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School: Footscray City College

Year Group: 9D

Date

1/9

Focus Area

Learning Intentions

AusVels Level 9

Formative assessment text response essay

- Pull apart essay question/theme

- Brainstorm ideas in relation to prompt
- Begin forming an introduction

(Reading and responding)

Writing
-Students understand how the selection of language features
can be used for particular purposes and effects
-When creating and editing texts for specific effects, they take
into account intended purposes and the needs and interests of
audience
Location / Setting

Organisation / Student Groups

Classroom F1

- Whole class discussion

- Individual work
- Small groups

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Special Considerations

Key Vocabulary

Focus Questions

- Text response essay

- Introduction
- Prompt
- TEEL
- Topic sentence
- Contention
- Supporting point

- Through the character of Hazel/Gus in John Greens

The Fault in Our Stars, we learn about love,
resilience and what is really important in life. Discuss
with detailed reference to the text
- What does the prompt say about the book?
- How does John Green explore that through Hazel or
Gus?

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References / Sources / Materials / Resources

and Equipment

- Whiteboard
- Brainstorm matrix
- Writing a text response planner
- Exercise books
- Laptops
- TEEL sheet

INTRODUCTION
Establishing prior knowledge. Tuning in activity. Focus
questioning
Assessment criteria: Assessment FOR learning
Introduction:
Talk about formative assessment, text response essay.
Will spend the next couple of weeks learning how to
structure essay and go over practice questions.
Focus writing paragraphs and including evidence
(5 mins)

Resilience Hazels sense of humour, the

encouragements in Guss parents house, Hazels mum
who encourages Hazel, Hazel and Gus helping Isaac
Love Hazel and her parents, Hazel and Gus, Izaac and
Monica
What is really important in life relationships, family,
friends
Contrasts to Van Houten, who is angry, bitter and
destructive. He rejects friendship

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise

CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Share time. Student reflection. What do they now know?

Assessment Criteria: Assessment AS Learning

Group brainstorm and share
- Explain the different components of the brainstorm
matrix
- Split students up in to small groups of 3 or 4
- Ask students to fill out matrix with specific examples
and quotes from the text
- After 20 minutes, get students to swap with other
groups and add to their sheets
- Share on the board and get students to copy
(40 mins)

Assessment Criteria: Assessment OF Learning

Introduce students to text response essay. Begin looking at
themes and ideas, as well as the writing structure. Students
should begin to have an idea, so that they can get straight into
it next week

Plan and write introduction

- Using the prompt provided, students will begin
planning an introduction
- Address the entire question
- 5 or 6 sentences
- Define key terms for the purpose of this essay
- Include title and author of text
- Brief context statement relevant to the topic
- Outline main supporting points of essay
- Write finished paragraph
- Ask students to share
(30 mins)

Topic sentences and/or introduction to be shared at the

start of next class

Plan each body paragraph

- Talk about 3 main body paragraphs (love, resilience,
what is really important in life)
- Create topic sentences (give an example)
- Begin structuring and writing first body paragraph
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Planner worksheet will allow students to brainstorm ideas and

break down the entire essay into smaller parts. An introduction
should be well underway and students should be thinking
about starting to write the next parts of their essay (topic
sentence, contention, paragraphs, TEEL)

- To be shared/continued next class

(30 mins)

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Preservice Teacher Reflection

Mentor Teacher Feedback

Did students achieve the Learning Intentions?

Success Criteria
What were the successful strategies?
How did you the teacher get them to the end result?
Where to from here? Whats next?

Preservice Teacher Name __________________________________

Signature________________________________
__________________

Date ________________

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Strengths / Areas for Improvement

How will we work to improve them?

Mentor Teacher Name___________________________________________

Signature________________________________

Date