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 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
- Gives sustained information reports on researched topics
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
- Uses tone of speech appropriate to audience
- Plans information reports, identifying the main ideas or information to be presented
Writing WS2.9 Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features
-Researches specific topics to write about
WS2.12 Uses joined letters when writing in NSW Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop publishing skills on the computer - - - 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
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
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Assessment
Create a 6 slide power point presentation on the topic of koalas.
Subject Content
Literacy Requirements
· What is a living thing? · Appearance of a koala:
- 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: - General statement - Expanded descriptions of various aspects of a Koala · Key grammatical features of an information report - Use general nouns - Use technical nouns - Use of adjectival phrases - Use of relating verbs and action verbs - Use of simple present tense - Use of compound and complex sentences · Ability to identify and create an analytical structured image · Gain knowledge of high modality images and their effects on the viewer · Ability to understand and incorporate multiliteracies in work · Ability to create a multimodal text that has images, text and sound that emphasize modal coherence
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
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
- Gives sustained information reports on researched topics
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
- Uses tone of speech appropriate to audience
- Plans information reports, identifying the main ideas or information to be presented
Writing
WS2.9 Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features
-Researches specific topics to write about
WS2.12 Uses joined letters when writing in NSW Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop publishing skills on the computer
- - - 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
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:
- 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
· Structure of an information report:
- General statement
- Expanded descriptions of various aspects of a Koala
· Key grammatical features of an information report
- Use general nouns
- Use technical nouns
- Use of adjectival phrases
- Use of relating verbs and action verbs
- Use of simple present tense
- Use of compound and complex sentences
· Ability to identify and create an analytical structured image
· Gain knowledge of high modality images and their effects on the viewer
· Ability to understand and incorporate multiliteracies in work
· Ability to create a multimodal text that has images, text and sound that emphasize modal coherence
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