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School B “The Crucible” Unit plan - 2017 In order to engage students in critical agency, and to empower them to have this agency, students will work with the syllabus objectives (success criteria) in most lessons and across the unit. Students should be comfortable with learning and assessment objectives and know how they are going to demonstrate them in the formal assessment. Teachers will use the language of the success criteria with students when completing activities (particularly practice writing activities) and will ask students to measure their own learning against the established success criteria. While this may have been done implicitly in the past, it is important that this is done explicitly as the school transitions to a new curriculum and assessment model where external assessment is a test of the syllabus objectives. The aim is to empower students to think differently about how they are learning and writing – the idea being that students shouldn’t just rote learn an essay structure, rather they should be able to make decisions about how to best manipulate their work to meet the success criteria. Activities may also involve: Students ‘translating’ success criteria to student-friendly accessible language Assessing peer work or previous students’ work using all or part of the success criteria (reflection of what made it successful or not will be important) Students re-drafting work done previously in the unit after they or a peer has assessed it with success criteria Students reflecting how they are meeting/will meet success criteria based on their work – this could be for a student or teacher audience. Student engagement with these may also look like levels of expected achievement in lessons – e.g. Learning goals for each lesson aligned with objectives. These may sometimes be categorised to let students know or assess their understanding. Levels of achievement can be shown at the start of the lesson and assessed at the end e.g. All students will … Some students may… A few students might… The opening of the unit will orientate students to the objectives and how they will engage with them on their own throughout the unit (Homework, pair and share activities etc.) To engage with the new syllabus (to prepare teachers) as well as to enhance student understanding of objectives, students will use the glossary from Draft 3 of the Senior English Syllabus to explore the cognitive skills such as analyse, manipulate, audience, comment etc. Knowing the definitions of these words in the syllabus will help students to understand example and test questions on a deeper level and ensure they have the agency to know what markers are looking for, as well as what success will look like. Again, the hope is that it will also help them to engage with the criteria in different ways and make more selective content and language choices in their own work. There are some discrepancies with words in the glossary (e.g. evaluation not used) so teacher judgment will be employed for these. Week Lesson Activities Objectives Resources Homework Term 1 Week 10 Watch Film Film Week 1 1 Which of you is a witch – is there honour in the honour code – make connections and ask for students to make connections to how this connects to the play http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/l_ PPT: Background Puritan Values & The Crucible ppt H/W find parallel with modern day and write a few sentences. Submit these to our Author Comment [1]: Engage with students own background knowledge and understanding of moral codes. Connecting to own sense of integrity (major theme) and connecting to understanding of girls in the play

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SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

Inordertoengagestudentsincriticalagency,andtoempowerthemtohavethisagency,studentswillworkwiththesyllabusobjectives(successcriteria)inmostlessonsandacrosstheunit.Studentsshouldbecomfortablewithlearningandassessmentobjectivesandknowhowtheyaregoingtodemonstratethemintheformalassessment.Teacherswillusethelanguageofthesuccesscriteriawithstudentswhencompletingactivities(particularlypracticewritingactivities)andwillaskstudentstomeasuretheirownlearningagainsttheestablishedsuccesscriteria.Whilethismayhavebeendoneimplicitlyinthepast,itisimportantthatthisisdoneexplicitlyastheschooltransitionstoanewcurriculumandassessmentmodelwhereexternalassessmentisatestofthesyllabusobjectives.Theaimistoempowerstudentstothinkdifferentlyabouthowtheyarelearningandwriting–theideabeingthatstudentsshouldn’tjustrotelearnanessaystructure,rathertheyshouldbeabletomakedecisionsabouthowtobestmanipulatetheirworktomeetthesuccesscriteria.Activitiesmayalsoinvolve:

• Students‘translating’successcriteriatostudent-friendlyaccessiblelanguage• Assessingpeerworkorpreviousstudents’workusingallorpartofthesuccesscriteria(reflectionofwhatmadeitsuccessfulornotwillbeimportant)• Studentsre-draftingworkdonepreviouslyintheunitaftertheyorapeerhasassesseditwithsuccesscriteria• Studentsreflectinghowtheyaremeeting/willmeetsuccesscriteriabasedontheirwork–thiscouldbeforastudentorteacheraudience.

