Developed in partnership between AERO and Ochre Education, these lesson resources support the use of effective, evidence-based practices and address the learning expected in the Australian Curriculum. An exemplar unit plan provides guidance on the structure, sequence and decision-making made during the planning process.
This sequence of 10 lessons guides students through the process of creating a persuasive text. The unit explores decisions people make around where they choose to build houses, with a focus on issues related to building on floodplains.
Lesson 1 King Arthur: The era of King Arthur and medieval tales
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-1A discussion of the era of King Arthur, along with the conventions of medieval tales.
Lesson 2 King Arthur: Analysing the character of King Arthur
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-2Students will analyse King Arthur using text and pictures.
Lesson 3 King Arthur: ‘The winning of a Sword’
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-3Students will engage with the story ‘The Winning of a Sword' and practise some techniques for understanding tricky vocabulary.
Lesson 4 King Arthur: Describing a setting
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-4Students will begin to generate vocabulary to describe the setting of a medieval story. They will learn how to choose nouns to describe and how to add verbs and adverbs for further detail.
Lesson 5 King Arthur: Describing a character
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-5Students will learn how to describe a character in detail, and how they can add verbs and adverbs to describe what characters are doing in a particular moment.
Lesson 6 King Arthur: Planning the opening to a tale
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-6Students will plan the opening to the knight’s tale.
Lesson 7 King Arthur: Writing the opening of a tale
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-7Students will write the opening to our knight’s tale. They will use success criteria and a plan to help keep on track when writing.
Lesson 8 King Arthur: Writing speech
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-8Students will learn how to write speech and the grammatical rules that apply.
Lesson 9 King Arthur: Writing a complication
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-9Students will write the complication. Using a plan, they will build suspense and excitement in their writing and include speech and fronted adverbials.
Lesson 10 King Arthur: Writing a climax
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-5-english-unit-1-lesson-10Students will write the climax. Using a plan, they will include speech to build suspense and excitement in their writing.