Language: Response

Unit:5
Stage 1 Desired Results
Conceptual Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that . . .
1. What is a response?
* responses are used to summarize, analyse and
2. When do we use responses?
respond to sensory stimuli, experiences
3. What are the elements of a response
and books
text?
Students will know . . .(Knowledge)
* How to write a response to a variety of stimuli
* Responses give background information about
an experience (brief synopsis)
* Responses include a
reaction/opinion/evaluation and express
personal feelings and what your learnt

Students will be able to . . . (Skills)

* Describe an experience (brief
synopsis/summary) with key incidents
* include a reaction, using personal feelings
* use relating verbs, action verbs, saying,
thinking, feeling verbs
* uses present tense (can change to past when
explaining event)

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Pre-Assessment:
* first attempt at writing a response in reaction to an outdoor experience (provocation: walk to
the Rhein)

Performance/Summative Tasks:
* response journal over time which will
include an overall response at the end of the
unit

Other Evidence:
* oral responses
* responses to a variety of outdoor experiences
(music, transient artwork, movement)
* Book response (review/recommendation)

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Learning Experiences: (including differentiation)
* Students will respond to a variety of outdoor experiences in nature (music found from
nature, land art, movement)
* Numerous walks to the Rhein (listening/recording sounds in nature)
* OLE experiences