Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

Time:

10.30

Date: 29/4/2013

Students Prior Knowledge:

Students have been reading the story one cold wet
night and have reconstructed the story yesterday and
since answered the questions yes or no, about which
characters are in the story and have written in their
journals the subject, on a cold wet night.

Learning Area: English Literacy

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Literacy
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

N/A

Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Finish the sentence in their journal, If I was a farmer.

Think creatively about what they might do on a cold wet night and express this through their writing.
Children are to write neatly and clearly with good sentence structure to ensure all makes sense.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Have writing books ready on their desks.
Have modeled writing of my own ready to read to the class.
Write If I was a farmer on the board.

Provision for students at educational risk:

- Give step by step instructions
- Constantly walk around the room helping those
that are having difficulty
- Have one student hand out sheets

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:


[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time

Motivation and Introduction:

(Beginning of lesson)

5
minutes

Resources/References
Align these with the
segment where they will
be introduced.

Have students come and sit down on the mat.

Ask students to think about what they might do if they were a farmer.
close your eyes, imagine you are a the owner of a farm, what kind of farm will
it be? Is it a rainy farm? A windy farm? A dairy farm? A wheat farm? Think
about what you might have to do as the farmer and what you might enjoy
most.
Go through creative answers with children to help them think about what they
might do.
Lesson steps:

20
minutes

Have the students move back to their desks this time blondes first, then
others.
Children are to take out their books and start their sentences with If I was a
farmer remind students to start sentences with a capital letter, finish with a
full stop.
I will also be looking out for proper finger spacing and very neat writing.
Students to write in their journal and to be finished by 11. Those who finish
are to sit in partners on the mat somewhere knee to knee and read their
stories to each other. When finished they are to find another partner.
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
Choose two neat stories to be read to the class. Point out creativity and
neatness.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Recess.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Childrens work will be checked as we go, marked and stamped.