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 11 lessons explores the structure, grammar and vocabulary used in biographical texts. They compose a biography of Faith Bandler and build their word knowledge.
Lesson 1 Inspirational figures: Features of a biography
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-1The lesson introduces the features of a biography, which students will identify in a biographical text.
Lesson 2 Inspirational figures: Past, present and future progressive tense
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-2Students will review the past, present and future progressive tense.
Lesson 3 Inspirational figures: Gathering information (Part 1)
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-3Students will research and gather information on Faith Bandler, who worked tirelessly to support the rights of Aboriginal women.
Lesson 4 Inspirational figures: Gathering information (Part 2)
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-4Students will apply their knowledge of unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words to further practise spelling, use a spelling strategy for the words in the spelling list from Lesson 3 and take a test at the end of the lesson.
Lesson 5 Inspirational figures: Planning a biography
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-5Students will plan a biography on Faith Bandler. They will use previous notes from Lessons 3 and 4 of this unit and collate them into a plan ready to write.
Lesson 6 Inspirational figures: Writing a biography (Part 1)
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-6Students will write the first three paragraphs of the biography of Faith Bandler.
Lesson 7 Inspirational figures: Writing a biography (Part 2)
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-7Students will use their plans to write the opening of the story in short parts. They will finish the lesson by reading the paragraph aloud.
Lesson 8 Inspirational figures: Editing a biography
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-8Students will discuss what editing is and what an editor does. Then they will practise editing together.
Lesson 9 Inspirational figures: Publishing a biography
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-9Students will reflect on our learning about biographical writing, understand the role of publishing and create a published biography.
Lesson 10 Inspirational figures: Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic wordsv
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-10Students will investigate unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words.
Lesson 11 Inspirational figures: Apply unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words
www.edresearch.edu.au/guides-resources/ochre-resources/year-6-english-unit-2-lesson-11Students will practise and apply our knowledge of unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words to further practise spellings, use a spelling strategy for the words in the spelling list from last spelling lesson, and take a test at the end of the lesson.