COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(provide the number)
Unit Orientation Explain how the teacher will begin the unit
so the students are motivated to learn.

The teacher will begin the unit dressed
up in a Governors costume gaining the
students attention and addressing the
theme. The focus text will be used to
show the children what they will be
learning over the next few weeks, this
is followed by a word wall to
summarise and show meaning to the
text that was read.
Learning experience 1
Building knowledge of the
field
Explain how the teacher will help students
increase their background knowledge to
ensure the development of knowledge,
understanding and skills relating to
selected curriculum content descriptions.

Through the use of the focus text,
various resources such as internet
search and information non-fiction
book the first fleet. This provided
students with the information needed
to contribute to the following activities.
Learning experience
2,3 and 4
Utilising the non-fiction
focus text
List the Focus Text in APA referencing
format. Explain how this text will be used
within the Unit.



Guile, M. (2010). Stories from
australias history captain Arthur phillip
and the first fleet. South yara; NSW:
Macmillan
This text is used to provide information
and engage students in the topic unit. It
is the basis for all learning experiences
as students can reflect on the book and
gain further understanding as this can
be translated into all learning
experiences.


Learning experiences
1, 2, 4, 7 and 8
Responding to texts Explain how this is planned referring to
various Strands within the Australian
Curriculum.

Throughout this unit children are
taught to respond to texts such as
digital, graphic and print texts. They
gain unique information from each text
type and are able to translate this into
other areas of text.
Learning experiences
3, 4, 6 and 9
Exploring texts Explain how this is planned referring to
various Strands within the Australian
Curriculum.


COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
(provide the number)
Students are exploring texts through
the use of research,
Learning experience 4
Examining texts including: Explain how this is planned referring to
various Strands within the Australian
Curriculum.

Text structure and
organisation
Through the report and the time line Learning experience 6
Expressing and
developing ideas
Students are able to express and
develop ideas in the creation of the
diary entry and the imaginative text as
well as the play/ script
Learning experience
5, 10 and 11
Visual and
multimodal features
of texts
The focus text includes graphic images
paired with print text to portray the
information across, the visual element
to this book gives great insight as
children can relate a lot easier to
images than to words.
Learning experience,
1, 2 and 3

Extending beyond the
focus text including:
Explain how this is planned referring to
various Strands within the Australian
Curriculum.

Creating texts
utilising print and
multimodal texts
Although the focus text was used quite
often during this unit a printed text
(book) the first fleet was also used to
help inform readers on certain aspects
of the events occurred during the first
fleet. That book was called the first fleet
a new beginning in an old land. Digital
texts were also utilised throughout this
unit for creating letters, timelines and
an authentic letter from A


Assessment
Formative (one
strategy and
instrument)
Describe the strategy and provide a copy
of the assessment instrument. The
strategy used to show a formative
assessment piece was a checklist to
identify
The formative
assessment piece is
used to decide how
they children are
understanding the
diary entry.
Summative (one
strategy and
instrument)
Describe the strategy and provide a copy
of the assessment instrument.
The performance at
the end of the unit is
used to judge how
much content the
children understood,
and to improve their
ability to
communicate and
display points of view
to an audience. The
rubric created for this
assessment is found
COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
(provide the number)
on the assessment
page on the website.

Significant demonstration
of learning.
Describe the expectations for achieving
the desired Achievement Standards for
Receptive and/or Productive Modes.
By the end of this unit
these stunts should
be able to understand
and create texts with
imaginative and
informative structure.
They should be aware
of the language used
in the various texts
types and use create
language conventions
to convey meaning in
a certain context.
Students writing
ability uses various
devices should have
improved and be well
used throughout
learning experiences.