Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
6
Time:
Date:
Learning Area: English Language for Interaction, Text
Structure and Organisation, Creating Texts

Students Prior Knowledge:

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

to the message in the text and allows for prediction of

Word-level Grammar (ACELA1523) Understand how

how the text will unfold.

ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful

Word-level Grammar (Year 5/ACELA1508)

choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb

Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective

groups/phrases.

groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways

Vocabulary (ACELA1525) Investigate how vocabulary

to provide a fuller description of the person, place,

choices, including evaluative language can express shades

thing or idea.

Text Cohesion (Year 5/ACELA1505) Understand

that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence

of meaning, feeling and opinion.

Creating Texts (ACELY1714) Plan, draft and publish

STUDENTS WILL NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED

imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and

THEIR RESEARCH COMPONENT OF THE

experimenting with text structures, language features,

WEBQUEST PRIOR TO THIS LESSON.

images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and

audience.
Use of Software (ACELY1717) Use a range of software,
including word processing programs, learning new functions
as required to create texts.
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

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:
Explain how the readwritethink Persuasive Map can be used to assist in creating a persuasive speech.
Demonstrate their knowledge of how word choice can affect the tone of a text.
Select appropriate supporting facts and ideas for arguments presented in persuasive speech.


Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Web Quest Phase Two Tab with all required links,
instructions and quiz.
Teacher to have marked all the students research notes.
Prepare Phase Two Envelopes Orders and Background
Information Folder (students marked research notes).

Provision for students at educational risk:

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:

8.30

Meet students at class door, ask them to form two straight lines and to
stand at attention.

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

Students we have now reached phase two of our Covert Operation Family
Holiday in Asia
In your mail boxes you will find your orders for phase two, collect your orders
and proceed to your desks. DO NOT OPEN THEM UNTIL INSTRUCTED.
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):
8.35

Phase Two Orders are

in the Students Mail
Boxes and Laptops out
on Student Desks

Students you may now open your orders for phase two. In your orders pack
you will find your Phase Two Orders and the background information to
complete them. (Ask one of the students to read the Phase Two Order out to
the Class).
Phase Two - Convincing the Parents!
Your next mission in our covert operation is to write your persuasive
speech that you will be recording to go with your iMovie.

8.40

Class before we start the mission lets brainstorm what we know about writing
persuasively. Prompt students with hints like type of language, structure of the
text, arguments that might be used, counterarguments, words that might be
used to persuade, who the audience is for this persuasive speech.

IWB & Wireless

Keyboard teacher to
type in students
responses.


Lesson steps continued
8.50

Students please open our web quest on the laptops and go to the Phase Two
Tab.
Today students we will be using read write thinks Persuasive Map that is
available on their website readwritethink.org. This is a tool to help you develop
each component of your persuasive speech.
Please click on the microphone to access the link to the Persuasive Map.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/
Follow the steps as prompted by the software:

Prompt One: Student Name or Title of Persuasion Map

Laptops

The Persuasion Map is an

interactive graphic
organizer that enables
students to map out
their arguments for a
persuasive essay or
debate. Students begin
by determining their goal
or thesis. They then
identify three reasons to
support their argument,
and three facts or
examples to validate
each reason. The map
graphic in the upper
right-hand corner allows
students to move around
the map, instead of
having to work in a
linear fashion. The
finished map can be
saved, e-mailed, or
printed.

Prompt Two: Thesis Statement

Prompt Three: Main Reasons Supporting Thesis


Lesson Steps Continued

Prompt Four: Facts or Examples to Support Reason 1 Continue For Each

Reason.

Prompt Five: Conclusion

Final Prompt: This prompt gives the opportunity to review the map and to go
back to make changes. The persuasion map can be saved at any point and
worked on again at a later time.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

10.00

Students we are going to stop working on the persuasive speech activity now
so please save your work. Once you have saved your work I would like you to
go click on the lesson review button to complete a quick quiz on todays
lesson.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

10.20

Students are to pack away their phase two order packs making sure to place
the background research into the pack also.
Once they have packed away they may head outside for recess.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Explain how the readwritethink Persuasive Map can be used to assist
in creating a persuasive speech.
Assessment will be based on response recorded within the quiz.
Demonstrate their knowledge of how word choice can affect the tone
of a text.
Assessment will be made using the marking rubric at the end of
the project, through questioning of individual students during
this lesson on observed word choice and responses to questions
within the quiz.
Select appropriate supporting facts and ideas for arguments
presented in persuasive speech.
Assessment will be made using the marking rubric at the end of
the project, through observations made during class and
responses to questions within the quiz.