1. Planning a learning experience:
Date: Strategies to improve comprehension:
Questioning
Summarising
Text structure
Questions/
and features
Think aloud
Visualising
knowledge
Students:
Prediction/
Prior
Learning Focus: ⇒
Interpretations of and responses to a range of literary
and everyday texts
Text: Lyrics for the Song:
Caught in the Crowd – Kate Miller - Heidke
Instructional Teaching Approach: Shared approach
Interactive discussion about the footage/Film Clip
Teaching Strategy: Meaning Marks:
P:
Students make predictions of the text from the title and words that may be in
the text.
Read the lyrics
I: What is you interpretation of the text?
View the film clip
I: What is you interpretation of the text?
V: What is the important/sufficient vocab in the text that determined your
interpretation?
What is an added extra idea?
Links to other Domains: English, Personal and Interpersonal Learning
Assessment Strategies: Cross check – please have one ready to go!
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2. Preparation for classroom teacher: Film clip of the song ready to go on IWB.
Copy of the song lyrics for each student. (please do not share with the
student prior)
Copy of the meaning mark per student.
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