4.4_Belinda+H

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are surviving the chaos of Term 4!

The unit of work I have been developing is an integrated unit of work on Narrative with a Gold focus.

The conceptual focus is ** Interrelationships ** (the nature in which people interact with each other and the environment). This connects with the literacy focus as people often interact through writing.

The literacy skills that I will be focusing on are:
 * Character and Setting ** (effective characterisation/setting throughout narrative)
 * Audience ** (engage reader through narrative devices)

The cohort of students this unit is designed for is my 5/6 composite class. The majority of students are able to write quite lengthy narratives, although they are not usually very interesting or easy to follow. This unit is also being taught with a 4/5 composite class. The 4/5 class has very mixed abilities and behaviours, making it important to allow for differentiation and altered delivery speed. One lesson may be taught over several days to ensure understanding. The strengths in this unit so far are that it connects with the HSIE content to ensure a context rich assessment task. The main challenge will be struggling with the time constraints of Term 4 to teach the lessons properly to ensure students develop their deep knowledge and understanding. Can anyone suggest any resources to help teach phrases and clauses? The students are struggling to completely understand the difference between them and how to incorporate them effectively into their writing and time is running out.

Belinda H