Studentengagementwiththesemayalsolooklikelevelsofexpectedachievementinlessons–e.g.Learninggoalsforeachlessonalignedwithobjectives.Thesemaysometimesbecategorisedtoletstudentsknoworassesstheirunderstanding.Levelsofachievementcanbeshownatthestartofthelessonandassessedattheende.g.Allstudentswill…Somestudentsmay…Afewstudentsmight…Theopeningoftheunitwillorientatestudentstotheobjectivesandhowtheywillengagewiththemontheirownthroughouttheunit(Homework,pairandshareactivitiesetc.)Toengagewiththenewsyllabus(toprepareteachers)aswellastoenhancestudentunderstandingofobjectives,studentswillusetheglossaryfromDraft3oftheSeniorEnglishSyllabustoexplorethecognitiveskillssuchasanalyse,manipulate,audience,commentetc.Knowingthedefinitionsofthesewordsinthesyllabuswillhelpstudentstounderstandexampleandtestquestionsonadeeperlevelandensuretheyhavetheagencytoknowwhatmarkersarelookingfor,aswellaswhatsuccesswilllooklike.Again,thehopeisthatitwillalsohelpthemtoengagewiththecriteriaindifferentwaysandmakemoreselectivecontentandlanguagechoicesintheirownwork.Therearesomediscrepancieswithwordsintheglossary(e.g.evaluationnotused)soteacherjudgmentwillbeemployedforthese. Week Lesson Activities Objectives Resources HomeworkTerm1 Week10 WatchFilm Film Week1 1 Whichofyouisawitch–istherehonourinthehonourcode

–makeconnectionsandaskforstudentstomakeconnectionstohowthisconnectstotheplayhttp://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/lessons/l_

PPT:BackgroundPuritanValues&TheCrucibleppt

H/Wfindparallelwithmoderndayandwriteafewsentences.Submitthesetoour

AuthorComment[1]:Engagewithstudentsownbackgroundknowledgeandunderstandingofmoralcodes.Connectingtoownsenseofintegrity(majortheme)andconnectingtounderstandingofgirlsintheplay

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

witch/c.htmlContext–Salem/Witchtrialsetc.

Puritan ValuesandTheCrucib le.pptx

Witchcraft.pptx

Salemwitchtrialsonlineresources–witchcraft

SalemWitch Trialson lineresources.docx

classdiscussionforum.Bepreparedtodiscussthesewiththeclass.

2 Context–McCarthyismetc.Activitytosolidifycontextandplot-quizquestionsUsehttp://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-mccarthyism-and-how-did-it-happen-ellen-schreckerbutmodifytohaveadditionalquestionsaboutrelationtoCrucibleplot(basedonviewingoffilm)–discussthatthisvideowasrecentlymade–theorisewhythismightbegivencurrentclimatetomakerealworldconnectionsIntroducethemes:Jigsawactivitytoteacheachotheraboutthemes.–Worksheetsforexpertandheterogeneousgroupstocompletetokeepontaskandtohelpstudentsaskquestionsoftheirexperts.FollowupthemesonPPTtofillinanygapsfromstudentpresentations

• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• establishrolesofthewriter/speaker/signerandrelationshipswithaudiences.

PPT:BackgroundVideosonModernHysteria

Notesonthemeswithquestionsforhomogenousgroups.QuestionsforheterogeneousgroupsVideo.PPTButcherpaper

AuthorComment[2]:Realworldconnectionandrelevance–promptstudentstolookatpoliticalhysteria(overseasandinAus)

AuthorComment[3]:Ownershipofknowledge–testtheirownagencyaswellasasksthemtobecriticalofothersandseekfurtherclarificationif‘expert’studentdoesn’tprovideenoughdetailforworksheets

