PRE-SERVICE TEACHER: ________________SUPERVISING TEACHER: __________________

DATE:
17 /6 /16

ACU LESSON PLAN FORMAT 2016

Curriculum:
Year Level: 2
Class: Two Red
Topic: English - poetry

Duration: 30 mins

Relevant Curriculum Strands, Content Descriptors, Achievement Standards:

Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs
(ACELT1592)
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers focus:
Rationale: Students will learn about the language features involved in this type of text along with the unique
structural features and grammatical features of a poems. Students will read and write poems.
Pre-requisites (student prior knowledge, skills, etc.): this is the third lesson of the poetry unit. Previous to this
lesson the students have explored a range of poems and had conversations around various forms of poetry.
Learning Intentions (Outcomes) for the lesson:
Begins to develop fluency and understanding on unseen texts
Indicators of Achievement (SMART - Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely):
By the end of this lesson the students will:
Create word bank of items of a certain colour
Create a catalogue poem with the class and independently
Adjustments for diverse learners:
Allow Jett to illustrate work and then encourage him to try to write or model writing for him
Guided reading and writing as per students ability level
Students are asked questions which provide an appropriate level of challenge & / or the opportunity to succeed.
Expectation regarding the complexity and quantity of writing is differentiated.
Preparation and Resources (including administration and safety requirements):
White boards
Poem Brown
White board markers
Time

Learning Experience/Lesson sequence (what and how):

Introduction/Focusing Activity:
Read Brown catalogue poem to the class. Discuss the structure
Lesson development:
Students talk about things that are always red: Strawberry, cherry,
lipstick, fire truck, blood..
Using think, pair, share strategy children write a small list on whiteboards
Students choose their own colour to write a list of things that are that
colour.
Extension task: Students try to add in adjectives to the noun list
Show students how to write a catalogue poem on the board. It is a list of

Classroom Management
& Assessment Strategies:

PRE-SERVICE TEACHER: ________________SUPERVISING TEACHER: __________________

thoughts about a person, object or event.

Complete by adding the nouns as a class. This poem is about the colour
red
Students write their own catalogue poems based on other colours
Closure:
Teacher to ask for volunteers to read what they have written so far and
teacher to check for understanding.
Evaluation of lesson: (to be completed after lesson):
Achievement of Learning Intentions (Outcomes):
Success of lesson Indicators of Achievement:
Success of adjustments made for diverse learners:
Appropriateness of preparation and resources:
Self-reflection:
Things that went well:
1. Students responded positively to the poem and understood the concept well.
2. I encouraged the students to extend their sentences by adding adjectives
3. I was able to bring the group back together and collaborate a class list of words for the colour red
Things to Improve:
1. Have an extension task ready or a game ready that is related to the lesson content
2. Remember to visualise how I want the lesson to look and be explicit in my instruction
3. Be prepared as to what technology I want to use and which section of work I want to be able to keep
Supervising Teacher feedback:
Melissa liked the way I encouraged the students to extend their sentences and make them longer and more
interesting.
Focus for further development:
Being more confident of what is happening next and how I am going to wrap up the lesson