12 Lesson Plans for Exploring the 1918 Chapter of My Place

EDLA369
Template 1 – Rationale and Pedagogy
The sequence of 12 lesson plans is an exploration of the 1918 chapter of “My Place” written by Wheatley and Rawlins.
The chapter, being set in the 1918, provides the readers the sense of what it was like living via the War and the upsetting
aftermath on families that had soldiers never to return home. The following sequence of 12 lesson plan utilizes the information
narrative in developing the ability of the learners to create the orientation part of structure with a strict focus on descriptive
languages utilized and writing in first person tense.
Template 2- Scope and sequence for 12 lessons
The literacy unit learning intensions: In this unit, we are learning to; develop our understanding of descriptive words
along with writing in first person in the information narrative
Learning behaviours: I need to... make sure that the learners efficiently work both in groups and individually as they work
towards set text as well as undertaking their individual research to commence writing their own narrative.
Week 1:
Learning intensions Outcomes Designing,
Selecting,
Differentiating and
Sequencing
Activities
Resources Assessment

1. We will be learning
to effectively identify
as well as use
descriptive language
Language features of
this text kind explore
in the lesson:
descriptive language
 Understanding
of descriptive
words
The whole class
focus:
Building topic
knowledge on the
utilization of
descriptive language
for enhancing the text
meaning
Task:
 Picture chatting
on chapter 1918
 Interactive
reading aloud of
this chapter
utilization
triggering
questions
 discussing
descriptive
language and
how it is utilized
in creating vivid
picture of the
chapter 1918
Differentiation
Strategy:
 Learners will be
provided three
sentences which
have already
Wheatley, N. &
Rawlins, D (1987). My
Place. 1918. Vic,
Australia. Collins Dove
Publishers
Assessment type:
Observational notes on
learners during the
picture chart and
modelled reading
Success criteria for
entire class:
I am doing well if I....
Can write three
sentences utilizing
descriptive language

been written and
they shall be
requested to
find as well as
highlight the
descriptive
words within
those sentences
(appendix B)
Chosen instruction
strategy:
 Interactive read
aloud-the
teacher stopping
at some points
in order to
discuss the
meaning with
learners
Prompting
questions:
 Examining these
images in the
chapter 1918,
what do you
think is taking
place?
 What descriptive
words are you
able to see in

this text?
2. Lesson Intension:
We will continue
learning to effectively
identify as well as use
descriptive language
Language features of
this text kind explore
in the lesson:
descriptive language
Outcome:
 Ability to pin
point or locate
the descriptive
words within the
written texts
Designing,
Selecting,
Differentiating and
Sequencing
Activities:
The whole class
focus:
Continue building topic
knowledge on the
utilization of
descriptive language
for enhancing the text
meaning
Task:
 Students
choosing one
character from
this chapter and
writing three
sentences
utilizing
descriptive
language to
discuss how they
will be would be
feeling at such a
point in time
using such
descriptive
Resources:
Wheatley, N. &
Rawlins, D (1987). My
Place. 1918. Vic,
Australia. Collins Dove
Publishers
Assessment type:
 Observational
notes on
learners during
the picture chart
as well as
modelled
reading
Success criteria for
entire class:
 I am doing well if
I....
 Can write three
sentences
utilizing
descriptive
language

words as
(appendix A)
Differentiation
Strategy:
 Learners will be
provided three
sentences which
have already
been written and
they shall be
requested to
find as well as
highlight the
descriptive
words within
those sentences
(appendix B)
Chosen instruction
strategy:
 Interactive read
aloud-the
teacher stopping
at some points
in order to
discuss the
meaning with
learners
Prompting question:
 Do you believe

there is a better
word you might
use to describe
this?
3. Lesson
intensions:
We will be learning to
comprehend the
structure of the
information narrative
Outcome:
 Explaining how a
narrative gets
constructed
 Identifying
descriptive
words within a
narrative
Designing,
Selecting,
Differentiating and
Sequencing
Activities
Whole class focus:
 Building text
knowledge as
well as
modelling genre
Task:
 Shared reading
of chapter 1918
with partner
 Introducing info
narrative as well as
topic
 Showing
examples of info
narrative and
deconstructing text
layout, sequence as
well as organization
Differentiation
Resources
Wheatley, N. &
Rawlins, D (1987). My
Place. 1918. Vic,
Australia. Collins Dove
Publishers
Assessment type:
 Asking learners
to provide the
teacher a score
out of ten
regarding how
much they
recollect on
narratives
(learners writing
on mini
whiteboards and
holding above
their head)
Success criteria
for whole class:
 I am doing well if
I.....can
effectively
identify parts of
narrative as well
as descriptive
words utilized

strategy:
 Learners using
listening post for
reading story
Instructional
strategy:
 Shared
reading-
leaners
pairing up
and reading
via the
chapter
collaborativel
y
Prompting
questions:
 Can anyone
tell me what
he thinks an
info narrative
could look
like?
 What
descriptive
words might
you identify
in this piece

of text?
4. Lesson intensions:
We will be learning to
comprehend the
structure of the
information narrative
Outcome:
 Substituting a
word with a
better
descriptive word
Designing,
Selecting,
Differentiating and
Sequencing
Activities
Whole class focus:
 Building text
knowledge as
well as
modelling genre
Task:
 Giving learners
an info narrative
getting them to pin
point the parts, for
example,
orientation,
complication as well
as descriptive
language
 Learners
working in pairs,
trying replacing any
descriptive words
with those of words
which are better
suited (appendix
Resources
Wheatley, N. &
Rawlins, D (1987). My
Place. 1918. Vic,
Australia. Collins Dove
Publishers
Assessment type:
 Asking learners
to replace word
with a better
descriptive word
Success criteria
for whole class:
I am doing well if
I.....can replace
descriptive words
utilized