Multimodal+Text+Lesson

The unit Out In Space, allows students to explore and investigate our Solar System. Throughout the unit, students will be working with a variety of text about the Solar System which will cover content of the planets, space rocks, Earth, the Moon and explorations in space. Students will produce an educational video for peers to conclude the unit. || Students become familiar with the elements of an interactive website and use this knowledge to create their own multimodal PowerPoint presentation.
 * Multimodal Text Lesson**​
 * **Unit Topic: ** Solar System || **Curriculum Link: ** Science & Technology || **Yr Level: ** Stage 2 ||
 * **Lesson Number: ** 4 || **Lesson Topic: ** Day and night and the seasons || **Learning Area: ** English ||
 * **Unit Aim or Outcome: **
 * **Lesson Aim: **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lesson Outcome: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">

- //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Listens to sustained information reports and researched topics //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Gives sustained information reports on day and night and the seasons, through medium of PowerPoint presentation //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Explains simple phenomena of day and night and the seasons briefly through medium of PowerPoint presentation //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses tone of speech appropriate to audience whilst presenting PowerPoint on day and night and the seasons //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses body language and gesture to enhance meaning whilst presenting PowerPoint on day and night and the seasons //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Contributes to a class summary after viewing interactive website //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Obtains information from selected interactive website about computer graphic and text selection //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Finds information for specific purposes in factual texts //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Understands simple sequential explanations given on interactive website. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Skims the text in an interactive website for overall message using headings subheadings, layout and graphics //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Relates information in text to graphics in PowerPoint presentation on day and night and the seasons. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Reads PowerPoint presentation aloud, using appropriate stress, pause and intonation //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Makes brief notes of information from interactive website //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Locates and sorts information from sources on day and night and the seasons from a variety of sources //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Locates information from sources such as books, pictures, bookmarked sections of the Internet, CD-ROMs and media texts //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Makes judgements about the appropriateness of information //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Recognises how interactive websites are organised according to their purpose //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Identifies the symbolic use of music, sound effects and voice style in interactive websites according to their purpose //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Makes general statements about how the many features included in the interactive website e.g. Sound, written text, images enhance or detract from meaning. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses interactive website as a model for aspects of writing such as text organisation, grouping of information under headings //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Writes more extended descriptions of each feature of topic in PowerPoint presentation //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Writes information about different parts of solar system i.e. day and night and seasons and their components //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Creates a simple hyperlinked text //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Selects relevant information to use in own writing //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses diagrams where relevant //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses accurate tense and number in verb groups //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses present tense in factual texts //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Selects and inserts graphic or illustrations to enhance text meaning //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Changes appearance of text according to purpose //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Uses Microsoft Office PowerPoint to create an electronic publication //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sets out writing in a form suitable for purpose //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * TS2.1** Communicates in informal and formal classroom activities in school and social situations for an increasing range of purposes on a variety of topics across the curriculum.
 * TS2.2** Interacts effectively in groups and pairs, adopting a range of roles, uses a variety of media and uses various listening strategies for different situations.
 * RS2.5** Reads independently a wide range of texts on increasingly challenging topics and justifies own interpretation of ideas, information and events
 * RS2.6** Uses efficiently an integrated range of skills and strategies when reading and interpreting written texts.
 * RS2.7** Discusses how writers relate to their readers in different ways how they create a variety of worlds through language and how they use language to achieve a wide range of purposes
 * WS2.9** Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features
 * WS2.10** Produces texts clearly, effectively and accurately, using the sentence structure, grammatical features and punctuation conventions of the text type
 * WS2.12** uses joined letters when writing in NSW Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop publishing skills on the computer


 * Resources needed for this lesson**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">1. [|Astronomy Connections: “Earth in Motions”] (Interactive website) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

2. Worksheet for introduction

3. Computer for each pair

4. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007+ (Computer program)

5. Relevant books and websites students can refer to about the solar system: day and night and the seasons

6. PowerPoint Presentation criteria <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Lesson Outline** __Introduction:__

Students will activate the interactive website given to them by the teacher into their URL (See resource 1).

Teacher explains to students that they are to explore the website and fill in the worksheet by gathering the relevant answers from the interactive website (See resource 2). ||||  || 1. Students will refer to their worksheet whilst considering this website as a multimodal text. || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher will **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Teacher explains to students that the interactive website just viewed is called a multimodal text, whereas it uses a number of different modes such as sound, images and text to engage the audience whilst educating them about the solar system. || Teacher allows volunteers to present their multimodal PowerPoint presentation to the class.
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teaching strategy/Learning Activity: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Students will **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2. Load PowerPoint presentation (See resource 4) and re-view the interactive website that was previously analysed. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher will explain to students that they will now create their own PowerPoint presentation, in pairs, on how day and night and the four seasons occur using these modes to engage their audience: other students their age. Teacher encourages students to refer to the interactive website and view how information is grouped under headings and subheadings, accompanied by pictures and where necessary verbal explanation. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. Students gather all resources together and begin their PowerPoint presentation according to what they analysed previously from the interactive website and according to the specific criteria given (See resource 6). || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher gives students a range of other books and websites for students to use to gather relevant information from regarding the solar system and also gives students the criteria for this multimodal PowerPoint presentation which will include relevant information for creating an effective multimodal text (See resource 6). ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Conclusion: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">

Fellow peers are to act as the audience and comment on effective and intriguing features of the presentation created and what could be included to make it even better next time. Fellow peers could refer to their sheet in the introduction and their poster criteria whilst considering these comments. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher has three opportunities for assessment within this lesson
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Assessment: **

Introduction: Worksheet- teacher can collect worksheet and assess student’s level of comprehension of basic facts taken from interactive website. Teacher can also use this worksheet to determine student’s observations and understanding of the different features included in this interactive website and their purpose.

Body: Working on PowerPoint presentation: teacher can observe students working process whilst working on their multimodal presentation and informally assess their ability and understanding of the task at hand.

Conclusion: Presenting finished product: teacher can observe each students finished product of the multimodal presentation and assess this against the set criteria and the understanding of how a multimodal text is used to effectively inform its target audience whilst keeping them engaged. || - Higher ability students may have more detailed criteria and expectations || - Where students engaged throughout the activity? - Was the interactive website appropriate for the stage? - Did students have enough time to complete their task? - Did students understand the given task? - Did students achieve the lesson aim and the outcomes? ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Special Considerations: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Self-reflection: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">