Planning

I thought we could use this page to sort out how the unit will flow - so that our lessons will complement each other and meet the overall objective. It will then help us write the overview and rationale. (20/1/10) Thanks again Mandy. Your effort to source the relevant SACSA Material is a huge help to me (21/1/10)

I would be good if we could plan the point of attack for our unit, then we can choose which we prefer. For example ( please somebody change these - they are illustrative as I have no real thoughts at the momen t) I have left the typing black as I think purple may be a bit difficult to read here - please just add/delete at will and then maybe put a note in your colour just under here to indicate your thoughts/changes, Angela you may like to also choose a colour for yourself. (20/1/010)

Unit title (learning objective): The deep blue sea - myths and facts. What lies beneath? Are they in danger? Are we responsible? How can we help?Interaction with fictional and non-fictional texts. I think we should leave this as just 'are they in danger?' too broad otherwise. (28/01) ** Lesson 4 - Brendan ** The human impact. I was thinking of basing my lesson on, I know it's location specific, the dredging/deepening in Port Phillip Bay. It has raised a lot of questions here in Vic and been the source of many debates. Personally I think it is having a massive impact on the marine life in the area, but apart from that I thought my lesson could be based around planning a debate. The students could discuss the issue in an open class forum and then, under the teachers instruction, research the topic in print media and online, and then choose a the for and against sides etc. This would cover- not sure what they are in SACSA- the VELS strands of Speaking and Listening, Researching and more... any ideas, suggestions, concerns?? 28/01 You only need to quote VELS curriculum links - doesn't matter what it is in any other curriculum. (28/1/10)