LP+draft+Brendan


 * This is what I have come up with, however I know it needs editing and have a bit more worked out to add tonight after you've all had a look. (3/2/10).

Tuning in** - 10 minutes Children will be reminded of prior lessons in which the environment and its inhabitants were discussed. The suggestion will then be made that the environment is fragile and that, as human beings, we can have a huge impact on the formation of the environment and the wellbeing of its inhabitants. Reading of text- ‘Where to forest meets the sea’ by Jeannie Baker – 10 minutes Particular focus will be made on the closing paragraph. **Class discussion** - 5 minutes The teacher will ask students to think of a place which has been affected by human civilisation, and development, and inform the class of how this has happened and what alternatives there were to this taking place. E.g. Desalination plants, sewerage outfalls. **Research** – 25 minutes Students will be given time on the class computers to research an act of ‘eco terrorism’ and write a paragraph, using contextually appropriate language, regarding what impact this act would have had on the inhabitants of the area and on the area itself. An example of this may be the dredging of Port Phillip Bay and the impact that has had on the marine life and ecosystem. **Class discussion**- 10 minutes Student centred discussion regarding their findings and thoughts. Students will be encouraged to speak freely to allow the teacher to informally assess the students’ understandings of the subject and the related language. Assessment of this lesson will be mostly informal, in that much of the assessment will be based on speaking and listening. There will be some formal assessment with regards to the paragraphs which the students put together and their use of appropriate language using previously compiled check-list. Spelling and punctuation will also be a focus.
 * //__ Refer back to previous lessons re ‘finding Nemo’ and other texts covered. __//**