Language Planner: Grade 5 Date: !

30th September 2013 Length of unit: 6 Weeks TEXT TYPE: Explanation Unit link: 4 - How the World Works Stage 1 Desired Results
Established Goals: Students will synthesize (through discussions) and share (through writing) their understanding of how and why their contraption works. Conceptual Understandings: Students will understand that... Synthesizing ideas enables them to build on what they know, and express new ideas Knowing what we aim to achieve helps us to plan and develop different forms of writing Students will know . . .(Knowledge) How to organize and structure an explanation of a process (how something works) Visual presentations (such as diagrams, and videos) contribute to learning and impact Students will be able to . . . (Skills) Use appropriate paragraphing to organize ideas Locate, organize, synthesize and present written information from valid sources Use graphics/diagrams/ pictures/flowcharts to support and enhance their explanation Use written language as a means of reflecting on their own learning (PYP Lang)

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Pre-Assessment: Obs: Teacher questions: Performance Task: Students will write a text explaining what their contraption is, how and why it works based on the principles of forces and energy. Notes for moderation of assessment: Expectations: Statement of phenomenon Explanation sequence Concluding statement Resources: http://books.google.com/books? id=KUm3qpq5370C&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=Targeting+text+how+is +electricity+generated&source=bl&ots=s4gn6rXV5&sig=Kp_stS49r5QqyW_PiUUUF7lh4A8&hl=en&ei=JaHUTsfAE8iX 8QPRjOmgAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved =0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Other Evidence: Draft writing pieces, discussions, text analysis tasks (Targeting Text, How a Harp Works - simpler)

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Learning Experiences: (include differentiation) Students read explanations and identify desirable elements/ features of the text type; ! Have students read a short explanation of a familiar phenomenon and draw diagrams or flow charts that represents the written text

Building word chains (causal relationships, technical terminology) Shared reading activities: highlighting technical language, cause & effect relationships within text, identify nouns & noun groups, from reading a text students label diagrams or series of diagrams Shared viewing activity: watch a video documentary (explanation) encouraging students to record questions as they are viewing. Watch the documentary a second time to find the answers to their questions. May need additional research to find the answers to some questions Pre-writing focus: creating an outline Students learn and practice vocabulary and grammar associated with text type in their writing (paragraphs, style) Through discussion, students will generate, develop and modify ideas and opinions about how/why their contraption works (PYP Lang)

Visual Text focus during this unit: Synthesizing understanding of information from visual texts is dependent upon personal interpretation and leads to new understandings. RESOURCES: Graphic organizers for pre-writing and reading experiences