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 * Wiki resources and associated lesson sequence (group)**

Due date for completion: 04-10-2011

Submission instructions:

Place in labelled box on level 4 of the Education Building (A35)

Detail:

1. Form a wiki group of 4 to 5 members.

2. As a group, **view the multimodal texts produced by group members in the week 6 tutorial.** Choose one of these **as an example of a multimodal text you will ask students to create** at the end of an integrated unit of work based on an identified syllabus outcome. The group will **choose a KLA other than English** and **identify a focus outcome** from the relevant syllabus at **Stage 2**. It might be, for example:

• LTS2.3 Identifies and describes the structure and function of living things and ways in which living things interact with other living things and their environment. (Science and Technology)

3. Think carefully as a group about the **range of resources** you might need to teach your class the content information from your chosen KLA that students will need to be able to create the multimodal text. **Consider especially how you would explore the English and** **literacy demands (visual and written grammar, multimodality)**. Backward map from the multimodal text to decide together on the specifics of what a logical teaching sequence might look like. This planning stage is crucial to the development of the assignment.


 * Each person is to add a post to the wiki describing a resource** for the teaching of the outcome that supports the learning needed to create the multimodal text. The resource description should include the resource itself or a representation of it, should have a brief explanation and a rationale (up to 500 words) as to its relevance to the KLA outcome and what aspect of literacy could be explored. References should be included. Resources should include (but are not limited to) the following: a video, an image, a website, a piece of written text, other (documentary excerpt, wiki, blog, non-fiction picture book etc...).

4. Write an **overview and summary of a unit of work** which would incorporate approximately 10 lessons **to achieve the focus outcome**, and **equip students with the content knowledge to produce their multimodal text**. This unit of work will include the following: some initial activities and building the field of knowledge work, **4 key lessons** (see below, point 5) **which focus on the teaching of English and Literacy** based on the resources chosen in point 3, and then a final series of lessons or activities which concentrate on students' completion of the mutimodal text.

5. Develop a logical sequence of 4 lessons which focus on the teaching of English and Literacy based on the resources identified in the wiki. The lesson sequence (which should be posted on the wiki to later be shared with other groups) should include:

a) An introduction to the **content** of the focus outcome using 1 of the resources b) A lesson using 1 or 2 resources which focus on the **written** **grammar** required to develop students' knowledge of the content of the focus outcome c) A lesson using 1 or 2 resources which focus on the **visual** **grammar** required to develop students' knowledge of the content of the focus outcome d) A lesson which provides the scaffolding for creating an aspect, written or visual, of the multimodal text.

Note: You should submit a **hard copy** of the group assignment which includes the following printed material:

• assignment cover sheet

• Point 4, overview and summary of a unit of work (Note: do not include the 5 lesson plans)

All other aspects of the task will be accessed from the group's wiki.

Assessment criteria:

**Criteria for this assignment** includes the following:

1. Selection of resources is appropriate to the specified Stage 2 outcome

2. Annotation of resources includes justification based on referenced theoretical understandings about literacy, multiliteracies and multimodality across KLAs.

3. Unit of work overview and summary is clear and logically sequenced, demonstrating appropriate knowledge of the chosen KLA other than English and how to develop children's knowledge of the field of study in an integrated approach to teaching over a series of lessons.

4. Lesson sequence demonstrates clear and accurate knowledge of written grammar, visual grammar, and multimodality.

5. Lesson sequence clearly works towards the multimodal text for the specified Stage 2 outcome.

The demonstrated ability to fluently read and understand written texts is a necessary prerequisite for successful achievement of this assignment task.

The use of appropriate language, grammar, spelling and punctuation is a necessary prerequisite for successful achievement of this assignment task.