LESSON

PLAN Australian Curriculum

Lesson Topic:

Shared Reading Billy
McBrown






Discipline:
English





Language / Structure and
Strand(s) and Substrand(s): Organisation

Date:

12/6/2013

Grade(s)/
Year Level(s):


Duration of
Lesson:

Grade 2



20 mins

Standard(s)/Learning Outcome(s):

They read texts that contain varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary,
a significant number of high frequency sight words and images that provide
additional information.

Learning Outcomes:
Develop an understanding of different sentence structures especially
through using commas.
Recognise that the images provide information.
Identify how a narrative/ fiction genre book is structured.

Indicators:
Students understand why a sentence has been structured with commas.
Students can predict a story using the images in the book.
Students can identify that a narrative is structured with an introduction,
body, problem & conclusion.


Assessment:

Success Criteria:
Students appropriately identify commas in a sentence and can accurately
explain why it is required.
Students effectively predict what is happening in the book and gather
information using only the images provided.
Students consistently recognise how a narrative needs to be structured.

Opportunities to Provide Feedback:

Students engage in discussion with the teacher (using hands up strategy)
about type of book they think Billy McBrown in. This will allow the children
to start thinking about the topic and will provide pivotal feedback for the
lesson.
Ask whether there are any other suggestions.
During the lesson, stop and allow the students to Think, Pair, Share or put
their hands up to voice their ideas about the images, sentence structures and
possible plot.


Teaching Focus:

A. Focusing on educated prediction
Commas- sentence structure


B. As above.
Time management.
Making sure students are engaged and learning.


Background to the learning:

A. Teacher:
Beauchat, K. A., & Blamey, K. L. (2012). Effective read-alouds for early literacy:
A teacher's guide for PreK-1 (p.7-16).
Hill, S. (2012). Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching.


B. Pupil:
Observations from previous lessons using shared reading
Have a whole group discussion or initial questioning in the classroom before
the lesson to identify current knowledge the students have.

Lesson Resources:

Book- Bill McBrown (Jill Eggleton)


Content of Lesson:

A.
Introduction:





__5__ mins
Teacher asks children to sit on the floor and that the book to be covered
today in shared reading is Billy McBrown.
Firstly students engage in discussion with the teacher (using hands up
strategy) about type of book they think Billy McBrown in. This will allow the

B.

C.

D.

children to start thinking about the topic and will provide pivotal feedback
for the lesson.
Ask whether there are any other suggestions.
Question: Who can predict what is going to happen in the story from what
you can see on the cover?
Think, Pair, Share- Pick anyone and get at least three different things.
If they dont talk about a problem then use the prompt A good story has
a good? Answer: Problem.


Development





__10__ mins
We are going to do a picture walk.
Question: What do you think is happening in the picture here? (Think, Pair,
Share) Why? Any other suggestions?
Question: Why is this man looking like this? (Hands up) Any other
suggestions?
Question: Look at the man now, how has his expression changed from the
last page? (Hands up)
Question: What has the man done now? (Hands up)
Question: Where might he be now? And what might he be doing? (Think,
Pair, Share)
Question: Why does he look serious here? (Hands up)
Question: What are the people doing now? (Hands up)
Question: What do you think the man did? (Think, Pair, Share)

Consolidation and Practice

__5__ mins
Now that we have looked at the pictures, we are going to look at the
commas used in the sentences.
Read first paragraph.
Question: Hands up and I will choose someone to show me where one
comma is.
Read next two pages and repeat process.
Closure






__0__ mins
This lesson will not be finished as it will continue into several lessons/days.




Post Lesson Review and Evaluation:

Pupil Achievement:






Teacher Effectiveness: