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Thana Suppiah

Unit: Weather and Clothing

Rowville SC

LOTE Pathway 1
Level 5
Suggested time: 4 weeks
A unit linking to Interpersonal Development, Mathematics, Information and communication Technology
(ICT)
Rationale: Gain an understanding how choices for items of clothing can be dictated by the weather and season.
Aim: At the end of the unit, students will be able to name items of clothing, name different weathers, decipher weather
symbols, name seasons and understand how choices for clothing items can be dictated by the weather and season.
Learning activities

Language focus

Strands

Domains

Dimensions

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

Weather

Individually, students volunteer to

come to the front of the class to
match weather expressions
written on cards, to weather
symbols that the teacher puts up
on the board. The teacher also
enunciates the meaning of the
weather symbol.

Students refer to a map of

Australia but the names of cities
omitted. They are to work in
groups of three to guess the cities
in Australia for which the weather
forecast has been given.

Vocabulary related to
weather forecast.

Discipline
based
learning

LOTE

Communicating
in a LOTE

Physical,
Personal and
Social
Learning

Interperso Working in teams

nal
developme
nt

Demonstrate sound
discrimination effectively.

Conjunctions, for example

dan and tetapi.

Prepositions for example di.

Accept responsibility as a
team member and support
other members to share
information.

Learning activities

After naming the cities correctly,

students compare and state the
difference in temperatures
between the eight cities.

Language focus

Students volunteer to read two

different versions of the weather
forecast for Jakarta in Indonesia
and for Victoria in Australia. (One
version uses formal register and
the other uses casual register)
Students are to work in groups of
five. Each group is given a card
detailing the weather forecast for
the week except for two days.
Their task is to ask other groups
for the information. However to
receive the information they must
also give information about the
weather for other days. Groups
are only allowed to exchange one
detail at a time with any other
group.
Complete the speech bubbles
while listening to four weather
reporters reading the weather for
their city.

Weather and Seasons

Comparison for example

lebih dingin and lebih
panas.

Strands

Discipline
based
learning

Numbers
Unit of measurement for
temperature derajat selsius Discipline
Word order
based
Greetings and salutations
learning

Vocabulary related to
weather forecast. (revision)

Vocabulary related to
weather forecast.

Domains

LOTE

Dimensions

Communicating
in a LOTE

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

Recycles previously learnt

language skills and skills in
new context.

LOTE
Language
awareness

Physical,
Personal and
Social
Learning

Interperso
Working in teams
nal
developme
nt

Discipline
based
learning

LOTE

Communicating
in a LOTE

Demonstrate understanding
of formal register used in
weather news/forecasting
and casual conversation
about the weather.
Accept responsibility as a
team member and support
other members to share
information.
(Peer Assessment)

Demonstrate sound
discrimination effectively
and apply basic word
processing skills using the
language.

Learning activities

Participate in match weather

symbols and weather expressions
to reinforce vocabulary.
Learn symbols and vocabulary for
seasons

Language focus

Read a passage on weather and

seasons in Indonesia and orally
complete comprehension
questions.

Listen to and make notes based on

a brief interview with students at
Medan International School about
their favourite season and their
reasons for their preference.

Students are to write what their

favourite season in Australia is
and they are to give a reason why.
They later take turns to share their

Vocabulary related to
seasons. (new)

Strands

Discipline
based
learning

Domains

LOTE

Dimensions

Communicating
in a LOTE

Word Order, vocabulary and

expressions.
Vocabulary and symbols
pertaining to seasons.

Vocabulary pertaining to
weather and season,
Numbers.
Future tense: Akan

Discipline
based
learning

LOTE

Informal language used by

Indonesian teenagers.

Discipline
based
learning

LOTE

Stating preference and why

eg. Lebih suka karena/

Physical,
Personal and
social

Interperso
nal
Developm

Communicating
in a LOTE

Intercultural
knowledge and
language
awareness.

Building social
relationships

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

Acquire and use new

information and language by
recalling introduced
vocabulary and investigate
further language to convey
intended meaning.

Reading short texts for

meaning.

Demonstrate understanding
of the relationships between
speakers of the language
and appropriate use of the
language and levels of
respect in different
circumstances.
Demonstrate respect for
individuality and

Learning activities

Language focus

information with other class

members. Students listen and note
the total number of preference for
each season.

Students are asked to calculate the

percentage of students in the class
who prefer winter, spring,
summer or autumn and use the
information to draw a pie chart.

tidak begitu suka

karena...etc

Instructions and vocabulary

pertaining to calculation,
percentage.

Strands

Domains

Dimensions

Learning

ent

Discipline
Based
Learning

Mathemati Measurement,
cs
chance and data

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

acknowledge diversity of
individuals.

Students using real numbers

and formula to calculate the
percentage and then
organize and present the
data in a pie-chart.

Clothing

Students are to label items of

Clothing using a dictionary to
look up vocabulary words.

Students listen to a brief taped

conversation between 5 friends
and on the worksheet provided,
match them to their choice of
clothing.

Individually, students are to draw

and label items of clothing to fit
cut-out figurine provided.

Identifying items of
clothing
Dictionary skills

Adjectives related to
description of clothing eg.
Size(besar/kecil), length
(pendek/panjang), colour
(merah, kuning etc)

Vocabulary to name items

Discipline
Based
Learning

LOTE

Discipline
Based
Learning

LOTE

Communicating
in a LOTE.

Communicating
in a LOTE.

Explore word meanings and

apply to task given.

Demonstrate sound
discrimination effectively
and identify items of
clothing accurately from a
range of choices.

Learning activities

Language focus

Strands

Domains

Dimensions

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

of clothing.

Individually, students are to dress

up the cut-up figurine with
different items of clothing and
orally state their suitability to the
different seasons or weather.
Students are to Interview two
friends to gather and then write
and present information about
their friends preferred choice of
clothing for the different seasons
or weather.

In pairs students are to create an

audio dictionary using clip art and
recordings of Indonesian words
for fifteen different items of
clothing won by Indonesians.

Presenting and stating

reasons.
Conjunctions, for example
dan and tetapi.
Giving reasons and stating
preference for example,
suka/tidak suka.
Using connectives karena,
meskipun, kalau.

Dictionary skills.

Discipline
Based
Learning
Physical,
Personal and
Social
Learning

Discipline
based
Learning

InterDisciplinary
Learning

Disciplined
based
Learning

Students will be asked to get into

Disciplined

LOTE

Interperso
nal
Developm
ent.

LOTE

Communicating
in a LOTE

Express own views and

values in relation to simple
scenarios or prepositions.

Working in teams.

Communicating
in LOTE

Accepts responsibility as a
team member and support
others members to share
information to achieve a
shared purpose within a
given time frame.
Use the language for
drafting, self-correcting,
assessing dictionaries, script
checking and presenting
written product.

Informatio
n and
Communi
cations
Technolog
y (ICT)
LOTE

ICT for
visualizing
thinking.

Intercultural
knowledge and
language
awareness

Intercultural

Select and apply ICT tools

and editing functions to
classify, represent and
organize ideas.

Select and present

knowledge for people
wishing to learn about the
target knowledge and
culture.

Learning activities

groups of five. The group leader

from each group will follow
instructions given by the teacher,
and learn the different ways to
wrap the sarong the traditional
way for men and for women.

The group leaders who have

learnt to wrap the sarong will now
have to teach members in their
own group to wrap the sarong.
They have to give instructions as
they demonstrate. The group that
completes the task within a given
time will win a small token.

Resources

Language focus

Sequencing, for example,

pertama, kedua,
selepas, kemudian etc

Sequencing, for example,

pertama, kedua,
selepas, kemudian etc

Strands

based
Learning

Domains

LOTE

Key elements of standards

Students are able to

knowledge.
Demonstrate an awareness
of different cultural and
societal values and
practices.

Disciplined
based
Learning

LOTE

Disciplined
based
Learning

LOTE

Physical,
Personal and
Social
Learning

Dimensions

Communicating
in a LOTE
Participate in the creation
and maintenance of the
cultural ambience in the
classroom by responding
positively to communication
initiated by others.
Communicating
in a LOTE
Shows awareness of the
language requirements of a
range of specific situations
related to a given topic
Demonstrate sound
Working in teams. discrimination effectively

Interperso
nal
Developm
ent.

Accepts responsibility as a
team member and support
others members to share
information to achieve a
shared purpose within a
given time frame.

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Bagus Sekali 2 Text and Bagus Sekali 2 Workbook by Julie Newnham and Soepri Soehodo.
The Age or Herald Sun Newspaper (weather forecast Section)
Looking at Asia by Ron Thomas and Shirley Sydenham
The VELS booklet for Level 5