7. Whole class reading Place by Nadia Wheatley Predicting: Possible nouns, verbs and Questioning: Ask questions to ensure students –My adjectives. understanding of topic. Before-reading activities e.g. The Aboriginal boy will be hunting. Predicting Students to look at the image/text and make – predictions. Time connectives: In the past: back then, prior to 1935, before, once, used to During-reading activities: The present time: now, these days, today Students use skimming and scanning techniques and record key information in a table. EAL focus: basic time connectives – then/now, used to, now, once Identifying nouns and verbs: Aboriginals, Melbourne, hunting, gathering, playing, watching, After reading activities Describing adjectives: Students summarise the text, answering questions and making old, worn, dirty, beige, ripped, empty further predictions/wonderings. 8. Grammar Lesson Past tense Past tense/verbs: Verbal Instant Teacher Feedback Teacher to give – – 2 stars and wish. Two things the student has done Whole Class- Look at sentences that are written incorrectly. e.g.: I jump/jumped, hunt/hunted, eat/ate, well, one thing they can practice and improve on. jump on the trampoline yesterday. Students identify and discuss the fish/fished. errors. Students complete activity in small groups. 9. Whole class reading of Mentor Text Life in Melbourne Nouns: Melbourne, Aboriginals, Bellarine – before 1788 (see Appendix Peninsula Whole class read mentor text in Melbourne before ‘Life 1788’ Students explore the text and identify factual information. Action verbs: fishing, hunting, gathering Information and key words will be gathered and added to word wall. Past tense/time connectives: moved, around, EAL student rereads text in small reading group, highlighting and first colour coding nouns, verbs, and time connectives using colourful semantics cards. Linguistic focus Assessment for learning ideas Modelled/ deconstruction: Teaching and learning activities
7. Whole class reading –My Place by Nadia Wheatley Before-reading activities Predicting – Students to look at the image/text and make predictions. During-reading activities: Students use skimming and scanning techniques and record key information in a table. After reading activities Students summarise the text, answering questions and making further predictions/wonderings. Predicting: Possible nouns, verbs and adjectives. e.g. The Aboriginal boy will be hunting. Time connectives: In the past: back then, prior to 1935, before, once, used to The present time: now, these days, today EAL focus: basic time connectives – then/now, used to, now, once Identifying nouns and verbs: Aboriginals, Melbourne, hunting, gathering, playing, watching, Describing adjectives: old, worn, dirty, beige, ripped, empty Questioning: Ask questions to ensure students understanding of topic. 8. Grammar Lesson – Past tense Whole Class- Look at sentences that are written incorrectly. e.g.: I jump on the trampoline yesterday. Students identify and discuss the errors. Students complete activity in small groups. Past tense/verbs: jump/jumped, hunt/hunted, eat/ate, fish/fished. Verbal Instant Teacher Feedback – Teacher to give 2 stars and wish. Two things the student has done well, one thing they can practice and improve on. 9. Whole class reading of Mentor Text – Life in Melbourne before 1788 (see Appendix Whole class read mentor text ‘Life in Melbourne before 1788’ Students explore the text and identify factual information. Information and key words will be gathered and added to word wall. EAL student rereads text in small reading group, highlighting and colour coding nouns, verbs, and time connectives using colourful semantics cards. Nouns: Melbourne, Aboriginals, Bellarine Peninsula Action verbs: fishing, hunting, gathering Past tense/time connectives: moved, around, first Modelled/ deconstruction: Teaching and learning activities Linguistic focus Assessment for learning ideas