Presented by Simone Bourne, Natasha Ghidinelli, Elyse Young

SOSE Unit(English and ICT integrated)

Overview

Context of Unit Links to curriculum Lessons Overview Activity – Hot Potato ICT – Adobe Visual Communicator Assessment Task Sheet Assessment Rubric Resources/References Question Time

Context of Unit

Year 5 class 18 students, 3 EAL learners Topic on Environmental Issues in Society Assists in understanding the relevance

and impact the environment has on students lives

Students create and present a news report using the ICT program Visual Communicator

Links to Curriculum

Ways of Working (ELs) Knowledge and Understanding

• Plan investigations based on questions and inquiry models• Collect and organise information and evidence • Communicate descriptions, decisions and conclusions, using text types selected to match audience and purpose

SOSE - ELsPlace and Space:• environments are defined by physical and human dimensions Geography - ACARA• environmental consequences of urban development, personal travel and household consumptionEnglish - ACARALiteracy:•Plan, draft and publish informative print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704)

Lessons Overview

Lesson One Lesson Two Lesson Three

• Introduce environmental issues• Hot Potato activity• Assign students to groups, topics and roles• Explain assessment task and rubric• Show students an example of a news report using the ICT program Visual Communicator

• Explicitly teach students how to evaluate websites• Teacher and students look up a related site for each research topic on IWB• Students use checklist to evaluate the websites – are the websites reputable and educationally suitable

• In their groups, students research their assessment topic online• Students take notes of important information• Teacher visits each group to facilitate and provide assistance where needed

Activity

Hot Potato

TOPICS GROUP

Recycling 1

Drought 2

Global Warming 3

Pollution 4

Sustainability 5

Flood 6

What is Adobe Visual Communicator?

Adobe Visual Communicator 3 software offers hundreds of customizable graphics, music clips, and special effects to create video presentations that look like a television newscast

Assessment Task Sheet Due Date: Week 9  Task Description: Research your assigned environmental issue. Present your

finding in a news report using Adobe Visual Communicator which you will publish and present to the class.

 New Report Presentation Duration: 1.30 to 2 minutes  News Report Content: Introduce your environmental issue Provide a definition. What is it? Describe the cause. What makes it happen? Describe the effects. Who, when and where? Include a thought provoking further research question  Group Member Roles: each group member must take on a leader role1) News presenter - leads the writing of script and reads script 2) Producer - leads the design, layout and effects of the presentation3) Head Researcher – leads the research of the environmental issue

Assessment Rubric

Assessable elements

Descriptors

A B C D E

Knowledge and understanding

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of concepts and facts

Thorough knowledge and understanding of concepts and facts

Satisfactory knowledge and understanding of concepts and facts

Variable knowledge and understanding of concepts and facts

Rudimentary knowledge and understanding of concepts and facts

Investigating Insightful identification of issues through online research

Effective identification of issues through online research

Competent identification of issues through online research

Variable identification of issues through online research

Minimal identification of issues through online research

Communicating Clear and accurate communication conforming to the conventions of text types and use of ICT

Coherent and accurate communication conforming to the conventions of text types and use of ICT

Sound communication conforming to the conventions of text types and use of ICT

Disjointed communication conforming to the conventions of text types and use of ICT

Unclear communication conforming to the conventions of text types and use of ICT

Rubric – News Report on Environmental Issues

Example

An example of the assessment using Adobe Visual Communicator

Any Questions?

Resources/References

Adobe Systems Incorporated. (2012). Adobe Visual Communicator 3. Retrieved on, May 11th, 2012, from http://www.adobe.com/products/visualcommunicator/\

Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2011). Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. Retrieved on May 11th, 2012, from http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_Geography.pdf

Link to Delicious Stack (Stack – Group 43) http://www.delicious.com/jinx12

Queensland Studies Authority. (2007). SOSE Essential Learnings by the end of year 5. Retrieved on May 11th, 2012, from http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/7298.html

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