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The unit “Tales of Ancient Greece” aims to enable students to learn about Greek Mythology. They begin to explore the way in which the mythical stories concerning the Greek Gods and Goddesses were significant to the people of Ancient Greece, forming part of their belief system and culture. Such content will provide a stimulating basis for students to develop knowledge and skills in creating multimodal texts; specifically in relation to PowerPoint presentations which incorporate visual, written and audio elements.
 * **Unit Topic: **//Greek Mythology // |||| **Curriculum Link: **//HSIE and English // || **Yr Level: **//Stage 2 (Year 4) // ||
 * **Lesson Number: **//1 of 10 // |||| **Lesson Topic: **//Introduction to Myths and Legends of Greece // || **Learning Area(s): **//Cultures// ||
 * **__Unit Aim or Outcome: __**

**Focus Outcome: **

**CUS2.4 //Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.// ** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Human Society and Its Environment ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.9pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -10.9pt;"> § **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">CUS2.4 //Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities.// **
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Outcome: __**

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">English ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.9pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -10.9pt;"> § **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">TS2.2 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> //Interacts effectively in groups and pairs, adopting a range of roles, uses a variety of media and uses various listening strategies for different situations.// <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.9pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -10.9pt;"> § **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">RS2.6 **//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Uses efficiently an integrated range of skills and strategies when reading and interpreting written texts //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.9pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -10.9pt;"> § **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">WS2 ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">.10 **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> //Produces text clearly, effectively and accurately, using the sentence structure, grammatical features and punctuation conventions of the text types.// || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">“The Gospel Truth” video clip <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Factual description text (//Appendix 1.1//). <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Interactive Whiteboard || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Students view the short video clip “The Gospel Truth” from the Disney movie //Hercules// <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">As a class, discuss what children already know about myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Possible answers could relate to the names and special abilities of gods and goddesses, their origins and the purpose they serve in Ancient Greek culture. ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Resources: __**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Lesson Outline ** ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduction: __
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Teaching strategy/Learning __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> __Activity:__ ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students will …… ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Teacher will… ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Brainstorm their ideas regarding myths and legends in general.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Discuss the myths and legends prevalent in their own culture, for example, a student from an Irish background might discuss their belief in the Lochness monster and leprechauns. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Contribute any knowledge they have related to the Greek belief system.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Listen and follow the teacher’s reading of the factual description.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Individually come up and underline the information they think is most fitting to the teacher’s questions.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Provide the teacher with ideas for the appropriate headings for the table.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Return to their desks to draw up the table they designed together as a class and fill in the relevant information under the suitable headings. |||| <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Summarise and solidify students’ prior knowledge regarding the origins of myths and legends and how they can vary according to different cultures. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Lead a discussion on any myths and legends that may exist within students’ individual cultures.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the significance of myths and legends specific to the Greek belief system.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Read out an example of a factual description (using Appendix 1.1) of Hercules accompanied with an image. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Using the interactive white board the teacher will pick students to come up and identify any key characteristics or main points relating specifically to Hercules. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Scaffold how to identify relevant information by posing specific questions as students come up to the interactive white board. For example: What are his key attributes/ special power? Who are his parents? What is his purpose?

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">As a class construct a table with appropriate headings for example, “special power”, “family”, “purpose” and “appearance”. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 14.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Instruct students to categorise the relevant pieces of information previously identified into a table format in their workbooks. ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Concluding strategy: __

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Play a game of “Dictograph”. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Divide students up into groups of no more than five. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Assign one student in each group the role of ‘//teacher’// who is responsible for reading aloud the given passage (at a normal reading pace). <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">The remaining students are required to listen to the passage being read twice – the first reading being listened to passively and in the second reading, the remaining students are required to note down the main ideas and points of the text individually. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Students work collaboratively to try and re-construct the original text, with one student acting as the scribe. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">The //‘teacher’// then compares the original text with the re-constructed text. || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Through informal observations, the teacher assesses whether students can produce appropriate headings for the categorisation of information. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Using student work samples, the teacher assesses if students were able to successfully transfer the information completed as a class into their individual workbooks. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo8; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Through peer assessment, students consider how accurately they were able to re-construct an original piece of text. ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Assessment: __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Any special considerations or contingency plans: __**
 * In the case of no access to an interactive whiteboard, the teacher can instead utilise an overhead projector and ask students to underline their answers on it.


 * As students mostly are working in a group or a whole-class situation there is no need for special considerations as they can support each other. ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Self-reflection: __**

<span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Did the lesson operate accordingly? What worked or didn’t work well? <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 15.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">How have students understood the significance of myths and legends within the Greek belief system? <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 15.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">To what extent were students able to explore subject matter of and make judgements about Greek mythology in relation to the intentions of the unit? <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l2 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 15.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">How effective was the lesson in terms of the understanding students gained towards myths and legends? ||