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To apply the knowledge acquired in relation to various world religions in order to describe the significance of religious symbols. Students will be applying their knowledge to create their own religious symbols and presenting the significance of these to the class.
 * ** Unit Topic: ** World Religions in our community. |||| ** Curriculum Link: ** HSIE, English, Creative Arts – Visual Arts  || ** Yr Level: ** 4 – Stage 2  ||
 * ** Lesson Number: ** 4/10 |||| ** Lesson Topic: ** Religious Symbols  || ** Learning Area(s): ** Factual Descriptions  ||
 * ** Unit Aim or Outcome: **  The overall unit outcome is to support students’ development of the skills and knowledge required to successfully create a multi-modal text which explores one specific religion. Skills and knowledge are developed in conjunction with learning about key text types, namely information reports, explanations, procedures, as well as questioning techniques to support interview skill development. The students will develop background knowledge on one specific religion; develop an understanding of visual literacy; specific written literacy related to the key text types, as well as practical skills required to create a video using computer software. ||
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** Specific Outcomes/Indicators: ** ** CUS2.4 Describes different viewpoints, ways of living, language and belief systems in a variety of communities. ** ** - **// Idenifies major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam). // // - Gathers information about their specific religions and its features to create their own unique symbols as a form of visual literacy, representing their assigned religion. //

** 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. ** //- Describes religious symbols and their features to the class // //- Students listen attentively to descriptions of symbols // //- Through questioning, students seek explanations or more information from the speakers on their religious symbols. // **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. ** **- **// Students plan verbal descriptions on their religious symbols // // - Students decide what roles they are to take when presenting to the class // **- **// When presenting students will use tone of speech appropriate to audience // // - Engages with audience and uses appropriate body language // **WS2.9 Drafts, revises, proofreads and publishes well-structured texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and written language features. ** //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Writes descriptions of symbols in preparation for presentations to the class. // //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Demonstrates understanding of religious symbols // //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">- Selects relevant information to use in own writing, appropriate for presenting to the class // ** //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Links to other KLA’s: // ** C reative Arts: ** VAS1.1 ** Makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things. || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Worksheets and information report from previous lessons. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Website on IWB: [] <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Minimum of 10 computers with internet access <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> 1 x cartridge paper per group <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> 1x task instruction sheet per group (Appendix 5) <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Workbooks <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Lead pencils <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Colouring Pencils <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Newspapers <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Magazines <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> scissors || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">__ Introduction: __ (8 min) <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Religious Symbols and their significance. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Hand students out their workbooks which will contain worksheets and information reports related to the religion they have been working on. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Have all students sitting on the floor so that the IWB is visible to all. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Connect to the website based on world religions (as noted in resources) and have it displayed on the IWB. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Observe the main webpage that on the IWB screen. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Questions/Discussion: <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// Take a look at the website that is on the screen. // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// Is there anything on the screen that is familiar to you? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// What can you see that is beside the name of each religion? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// What do these mean? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// Why are symbols important? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// What symbols do we use in our everyday lives? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Pass students out a task instruction sheet per group and go through it with students (Refer to Appendix 2). <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Let students know that in this lesson they will be looking more closely at the significance of these symbols in relation to the religion they have been working on. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Pose questions which are related to the activity: <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// What is the symbol for the religion you are working on? What is it called? What does it represent? Why is it portrayed in this way? Why is it important? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Advise students that they will have to take such thoughts into consideration as they will be required to wrote descriptions about the symbol for their religion as a part of this activity. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Using this website and other available resources, including information that students have already acquired so far on their religions - such as about beliefs, spirituality, celebrations- students will have to apply this information to create their own symbols as another component of their activity. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// Today you will need to think creatively and work cooperatively in your groups to not only find information related to the symbol which represents your religion, but to also create your own new symbols for this religion. You will need to write brief descriptions about each of these. If you look on your task worksheet gives you suggestion on what you should include in your descriptions (Refer to task worksheet Appendix 5). // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Advise students that they will be showing the class the real symbols and their newly created symbols. They will be required to present both symbols, along with sharing their description with the rest of the class. || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Before students go back to work on the computers they will need to be able to decide their roles within the group. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> For example: Some students may work on the symbol description, while others start the creation of their new symbol. They could then work together to produce a description of their new symbol and its significance. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will get together with the groups they have been working with for prior lessons. Each group will go and work on a computer, opening the same website that the teacher had on display for the introduction of the lesson, which will still be displayed on the IWB (Woodlands Junior School – World Religions). <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Within the group some students will be using the computer to find symbol descriptions, while others may be on another computer exploring information or images which will be useful for their new symbol creations. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Using this website they will further explore the importance of the symbol which represents the religion they have been assigned to research. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students are not limited to this page for research. They also have other resources available, such as exploring other websites, along with the worksheets and information reports from the previous lessons. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will be required to gather appropriate information to write descriptions related to the symbols associated with their religions. (They can refer to the Task Instructions sheet to assist them in writing their descriptions – Appendix 5). <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will need to print a large copy of the symbol from this website, to show the class for their presentation. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will be using a range of available resources to create their new symbols on the cartridge paper provided. They will be applying all of their previous and new knowledge in relation to their religions to create unique new symbols, which are reflective of the religion and its features. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Once students have created their new religious symbol they will have to write down a description related to the features of their new symbol, explaining how it relates to their religion (They can refer to the Task Worksheet to assist them in writing their descriptions – Appendix 5). <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will have to select members in the group to be the readers of each of their descriptions. They will also have to decide who will be in charge of answering any questions that the class many have about their symbols. |||| <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** Teacher will: ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Remind students that they need to take on different roles within the group, highlighting the importance of co-operative work, respecting others opinions and contributions. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Suggest that two or three students could work on researching the symbol description, while others research to find ideas for their new symbol creations. They could possibly work together to create the descriptions for their own symbols. Keep a close eye on students making sure that are being responsible in deciding the roles. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Remind students that they only have 35 min to complete the tasks. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Ask students to get into their work groups and to select a computer to work on. Have the webpage opened on the IWB for all students to identify the web address. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Let the students know that the Woodlands Website is the starting point for them to identify their religious symbols and to explore their significance. Encourage students to use wider resources such as exploring other websites, using their worksheets and information reports. This will assist them to develop ideas and incorporate features for their new symbols. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Remind students that they need to be able to summarise and be selective of the information they choose to write about their symbols, identifying information which they feel most relevant. NOTE: It is not about quantity, but quality! <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Remind students to print a copy of the religious symbol to show the class from the Woodlands website. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Keep track of time and continuously notify students of the time they have remaining to complete their tasks. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Provide students with a range of materials to create their new symbols. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Encourage students to be creative and to try and incorporate all of what they have learnt about their religion to make their new symbol. Ask students to think about how the symbol and how they are going to make it: <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// How is this symbol reflective of your religion? // // What meanings are portrayed through the features? How are you going to set it out, why? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">// Where are you going to position features on your symbol? What effect will this have on the picture? // <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Advise students that once they have created their new symbols and have written descriptions for both symbols, they will be expected to present their ideas to the class. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Remind student that each member has to play an active role in the presentation. || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Students will be provided with the opportunity to present their symbols to the class, providing descriptions related to both symbols representative of their religions. Students would have previously decided who will be responsible for undertaking certain roles in the group, making sure that all students play a part in the presentation. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> They will be practising both their listening and speaking skills whilst presentations are taking place. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> Encourage peers in the class to ask questions relating to the religious symbols presented. The teacher will suggest questions and promote discussion to further develop talking and listening skills. || -Observe students ability to work cooperatively in groups, taking on different roles successfully. -Assess student’s group presentations, observing students ability to use their verbal skills to provide appropriate symbol descriptions. Observe whether students are confident and displaying appropriate tone of speech and good body language. This will also allow the teacher to identify if students met expectation in terms of content related to religious symbols. - Collect students symbol creations, this will help the teacher to Identify whether students appropriately portrayed features of a religion for this task through visual literacy. - At the end of the lesson collect students written descriptions for own records. This will allow the teacher to identify whether students met expectations by producing a well structured description, including relevant content related to religious symbols. - Observe other peers as they listen and play an active role in presentations by asking questions related to the religious symbols explored. || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> -There is a task worksheet for any students who may have missed any information at the start of the session, or who need written instructions to be reminded of task expectations. The task worksheet provides assistance to students by scaffolding learning through step by step instructions and offering suggestions. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> - Make sure that groups are organised so that students with diverse abilities are working together, in order to support each other’s learning development. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> - Observe students and provide support to those who require assistance, many students may require one on one support from the teacher. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"> - In the case of no computers or limited access, have a print out of the webpage and the information it contains of each religion for students to read. They will also have resources from previous lessons to use when writing their descriptions. || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Did students understand what was expected of them? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Were roles evenly distributed? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Did the tasks meet the diverse learning needs within the classroom? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Were students able to successfully complete tasks? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Were students engaged and actively participating in tasks? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Was time allocated appropriately? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Were students able to meet the desired learning outcomes? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Was this lesson appropriate to the unit outcome? <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Could I change anything to improve the lesson in the future? ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.7pt; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">** __ Resources: __ **
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