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

Betweenlessons–setupbutcherspaperwith‘wallwriting’forthemestobeaddedtoastheplayisread–onereamofpaperpertheme

3 Act1–read/complete/booklet • select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences

Play.Booklethandout

TheCrucib leBookmarksReadingQuestionsVocabularyLog icalFallacies(1).pdf

DiscussionforumactivitytobecompletedbyMondaynextweek.(Selectoneofthefollowingquotesandanalyse:characterisation.1.ThereaderispositionedtodislikeAbigail.Selectaquotefromthecommentaryandexplain.2.ThereaderispositionedtolikeJohnProctor.Selectonequotefromthecommentaryandexplain.Challengestudentstointegratethequote.Studentsmustcommentonanotherpost.Statingwhetherornottheyagree,provideanotherquotetobackuptheirresponse(mustbedifferentfromtheirpersonal

AuthorComment[4]:Newsyllabus–asksfordepthofunderstandingforeachsectionoftheplay–studentschooseownquotations,lookcriticallyattexttoanswerquestionsandextendskills/knowledgethroughvocabularybuilders.

AuthorComment[5]:Preparesstudentsfortertiary–alsoasksstudentstothinkcriticallyabouttheirownworkbeforepostingandcriticallyofothersafterwards.

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

response).Createextendedvocabularylist.

4 Act1–read/complete/bookletInpairs:Paragraphwritingtopre-checkknowledgeofstructure:Studentsmustarrangesectionsofparagraphinorder.Studentsareadvisedthatnotallsectionsmustgointoparagraph(promotingcriticalagency).

• usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives

Play.Booklethandout.

Causeandeffectorganiserhandout.

CauseandEffectorg aniser.doc

CauseandEffectorg aniserTeachercopy.docx

Week2 1 GothroughAct1booklet.

Act2–read-booklet

Play.Booklet

2 Act2read–booklet • select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences

Play.Booklet //Potentially//Watchanalysisvideoandanswerquestions

AuthorComment[6]:Studentsengagewitheachotheronline(realworld/universityworldapplication).Allowsstudentstobecriticalofoneanother.

AuthorComment[7]:Newsyllabuslinks–focusonskillsdevelopmentandworkingonskillsthathavealreadybeenusedthroughouttheyear–alsocognisantofwhatlearnersbringtothetask

AuthorComment[8]:Lowriskcreativethinking.Alternativemeansofengagingwithwhathasbeenlearnt

AuthorComment[9]:Learningindifferentways–alternativeformofcommunicatingideas(content)tostudents.Reflectiveofthewaysstudentslearnintherealworld

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

3 CutuppiecesofpapertoresembleMiller’srepresentationofthethemefromAct2(studentswillpintheseshapesonButcherpaperaroundtheroom).Studentsjustifyshapetoeachother.Papermustbelargeenoughtowriteaquote(fortheme)andanalyseMiller’streatmentofthistheme(studentsquoteselectionandanalysismustshowhowthethemeisimportant).

• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences• createandevaluateperspectivesandrepresentationsofconcepts,identities,timesandplacesintexts

Play.Paper,scissors.

4 Turn‘FramingYourThesis’intoavideoanddoactivitiesonEdpuzzleThesiswriting/teaching–followupwith5minutestarters2-3lessonsnextweek

• usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• usemode-appropriatefeaturestoachieveparticularpurposes.

FramingYourThesisVideo?

AGreatDoin '.docx

5 Studentswritethesisatbeginningoflesson.Introductionteaching:WordDocs.Practiceinclass.Timedpracticeforavarietyof“questions”.Studentswillfixpreviousyearsintroductions.

• usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• usegrammarandlanguagestructuresforparticularpurposes• usecohesivedevicestodevelopideasandconnectpartsoftexts

IntroductionWordDocs.

Crucib leIntro .docx

Crucib leIntro Annotated.docx

WeekendHomework–Contentvideo–analysis/themes/techniquesàuseEDPuzzlequestionsforformativeassessmentofunderstanding

AuthorComment[10]:Learningindifferentways.Creativeagency–imaginationetcCriticalagency/thinkinginthereasoningaspectofthisactivity

AuthorComment[11]:Newsyllabus:unsupportedpractise–shortpractisesinnon-threateningenvironment.Workingonbuildingandenhancingskillsacrosstime.

