Years: 1 & 2 Time allocation: Unit name: Insects and other bugs Level 2 4 weeks EAL Stages A2 KLA/content objectives / cultural understandings Main text focus Develop the understanding that: Text-type and Listened Spoken Read Written Viewed Produced mode to There are many different kinds of insects. Narrative Insects have some characteristics in common focus Insects use their body parts to move in different ways Insects eat different things Recount Topic Insects live in different habitats with AusVELS Science Level 2 Procedure Report Topic specific vocabulary Linguistic structure focus Explanation names of insects, e.g. cicada, ant, butterfly A report: Discussion names of body parts. e.g. antenna, abdomen, wing, legs Classification names of other invertebrates: spider, snail, crab Argument/ Description exposition habitats: rock, grass, ground, tree - physical characteristics action verbs. e.g. crawl, fly, run, jump - location/habitat relating verbs. e.g. is, has, have - behaviours Assessment types used Other: Summary Description Observation Inquiry: Questioning/discussion Linguistic features focus Functions Peer and self-reflection Classroom learning Getting things done Maintaining communication Describing a class of things—grasshoppers Analysis of student work arguing comparing Expressing: Relating (being, having) is, has, belongs to Test: quizzes, student self-developed tests classifying clarifying apology Action verbs EAL focus establishing limits describing appreciation Present tense evaluating explaining approval Prepositions Language for classifying, comparing and hypothesising instructing certainty Identifying characteristics using is/are, has/have identifying inquiring concern contrasting judging justifying frustration Prepositions offering questioning indifference persuading reporting intention planning suggesting Resources predicting preferences Wall charts, Pictures requesting probability Specimens of insects and other bugs sequencing regret warning Teacher prepared texts Factual books—Big Books (What makes a bug an insect?)
Years: 1 & 2 Level 2 EAL Stages A2 Unit name: Insects and other bugs Time allocation: 4 weeks Topic focus KLA/content objectives / cultural understandings Develop the understanding that: There are many different kinds of insects. Insects have some characteristics in common Insects use their body parts to move in different ways Insects eat different things Insects live in different habitats with AusVELS Science Level 2 Main text focus Text-type and mode Listened to Spoken Read Written Viewed Produced Narrative Recount Procedure Topic specific vocabulary names of insects, e.g. cicada, ant, butterfly names of body parts. e.g. antenna, abdomen, wing, legs names of other invertebrates: spider, snail, crab habitats: rock, grass, ground, tree action verbs. e.g. crawl, fly, run, jump relating verbs. e.g. is, has, have Linguistic structure focus A report: Classification Description - physical characteristics - location/habitat - behaviours Summary Report Explanation Discussion Argument/ exposition Assessment types used Observation Inquiry: Questioning/discussion Peer and self-reflection Analysis of student work Test: quizzes, student self-developed tests Other: Description Linguistic features focus Describing a class of things—grasshoppers Relating (being, having) is, has, belongs to Action verbs Present tense Language for classifying, comparing and contrasting Prepositions Functions Classroom learning arguing classifying establishing limits evaluating hypothesising identifying judging offering persuading planning predicting requesting sequencing warning Getting things done comparing clarifying describing explaining instructing inquiring justifying questioning reporting suggesting Maintaining communication Expressing: apology appreciation approval certainty concern frustration indifference intention preferences probability regret EAL focus Prepositions Identifying characteristics using is/are, has/have Resources Wall charts, Pictures Specimens of insects and other bugs Teacher prepared texts Factual books—Big Books (What makes a bug an insect?)
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