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ORIENTATING PHASE
  Lesson 1  Images and Words 1 Lesson 2  Images and Words 2   Lesson 3  Aussie poetry.
Text:   Ppt presentation of Opening Ceremony.
Activities:    Focused analysis and comparison of differing representations using elements of "Visual Literacy", questioning and discussion.
Assessment:   Observation, and discussion

 Text:  Articles about"Opening Ceremony"
Activities:    Milling Activity, reading of some relevant poetry and focused analysis and comparison of differing representations and discussion.
Assessment:    Observation, results of milling activity, individual student input to discussions.

Text:  Set Text and poems
Activities:   Comparisons of Aussie representations in verse, newspaper articles and images. Record words that have Aussie connotations. Construct word chains and focused analysis of Aussie words.
Assessment:   Observation, discussions, activity sheet.
  Lesson 4   "Images and words"   Lesson 5   "Performance Poetry"   Lesson 6   Making a Web Page
Text:   Teacher supplied poems and Set Text.
Activities:   Continuation of activity of lesson 3. Brainstorming. Language headings according to part of speech. Students construct tables and word chains Focused analysis in groups.
Assessment:   Word chains and tables group task
 		Text:  Poem to demonstrate conversational approach
Activities:   Put the poem on a large sheet of butchers paper and surround it with fragments of "conversations" and "arguments" offered by the sts. Present this as a performance
Assessment:  Observation, discussions, questioning.
Based on Lesson Plan outlined by Wendy Morgan (Module 6 - Poetry Lecture) 		Text:   Three poems or lines from poems (included)
Activities:   Students to learn the basics of web page construction
Supplied lines from poems to be posted to each student's web page.
To be used for later activity - Poetic Terms.
Assessment:   Observation, completion of exercise.
ENHANCING PHASE
  Lesson 7   Symbols of own Suburb   Lesson 8   Web Sheet Links - Poetic Terms   Lesson 9   Some Poetic Forms
Text:   Prepared images representing sts home suburb
Activities:  Peer responses to prepared images. Presentations by students of prepared work. Explanations for use of images and what they represent.
Assessment:   Hand in work prepared at home.
 		Text:  Prepared Web page - Activity Sheet
Activities:  Students to identify poetic terms on web page and create links to explanations on a second web page.
Assessment:  Monitoring of activity. 		Text:  Haiku, web pages.
Activities:  Different poetic forms. Students complete web pages.
Assessment:  Discussions, observation, completion of set task.
  Lesson 10   Poetry as Conversation   Lesson 11  Poetry as Conversation (cont)   Lesson 12  Exploring Aussie Poems
Text:  "Gone Eight Days", "
Activities:  Groups of 4/5 sts are given poem and a group task sheet.
Assessment:  Group task, presentations. 		Text:  "Gone Eight Days"
Activities:   Groups of 4/5 students continue the activity of the last lesson, sharing the different writings.
Assessment:  Task sheets, presentations, observations 		Text:  Copies of Aussie poems, set text.
Activities:   Groups of 4/5 students work in groups to explore poems.
Assessment:  Task sheets, presentations, observations
  Lesson 13   Exploring Aussie Poems (cont)   Lesson 14   How do you write a poem 1?   Lesson 15   How do you write a poem 1 (cont)?
Text:  Poems
Activities:  Students continue the activities of exploring aussie poems.
Assessment:  Task sheets, observation, discussions,presentations 		Text:  "Opening ceremony" - video or photos and poems.
Activities:  Students deconstruct the video. Sts are required to construct a series of associations on cards which they will use to write a poem. Assessable task sheet.
Assessment:  Task sheets,cards, observation, discussion. 		Text:  Video, instruction sheets, Assessable Task
Activities:  Students continue the activity of the last lesson. Students perform their poems in think/pair/share activity. Students commence Assessable Task.
Assessment:  Observations, completed poems
  Lesson 16   How do you write a poem 2?   Lesson 17   How do you write a poem 2?   Lesson 18   Other ways of writing poetry
Text:  Video, instruction sheets, Assessable Task
Activities:  Students continue the activity of the last lesson. Students perform their poems in think/pair/share activity. Students commence Assessable Task.
Assessment:  Observations, completed poems 		Text:  Copies of song lyrics, instruction sheets, Assessable Task
Activities:  Students continue the activity of the last lesson. Students perform their poems in think/pair/share activity.
Assessment:  Observations, completed poems 		Text:  Pictures, posters
Activities:  Brainstorm possible topics for poems. revision of Haiku. In groups or 4/5 sts create Haiku based on visual material. Display poems.
Assessment:  Observation, listening, poems.
SYNTHESING PHASE
  Lesson 19   The Creative Process   Lesson 20   The Creative Process continued   Lesson 21   The Creative Process continued
Text:  Set texts, library texts, Task Sheets
Activities:  Feedback given on poem given in two lessons before. guidance for asssessment. Explanation of problem areas and additional activities for problem areas. Work on Assessable Task.
Assessment:  Focused analysis of poems for homework, observation, explanations, task sheets. 		Text:  Set text, student-found texts.
Activities:   Students continue to work on Assessable Tasks. Teacher supervises, providing guidance. Discussions of any last questions about Assessment.
Assessment:  Observation. 		Text:  Set text, student-found texts.
Activities:   Students continue to work on Assessable Tasks. Teacher supervises, providing guidance. Discussions of any last questions about Assessment.
Assessment:  Observation and discussion.
  Lesson 22   Part B of Assessable Task   Lesson 23   Part B of Assessable Task   Lesson 24   Part B of Assessable Task
Text:  Student-found texts.
Activities:   Students continue to work on Assessable Tasks. Individual students to perform Part B of Assessable Task.
Assessment:  According to criteria sheet. 		Text:  Student-found texts.
Activities:   Students continue to work on Assessable Tasks. Individual students to perform Part B of Assessable Task.
Assessment:  According to criteria sheet. 		Text:  Student-found texts.
Activities:   Students continue to work on Assessable Tasks. Individual students to perform Part B of Assessable Task. Students hand in Part A of Assessable Task
Assessment:  According to criteria sheet.