Focus+Outcome

= Focus Outcome for the unit: = =**Science and Technology:**=

Living Things Content Strand
 * LTS2.3** Identifies and describes the structure and function of living things and ways in which living things interact with other living things and their environment

= Literacy Outcomes for the unit: =

=**English:**=

Talking and Listening - Gives sustained information reports on researched topics
 * TS2.1** Communicates in informal and formal classroom activities in school and social situations for an increasing range of purposes on a variety of topics across the curriculum

- Uses tone of speech appropriate to audience - Plans information reports, identifying the main ideas or information to be presented
 * TS2.2** Interacts effectively in groups and pairs, adopting a range of roles, using a variety of media and uses various listening strategies for different situations

Writing -Researches specific topics to write about
 * WS2.9** Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features

- - - Selects and inserts graphics or illustrations to enhance text meaning - Investigates other forms of media e.g. slideshows, multimedia - Sets out writing in a form suitable for purpose
 * WS2.12** Uses joined letters when writing in NSW Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop publishing skills on the computer

= What is the rich multimodal task that the students will create at the end of this unit? =

The year four students will be required to create a 6 slide PowerPoint presentation on the topic of Koalas. This presentation will be a representation of the content students have learnt during their Koala: A Native Australian Animal unit.

In this presentation, students will be required to include:

1. A title page that represents the topic of Koalas (Slide 1) · 2. Each of the following 6 slides providing factual information on a different aspect associated with Koalas, these including: - Appearance (Slide 2) - Habitat (Slide 3) - Diet (Slide 4)  - Movement (Slide 5) - Reproduction (Slide 6) NOTE: students can use more than 6 slides if needed. 3. Analytical structured and analytical unstructured images to support the text on each slide. Students can downloaded these images from the internet, use the photos taken at the class excursion to the zoo or scan the analytical structured images they create in class. (NOTE: there should be atleast one image on each slide of the PowerPoint presentation however, these images must show modal coherence with the written text).

s4. 4. Each slide should also include sound effects to enhance the meaning presented on each slide as well as a recorded voice over that reads the written text on each slide. = Backwards Map = = = B  · Appearance of a koala:
 * **Assessment ** ||
 * Create a 6 slide power point presentation on the topic of koalas. ||
 * Subject Content || Literacy Requirements  ||
 * · What is a living thing?

- What does a Koala look like - How do these features/ characteristics help it to   survive    · Habitat of a Koala · Diet: What are the typical eating habits of a Koala · A Koala’s interactions with other living and non living things (Behaviour) · Life cycle of a Koala: - Reproduction ||  · Social purpose of an information report: to give generalized information about a Koala · Structure of an information report: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- General statement <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Expanded descriptions of various aspects of a Koala · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Key grammatical features of an information report <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use general nouns <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use technical nouns <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use of adjectival phrases <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use of relating verbs and action verbs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use of simple present tense <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- Use of compound and complex sentences · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to identify and create an analytical structured image · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Gain knowledge of high modality images and their effects on the viewer · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to understand and incorporate multiliteracies in work · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to create a multimodal text that has images, text and sound that emphasize modal coherence ||

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