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Lesson plan document available [|here] 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. || This lesson is the introduction for this unit where it engaged students to share and confirm their prior knowledge of the Solar System. It will stimulate interest and curiosity in students about the topic being introduced. 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. - Able to discuss the content of the video through informal talk e.g. what was interesting? - Has the ability to raise questions stimulating from their curiosity. WS2.9: Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features. - Able to produce an information report using facts from the video. WS2.10: Produces texts clearly, effectively and accurately, using the sentence structure, grammatical features and punctuation conventions of the text type. - Able to use these features in producing the text. WS2.14: Discusses how own texts have been structured to achieve their purpose and the grammatical features characteristic of the various text types used. - Identifies the grammatical features and structure of an information report. ES S2.6: Identifies some of the features of the solar system and describes interactions that affect conditions on Earth. - Is able to identify certain content about the solar system through watching the video.
 * ​​Introduction Lesson**
 * < **Unit Topic:** Solar System ||< **Curriculum Link:** Science & Technology || **Yr Level:** Stage 2 ||
 * < **Lesson Number:** 1 ||< **Lesson Topic:** Introduction || **Learning Area:** English ||
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By the end of this lesson, students will have produced their own newspaper article using features of a factual recount. || - Computer (optional: additional speakers) - Projector + screen - Access to Internet - Short snippet videos on the Solar system [|Solar System][|Travelling to the Moon and Mars] (Will need to look for it in the play list) [|Seasons] - Butcher’s paper & markers+ - Work books || __Introduction:__ Tell students that today they will be starting a new unit about The Solar System. Introduce the topic by asking questions that stimulate prior knowledge: - What do you know about the Solar System? - What are some questions you want to find the answer to?
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Create a class mind map of what students know about the Solar System. Display this mind map on the board for later reference. || Students will be viewing snippets of videos played on the computer ahout the Solar System. || 1. Watch snippets of videos that introduces the Solar System. There will be several videos shown.
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2. After the videos, they will discuss about what they saw. They will reflect, evaluate and stimulate questions in relation to the content presented.

3. Students will write an information report in pairs using the video. |||| Teacher will: 1. Play the video and observe students while watching. Teacher should observe student’s: - Engagement - Listening skills - Behavior

2. Stop the video and ask questions to stimulate discussion: o What did you think about the video? o Was it interesting? o What did you learn? o Were your questions answered? o What do you want to learn more about?

3. Tell students that they will write a brief information report about what they have just seen on the video. Revise through the grammatical features of the information report before writing (structure & words used e.g. technical terms, general nouns, relating verbs and timeless present tense). Students are to write this report individually in their work books. || 4. Students will now construct a class KWL chart from their information report. Have a discussion about the information report and their findings. o From this information report, do we know all that we need to know about the Solar System? o Do we need to find out more information? How? Guide students through the KWL chart. K – What I know (this should be stemmed from the mind map and what they have learnt from the video) W – What I want to know (this should be a set of questions students want answered) L – What I have learnt (at this stage, should be left empty. They are to come back at the end of the unit to fill this column in) || Observation: observing students while they watch the video.
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Interaction: whilst students are contributing answers to the mind map and KWL chart.

Class work sample: mind map, information report and KWL chart. || - Make sure all students can see and hear. If students cant see, make sure they are seated near the front or allow students at the back to sit on their desks. || - Were the videos appropriate in terms fo content, visuals and language? - Were students engaged in the videos? - Did students complete the information report? Did they include most of the information presented by the videos? - Is the information report properly structured? Did they use the grammatical features? - Did all student pose one question they want answered in the KWL chart? ||
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