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UNIT OVERVIEW: COMPONENTS, EXPLANATION/DETAILS AND LEARNING

EXPERIENCES

COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
(provide the number)
Unit Orientation The teacher will begin the unit by
introducing life in Ancient Greece and
getting the students motivated about
learning the Gods and Goddesss of
Ancient Greece by introducing the way
people in Ancient Greece lived during that
time.
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Building knowledge of the
field
The teacher will be able to teach the
everyday aspect in Ancient Greece as well
as how important the Gods and Goddesss
were during this time by introducing the
students to different types of texts, videos
and pictures.
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Utilising the non-fiction
focus text
Kennett, D. and Blacklock, D. (2001).
Olympia (1
st
ed.) New York: Walker & Co
The focus text will be introduced in the 5
th

lesson and will be focused on when the
class focuses on the Olympic Games and
how they were formed
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Responding to texts This is planned by making the students
respond to sequences and historical
events as well as developing their learning
on how to have a range of sources
available to their services
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Exploring texts This is planned through letting students
research in their own time as well as
during class and there will be books
provided in the classroom

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Examining texts including: Explain how this is planned referring to
various Strands within the Australian
Curriculum.

Text structure and
organisation
The students will be able to learn how
texts are structured by creating their own
and reading stories about Ancient Greece
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Expressing and
developing ideas
Students will be creating posters and
writing down reflections throughout the
unit to express what they have learnt and
how their learning has developed
throughout the unit.
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Visual and
multimodal features
of texts
The students will have access to many
multimodal features such as YouTube,
websites, pictures and stories that can be
read on the internet
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COMPONENTS EXPLANATION/DETAILS LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
(provide the number)

Extending beyond the
focus text including:
This was planned making sure that the
strands of Creative Texts in the English
strand and Historical Knowledge in the
history strand of the Australian Curriculum
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Creating texts
utilising print and
multimodal texts
The students will be able to create their
own texts by creating an information report
on Ancient Greece
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Assessment
Formative (one
strategy and
instrument)
A strategy that will be included in the
formative assessment is that students will
be able to be creative in expressing their
learning of Ancient Greece.
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Summative (one
strategy and
instrument)
Students will need to provide an
information report on what they have
learnt about Ancient Greece and more
importantly, the Olympic Games.
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Significant demonstration
of learning.
The expectations will be that students
have developed a clear understanding of
Ancient Greece and the Olympics.
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