Mari Makan! is a unit which covers shopping at the market in Indonesia and eating at a restaurant.

It
explores eating conventions as well as the variety of places connected with food. The necessity to bargain and
how it is part of the cultural fabric is also looked at.

VELS Unit Planner – Mari Makan! Team: BH Year Level: 9

Step 1
1. What is Dimensions: worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan learning
experiences and instructions)
Key Concept How to organise and communicate about daily activities: shopping at the market and eating at a restaurant
(Generative topic / Chapter 2: Wah! Saya lapar sekali! (Wow! I’m Really hungry!) – Food, drinks, ordering, feelings in relation to
why? / big idea) food. Restaurant phrases. Cultural guide to eating out – differences in Medan places.
Chapter 5: Di Pasar Buah! – shopping at the market, supermarket and bargaining
Essential Learning Domain: LOTE
Domains Dimensions: Communicating in LOTE
(Including Standards:
dimensions) • They show awareness of the language requirements of a range of specific situations related to a given topic, and
adapt language and gesture appropriately for the role, audience and purpose of the task.
• They acquire and use new information and language, and recycle previously learnt language skills and knowledge in
new contexts.
• They read a range of short, and sometimes modified, texts for meaning.
• They read short passages for meaning.
Dimension: Intercultural knowledge and Language Awareness
• Understanding of cultural influences on the ways people behave and use language, through approximating accurate
and context-sensitive language use.
• Through reflection, drafting, questioning linguistic relationships, observations and hypothesising, students
demonstrate an understanding that language is a complex system.
Domain: Personal Learning
Dimensions: The Individual Learner
Standards:
• Students demonstrate an awareness of different cultural and societal beliefs,.
 Dimensions: Managing Personal Learning
• At Level 5, students set realistic short-term and long-term learning goals within a variety of tasks and describe their
progress towards achieving these.
• They complete competing short, extended and group tasks within set timeframes, prioritising their available time,
utilising appropriate resources and demonstrating motivation.
Domain: Communication
Dimensions: Listening, Viewing and Responding
Standards:
• When responding, they use specialised language and symbols as appropriate to the contexts in which they are
working.
• Students use the communication conventions, forms and language appropriate to the subject to convey a clear
message across a range of presentation forms to meet the needs of the context, purpose and audience.

Understanding 1 Be able to buy 2 Identify food and 3 Grammar: using – 4 Cultural

Goals food either at the drink items in an nouns from base Understanding
(Written as essential market or in a Indonesia. verbs Negatives Becoming familiar
questions or restaurant. Classifiers and with currency in
statements) formal and informal Indonesia (and large
language numbers used) &
different eating
places there. Eating
conventions.

Step 2
1. What is worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan learning
experiences and instructions)
Sequence Understandi Performances of Ongoing Assessment Reference to
ng Goals Understanding (Criteria, feedback & reflection) specific VELS
standards
Introductory 2, 4 Revision and new learning of Oral (informal) Listening
Performanc fruits and foods in Indonesian. Speaking
es Activities and flashcards Intercultural
(Tuning in) Explanation of how bargaining is
a cultural norm and why.
Types of restaurants and how to
order in various communities.
Guided 1-3 Learning the various patterns for Workbook activities
Inquiry buying and ordering in Speaking
Performanc Indonesian. Intercultural
es Learning Grammar rules to Reading
(Finding out / facilitate learning Writing
sorting out / ‘Bagus Seklai 2’ Workbook: Listening
going further) Completing various activities Communication
pages PL
Langkah 2 & 5

4
Culminating 1-3 Vocab tests (10 words per week) Learning Assessment 2 Speaking
Performanc Chapter 2 & 5 test Element 1 – oral presentation Writing
es Learning Assessments 2. script Intercultural
(Making Oral presentation –ordering at a Element 2 – oral presentation
conclusions / restaurant. rubric
taking action) Element 3 - Reflection

Step 3
 1. What is worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan
learning experiences and instructions)

Weekly Overview
(Units may vary in length. A week timeframe is not prescriptive)
Week 1 Lesson 1
Pre-unit test on vocab or Learning Wall
Explanation of unit content and expectations leading into the next unit.
Revision, introduction of new vocabulary re fruit and food in Indonesia using book and flashcards.
PowerPoint on markets and supermarkets in Indonesia to show the vast differences when it comes to
city versus country and wealthy versus poor.
Vocab set: Fruit pg 70
Lesson 2
Pacman with food flashcards – new vocab
Cobalah ini! 1 pg 61
Cobalah ini! 2 pg 62
Classifiers Pg 67
Pasang telinga ! A, B & D
Coba Tulislah ! A
Teka-teki! A
Vocab test: fruit
Week 2 Lesson 3
Listening and reading the Photo story Langkah 5
Kamu Mengerti A, B & C
Coba Tulislah A, B & C finished for homework
Vocab test: Bargaining and classifiers
Lesson 4
 Mari Bermain ! 1 Game. Saya pergi ke pasar dan membeli…
Pasang Telinga! C
Bicara Bebas! 2
Pasang Telinga! E Kuis
Vocab test: At the market
Week 3 Lesson 5
Mari Bermain! 2 Daftar Belanja game
Grammar: Ter- prefix – ‘the most…’ notes into Language book.
Lagu Pg 64
Kamu Berdua!
Pasang Telinga F
Teka-teki B! for homework
Vocab test: Adjectives and first six Other Words.
Lesson 6
Tidak Begitu Susah! 3 & 4
Pg 65 workbook
Bicara Bebas! 1and fruit tasting
Vocab test: Other words
Week 4 Lesson 7
Learning new vocabulary with foods and drinks in an Indonesian restaurant
Cobalah ini! 1 Asking and ordering
Learning about the types of places to eat. PowerPoint showing the differences
Text pg 24 A guide to eating in Medan!
Workbook Pg 28
Cobalah ini! 2 Kamu mau makan di mana?
Coba Tulislah ! A , B & C
Vocab test: Other phrases
Lesson 8
Listen and read the photo story
 Kamu Mengerti A, B & C
Pasang Telinga A & B
Vocab test : Foods
Week 5 Lesson 9
Pasang Telinga C & D
Coba tulislah! D
Menulis Bebas! A
Grammar: 2, 3, 4 & 5
Tidak Begitu Susah! B
Vocab test: Drinks
Lesson 10
Kamu berdua
Pasang Telinga! E
Lagu
Grammar: 1, 6, 7 & 8
Workbook : Tidak Begitu Susah ! A & C
Vocab test: Places to eat; choosing a place to eat (first 5)
Week 6 Lesson 11
Role Play explained and script worked on
Vocab test: Choosing a place to eat
Lesson 12
Role Play performance
Vocab test: Talking about food
Revision sheet
Week 7 Lesson 13
Listening Assessment A & B of Langkah 2 & 5.
Langkah 2 & 5 chapter tests
Reflection.
 Resources
Bagus Sekali 2 textbook – Chapter 2 & 5
Bagus Sekali 2 workbook – Chapter 2 & 5
Pasar course book, resources and flashcards
Tropical fruit
Pictures of fruit
Prepared PowerPoint presentations on Restaurants and Markets & Supermarkets.