AuthorComment[12]:Skillsbuilding

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

Week3 1 Paragraphwriting/teachingShowexampleofgoodintegratedquotationparagraphbasedondiscussionforumhomework.Studentsmusteditpreviousparagraphfromweek1.TeachtopicsentencesforbodyparagraphsIftime,readAct3–read–booklet

• usegrammarandlanguagestructuresforparticularpurposes• usecohesivedevicestodevelopideasandconnectpartsoftexts• usevocabularyforparticularpurposes• usemode-appropriatefeaturestoachieveparticularpurposes.

Whatsowhatdocument?

Incorporating quotations.docx

HaleandPersonalInteg rity.docx

Sampleessayparag raphbrokendown.docx

TopicSentences.docx

DiscussionforumtobecompletedbeforeMondaynextweek–Writeanintroforoneofthefollowingstatements:1.MillerrepresentsPuritanjusticeasflawed.2.DiabolismisusedasatoolofcontrolinTheCrucible.3.Analysetheimportanceofpersonalintegrityintheplay.

2 5minutethesiswritingAct3–read

Booklet

3 Act3–readCharactermapactivity–givestudentscharactermap–notetostudentsthatthisversionishelpfulbutconfusing.Workinsmallgroupstocreateabetterdesignedmapandpresenttoclass/pinup

• usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• establishrolesofthewriter/speaker/signerandrelationshipswith

charactermapjumbled.docx

AuthorComment[13]:Applyingnewideas.Beingcriticalofownwork

AuthorComment[14]:Creativeagency–studentsaretransformingandcreatingownmaps.Alsoneedtobecriticalofownideasintestingwhatworksanddoesn’twork.Bywritinginrelationshipsitasksstudentstoengagewiththetextinnewways.

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

audiences. 4 5minutethesiswriting

Characterwork–Sympathetic/unsympatheticcharacters.Groupsdecidewhoisandisn’tsympathetic–needtohaveproperreasoningthatispresentedtotheclass

• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences• createandevaluateperspectivesandrepresentationsofconcepts,identities,timesandplacesintexts• useaestheticfeaturestoachievepurposesandevaluatetheireffectsintexts.

SympatheticUnsympatheticcharacters.doc

SympatheticUnsympatheticcharactersTeachercopy.doc

WeekendHomework–Completesympatheticandunsympatheticcharacterwork.

Week4 1 Act4–read–booklet • select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences

DiscussionforumtobecompletedbeforeMondaynextweek.Studentsselectfromthefollowingquotesandanalyse.1.HowdoesJohnProctorchangefromthebeginningtotheendoftheplay?2.HowdoesHalechangefromthebeginningtotheendoftheplay?3.HowdoesElizabethProctorchangefrom

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

thebeginningtillnow?

2 Act4–read–bookletTrial–preparationlesson:Classwillbesplitintwo.Twotrials,otherhalfofstudentsactasjury.

• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives

Mocktrialhandout.

MockTrial.doc

3 Trial–preparationlesson • select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives

Mocktrialhandout.

4 Trial–presentationlessonSurveytofollowup.

• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences• createandevaluateperspectivesandrepresentationsofconcepts,identities,timesandplacesintexts

Costumesandprops(fromHistorydepartment).

5 Reviewofwhatsowhat(paragraphstructure).Peerreviewparagraphfromlesson1week4.

Whatsowhatdocument.

AuthorComment[15]:Creative/criticalagencyindecisionsmadeandinrepresentationofcharacters.Realworld–collaborationApplyingknowledgeindifferentways.Multiplemeansofengagement/differentmeans

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

Whatso whatworksheetCOMMUNITYANDSOCIALCONTEXT.docx

Whatso whatworksheetPERSONALINTEGRITY.docx

Week5 1 Socraticseminar:teach.Assigneachstudentacharacter.

