*+Unit+of+Work+Overview

T A L E S O F A N C I E N T  G R <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 250%;">E <span style="color: #c0c0c0; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 250%;">E <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 250%;">C <span style="color: #c0c0c0; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 250%;">E //<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Unit of Work Overview and Summa <span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">ry //   **<span style="color: #2eadad; font-family: Georgia,serif;">CUS2.4 Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities. ** __**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 1: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Introduction to Greek Mythology through viewing of "The Gospel of Truth" clip from the Disney movie //Hercules (see Resource 1).//
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussion of prior knowledge to activate what children already know about myths and legends of Ancient Greece through a brainstorm.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Explanation of myths and understanding its significance within the Greek belief system
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Viewing and listening of a factual description on Hercules //(see Appendix 1.1)//, and consequently drawing out the main characteristics; acts a scaffold for the following lesson.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 2: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿Research of myths and legends using library resources in order to individually complete a table of characteristics //(see Appendix 2.1).//
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Comparison and compiling of results to form a whole class table in order to check for validity and reliability of findings.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Begin generating a word bank of useful vocabulary and technical terms associated with Greek mythology which will be expanded progressively.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 3: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Exploration of the structure of a factual description.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Joint deconstruction of a text extracted from //Resource 2,// using the Interactive Whiteboard.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Further examination of the structure of a range of factual descriptions as provided in //Resource 3//.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 4: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Exploration of the grammatical features of a factual description such as the use of particular nouns, detailed noun groups and different types of adjectives.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assigning pairs with a specific God or Goddess.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 5: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Conducting research on assigned Gods or Goddesses by following a given structure //(see Appendix 3.1)//.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Writing of factual description from the research acquired and word bank provided //(See Appendix 3.2)//.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Carrying out peer feedback on another pair's work through processes of editing, with emphasis on the structure, grammatical features and spelling.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 6: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿Analysis of two images relevant to Greek mythology //(see Resource 4).//
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identification and discussion of visual grammar that contribute to the effectiveness of an image, for example, layout, modality and placement.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Research of images specific to students' assigned Gods or Goddesses, and physically highlighting both positive and negative elements of the images.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 7: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Exploration of a storyboarding structure and multimodal texts on the Interactive Whiteboard (see Resource 5).
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Completion of a storyboarding worksheet by synthesising their evaluated factual descriptions and sketching their proposed images of their assigned Gods or Goddesses which will work towards their final product //(see Appendix 4.1)//.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 8: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Transferring of sketched images from the previous lessons onto seperate A4 sheets of paper.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Use of oil pastels to create their final designs.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 9: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿Teaching of the functioning of a PowerPoint presentation using the Interactive Whiteboard
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Introduction to the application of animations and uploading of images (using a scanner), audio (using PowerPoint) and text.

__**<span style="color: #de5e78; font-family: Georgia,serif;">LESSON 10: **__
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creation of PowerPoint slides for each specific God or Goddess using their synthesised texts.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Scanning and uploading of student artworks created in the previous lesson.
 * <span style="color: #2162a1; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Recording of audio files which will be included in the PowerPoint.

<span style="color: #2eadad; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**The culmination of these lessons will equip students towards the understanding and knowledge of multimodal texts. This is achieved** **through a series of logical teaching and learning sequences, resulting in the creation of <span style="color: #2eadad; font-family: Georgia,serif;">a PowerPoint presentation that addresses written, visual and audio elements. The final product will include the work done by each pair which will be compiled to form an overall informative and engaging resource on Greek mythology.**