Learning Experience 3:

Lesson Title: Introduction to The

Voyage of the Endeavour
Duration: 60Minutes
Learning
Objectives
Australian Content Descriptors: QCAA Literacy Indicators

Year 5 English
Language
Investigate how the organisation of texts into
chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and
sub pages for online texts and according to
chronology or topic can be used to predict content
and assist navigation (ACELA1797)
Literature
Literature and context
Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details
or information about particular social, cultural and
historical contexts (ACELT1608)

VR5
v. Identify and describe words and word
groups that represent ideas and
relationships, including main and
subordinate clauses within sentences
WC5
i. Identify the purpose, content, context,
text structure and writer reader
relationships when writing and creating
learning area texts
Classroom
Organisation


Learning
Experiences
1. Within whole group setting revisit graphic
organisers from previous lesson
2. Teacher to facilitate group discussion on
non-fiction books and structures
3. Revisit focus text The Voyage of The
Endeavour
4. Teacher to open to page 4 of text
5. Teacher to read page five of text to class as
a whole
6. Class to be supplied with copy of different
pages of given text, and teacher to allocate
groups with given pages, along with text
worksheet (SEE RESOURCE 2)
7. Teacher to give following instructions with
prompting questions:
How are the two pages structured?
What picture can you see?
How is the text written?
Is there any structure within the text?
What is seen on given page?
8. After 40minutes, bring class together back
to group setting
9. Allow for members to share findings, and
with teacher direction add to graphic organiser


Assessment:

Teacher to keep worksheets for future lessons