphic organisers. !

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Orientating Activities !
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1) What is a movie review? Discuss the main features of a movie review!
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Explore the generic structure of a film review. !
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Examine the text structure: Graphic Organisers !

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a) Introduction!
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b) Plot summary!
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c) Statement of Theme - what is a theme? !
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d) Character analysis!
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e) Device Identification!
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f) Evaluation and recommendation!
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2) Provide students with definitions and dictionaries of the generic structure headings. Divide
students in to expert groups to jointly construct a definition for Film review headings. Students
become experts in the heading of a film review.!

3) Once students have completed their definitions from the expert group, they move around the
class to teach other students about their definition and to be taught. !

4) Divide students into mixed groups and they jointly deconstruct an exemplar of a Film Review:
Finding Nemo. Write in pairs students find examples for each section. !

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5) Students discuss with another partner Emphasis on the differing aspects of a movie review.!
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6) Watched At the movies review Madagascar 3 and Frankenweiner. General discussion to
follow.!

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Enhancing !
7) Watch Rio 2 together as a class!

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8) Record points down in the graphic organiser about the movie. !
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9) Discuss within a mixed ability group what you have for each section.!
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10) Hot seat in small groups with students asking questions, the hot seat person imagining that
they are director of the movie. !

11) Class discussion about the movie, explore in depth the sections of character analysis,
themes and device identification. !

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12) Teacher models the writing an introduction to a film review. !
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13) Jointly construct plot summary, and statement of theme. !
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14) Students individually construct a oral presentation on Rio 2: Teacher provides feedback !
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Synthesising!
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15) With a partner construct a movie review on a an agreed G or PG movie of their choice. See
attached criteria sheet. !
16) A graphic organiser is provided to students to help organise ideas !
17) Review the criteria sheet of expectations for assessment with the students.!
18) Film the review and use iMovie to create a realistic back!

Conclusion:Provide feedback to students, by peer feedback and teacher feedback. Comments

to students. !

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