Lesson objectives and checks Teaching strategies and Resources

for understanding learning activities

Lesson 3: Introduction: I will bring some Cloth bags with unknown items
bags to class each with inside
something unusual inside, eg
jelly, play dough, macaroni, Story settings (see appendix A)
lego, marbles, sand, leaves, and work sheet
sultanas etc. Students will take
turns coming to the front of the Setting graphic organiser
class and putting their hand in
the bag. Without looking at it, Vocabulary sheets from
students will feel the substance learning sequence 2
or object and try to explain the
feeling to the class, they can
smell it, listen to how it sounds
if they rub it together, if edible,
taste it and later look at it. Still
without telling the other
students what it is when they
see it, they must describe it
and the class has to guess what
it is based off the descriptions.
Throughout the exercise I will
ask questions to prompt the
students higher order thinking,
to think about how the
substance/object smells, feels,
tastes, sounds looks etc. And
for the students listening to
piece together the
descriptions. What does it
remind you off, where could
this substance/object be
found?
Lesson objective/learning goal:
The students should be able to
employ all of their 5 senses and
combine it with their increasing
knowledge of vocabulary of
adjectives and other nouns and
verbs to give detail to their
writing
Create literary texts by
developing storylines,
characters and
settings ACELT1794
Body: For the second activity I
will read an example of a
couple of pre-prepared story
openings (see appendix A) (The
first, a hospital, the second a
cinema)
The openings do not say
explicitly where the scene is set
but students are to listen to the
descriptions as clues. I will read
the story opening and ask
students to raise their hand if
they think they know the
setting. I will ask them what
the words or expressions were
that helped them guess where
the story is set. I will guide
them through the first one,
picking out specific words and
asking where you would see a
lot of that. I will read the
second opening but have the
students think more for
themselves with fewer prompts
as a shared class activity. I will
then hand the students a work
sheet with the last 2 openings
on it and they can read it
independently and fill out the
same questions.
 Evidence of learning: Conclusion:

Throughout the activities I will Students are given a graphic

see how the selected students
were able to engage their
senses to describe what they
were feeling in the bag. I will
look for participation in the
class discussion and for
evidence of learning from the
story openings. I will see if they
are able to learn from teacher
guidance in the first scenario,
gain some insights in the
shared scenario and then apply
their learning in the last two
scenarios.
In the final activity I will
examine whether the students
have used what they have
learnt over the last two
learning sequences to combine
their knowledge of how an
extended vocabulary enriches
their writing and combine it
with the use of their senses to
create a setting.
organiser/worksheet to fill out.
On this they are to create a
scene for their fantasy story. I
will explain that they are to call
upon the skills they have learnt
in the last three learning
sequence about what a fantasy
setting can be. To describe a
setting by using each of the five
senses and to call upon the
sheets of vocabulary on the
board from lesson two to make
sure they are using an
increasing vocabulary
particularly of verbs and
adjectives.

Bibliography

Idea for story setting activity and story openers retrieved from:
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/sites/default/files/storysettings.pdf

Graphic organisers and vocabulary sheets Retrieved from

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Appendix A

Look at these story openings. I havent told you where the story is set, but I have described it
through the things you might see and hear if you were there. Can you guess where my stories are
set?

Story 1
The automatic doors opened swiftly as Jade strode in. She glanced quickly at the cluster of signs and
pressed on down the wide polished corridor. Ahead of her a set of double doors flew open and a
trolley, pushed by five concerned faces, passed rapidly by. The smell of antiseptic caught at the back
of her throat. Pushing through the doors at the end of the corridor, she emerged into a brightly lit
room. Rows of plastic seats groaned with injured people. Where was Manny? The call had been
brief. All she knew was that Manny was here somewhere... .

Story 2
Sadie thrust the ticket into the mans hand. Half-torn he returned it and pulled open the door. Her
eyes narrowed as she stepped forward urgently into the dimly-lit room. Stale popcorn collapsed
under her feet. She felt her way down the narrow aisle. She had agreed to meet Gerry somewhere in
the middle. The front was too close, whilst the back meant you spent most of your time staring at
the hairstyle in front. A young couple stood up to let her pass, their coats fell from their laps and
were lost in the dark alley beneath their folding seats.

Story 3
The vegetables gleamed under the lighting as special offers swung giddily on their strings from the
ceiling. He inched forward, keeping himself well hidden behind the woman whose child rocked in the
metal cage provided at the back of the trolley. As they passed the cheese and milk a cool draught
caught the back of his neck, sending a shiver down his spine...

Story 4
The warm dusty draught flapped at her coat, revealing the lining and causing her to pull it tight
around her. She thrust her ticket into the metal slit and strode forward confidently. The dull whirring
of the escalators carried her down, lost in the confusion of posters advertising West end shows and
cheap phone calls. She thought she saw a familiar face passing upwards to her right and stared back
to see if she were right... .

I think the setting for story three is:

The words and expressions that helped me guess were:

I think the setting for story four is:

The words and expressions that helped me guess were:

Appendix B