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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. || **Human Society and Its Environment ** **CUS2.4 ****Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, languages and belief systems in a variety of communities. **
 * **Unit Topic: **Greek Mythology |||| **Curriculum Link:** HSIE and English || **Yr Level:** Stage 2 //(Year 4)// ||
 * **Lesson Number:** 3 of 10 |||| **Lesson Topic:** Factual Descriptions || **Learning Area(s): **Cultures ||
 * **__Unit Aim or Outcome: __**
 * **__Lesson Outcome: __**

**English ** **TS2.2 **<span style="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="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">WS2.14 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> Discusses how own texts have been structured to achieve their purpose and the grammatical features characteristic of the various text types used. **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">RS2.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Reads independently a wide range of texts on increasingly challenging topics and justifies own interpretation of ideas, information and events. || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Small box containing various images of people with different occupations <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Gods and Goddesses of Classical Mythology- //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">by Samuel Willard Crompton (Resource 2) <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Odyssey Online’ website (Resource 3) <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; 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-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">12x computers <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">12x printed descriptions of ‘Aphrodite,’ ‘Demeter’ and ‘Hercules’ from Resource 3 <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">12x piles of different text types || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher fills a small box with images of people who have different occupations e.g. fireman, doctor, police, rock star. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher asks one student to choose a picture from the box and describe the type of person in their image without specifying their occupation. The teacher can provide appropriate prompts to the student to help them describe eg. //What kind of clothes does this person wear? Where might you find this person?// <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Based on the given description, the class must guess what the image is depicting. This may be repeated two or three times. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain to students that we will be exploring factual descriptions as an important aspect to the multimodal text we are aiming to create. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Access students’ prior knowledge of this text type through questioning what they know or understand about factual descriptions. || **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">NB: __** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">The learning will take place in a computer lab fitted with an Interactive White Board. There should be a one to one ratio of computers to students. ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Resources: __**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">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; line-height: 115%;">Teaching strategy/Learning __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> __Activity:__
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Teacher will… ** |||| **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students will… ** ||
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Using a factual description of the God, Hephaestus from Resource 2, the teacher scans and shows this on the Interactive Whiteboard. Teacher chooses students to read the description aloud.
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Using a factual description of the God, Hephaestus from Resource 2, the teacher scans and shows this on the Interactive Whiteboard. Teacher chooses students to read the description aloud.

· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Using the text, indicate the two main features of factual descriptions- //Identification// and //Description.// Discuss the difference between both features and their purpose within the text.

· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Direct students to the following website: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> (Resource 3)

· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Focusing specifically on ‘Aphrodite,’ ‘Demeter’ and ‘Hercules,’ instruct students to read each one and begin thinking about the structural features of //Identification// and //Description// within each text.

· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Teacher distributes printed copies of each description on the three Gods/Goddesses. Instruct students to use two different coloured highlighters/pens to indicate the separate features of a factual description.

· <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Facilitate a class discussion to ensure that the features in each of the descriptions have been correctly identified. This provides opportunities for any uncertainties or misconceptions to be addressed. |||| <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 37.7pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">In their seats, students engage with the text. The assigned students read the story aloud.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students follow on as the teacher identifies the features of a factual description and examine the differences and purposes of each component. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">In pairs, students access the assigned website

<span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students explore each text and consider the features of factual descriptions within them.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students highlight the //Identification// and //Description// elements of each of the provided factual descriptions.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Students provide their answers and ask any necessary questions. || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher provides each pair of students with four different text types- Explanation, Procedure, Recount and Factual Description (The texts are not required to be based on Greek Mythology). <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Students are to read through each one and select which one they believe is the Factual Description. Upon their selection, they must justify the reason for their choice. <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">This will emphasize their ability to identify the structural features of Factual Descriptions and help teachers identify whether or not students have a sound understanding of this. || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment will take place through teacher observation and analysis of student’s work. Specifically, the teacher will look for: <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 19.7pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">a) **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">the ability to correctly indicate the structural features of a factual description <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 1.65pt 0pt 19.7pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">b) **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">the ability to distinguish between different text types by showing an understanding of the features of a factual description. || <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list 15.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">How successful was the teaching and planning towards contributing to the students’ understanding of the structure of a factual description? <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo7; tab-stops: list 15.85pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Did students demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with their peers where appropriate? If not, why? <span style="display: block; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 15.85pt; mso-list: l3 level3 lfo7; text-indent: -18pt;"> § <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Was the lesson pitched too high? What worked accordingly? ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Conclusion: __
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Any special considerations or contingency plans: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">In the case of no access to an interactive whiteboard, the teacher can instead utilise an overhead projector to display the factual description.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">If there is no internet access the teacher can simply provide students with the printed copies from the website.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">For any students who need special considerations, the teacher can pair them with a student who is able to support them. ||
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Self-reflection: __