Studentsspendlessonresearchingtheircharacter.

• select,sequenceandorganisesubjectmattertosupportopinionsandperspectives• createandevaluateperspectivesandrepresentationsofconcepts,identities,timesandplacesintexts

Play.

SocraticSeminar.docx

IntroducediscussionforumtobecompletedbeforeMondaynextweek

2 Socraticseminar.

• establishrolesofthewriter/speaker/signerandrelationshipswithaudiences.• usevocabularyforparticularpurposes• usemode-appropriatefeaturestoachieveparticularpurposes.

Play

3 Combinationnotes–readcontentinfoaboutthemes–writenotesanddrawimagestorepresentwhatislearnt

• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintexts

Paper. Frayermodelforeachtheme

AuthorComment[16]:Criticalagency–studentrun

AuthorComment[17]:Multiplemeansofengagement–visual/drawingelement,readingandtranscribingCreativeagency

AuthorComment[18]:Multiplemeansofengagementwithworkalreadydone–asksstudentstohavesomecreativityinrepresentations

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

andinfluenceaudiences

Frayermodelthemes.docx

4 Literarydevicesonppt.

Individuallyfindquotationsthatcontaindevices?Cruciblequotationsactivity-ticking

• useaestheticfeaturestoachievepurposesandevaluatetheireffectsintexts.• useandevaluateideas,attitudesandvaluesthatunderpintextsandinfluenceaudiences• createandevaluateperspectivesandrepresentationsofconcepts,identities,timesandplacesintexts

PPT

Literaryfeatures.pptx

Cruciblequotehandout

Studentswritepracticeparagraphonthequestion,‘HowdoesMillerrepresentthethemeof...”selectingquoteandanalysingwithliterarydevice.

Week6 1 Howtowriteconclusions(extrapolationsentences). • usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• usegrammarandlanguagestructuresforparticularpurposes• usecohesivedevicestodevelopideasandconnectpartsoftexts• usevocabulary

Crucib leConclusion.docx

Practicewritingconclusions.Postondiscussionforum.

AuthorComment[19]:Potentiallynewcurriculumreadiness.Beingabletoidentifyownquotationsandcommentontheirusefulness

AuthorComment[20]:Potentiallynewcurriculumreadiness.Beingabletousequotationssetbyothersandjudgetheirvalue

AuthorComment[21]:Newcurriculumreadiness–skillsbuildingandpractise

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

forparticularpurposes• usemode-appropriatefeaturestoachieveparticularpurposes.

2 Structurework:howtoconnecteachsectionoftheessay. • usegenrepatternsandconventionstoachieveparticularpurposes• usegrammarandlanguagestructuresforparticularpurposes• usecohesivedevicestodevelopideasandconnectpartsoftexts• usevocabularyforparticularpurposes• usemode-appropriatefeaturestoachieveparticularpurposes.

EssayWriting .ppt

3 PracticeExaminlesson. 4 Contentreview,games.

Quotationsgallerywalk:Teacherplacesquotesaroundclassroom.Studentswillwalkaroundingroupstoshareandrespondtoideasandquotations,placestickynoteslabellingeachwithatheme/briefanalysis–commentonotherstudentsanalysis–isituseful?Isitdetailed?Isitclear?

Butcherpaper.Stickynotes.

Crossib le.docx

Findquotesforeachthemetobringtolesson.

5 Practiceinclasswithquotesprovidedbystudents.Teacherwilldiscusswhatmakesagoodquote.

AuthorComment[22]:Criticalagency–askingstudentstobecriticaloftheirownandothersideas.

SchoolB“TheCrucible”Unitplan-2017

Week7 1 ProvidepracticeexamwithfeedbackRecapweek/feedback/reteaching–ALLWEEK

2 Timedpracticesandproofreading 3 Studentjudgmentaboutwhattheyfeeltheyneedtorevise

–sharewithclass–seeifotherscan‘fillintheblanks’forthem

4 Teacherjudgmentaboutwhatismostappropriateforstudentstorevise