Lesson Plan

Topic area: Billy Elliot Synopsis & Character Synopsis

Class: Year 12 English

Date: 9 November 2020

Room: 812
Period: 5

Lesson Number: 14

Outcomes
Learning Intentions
Success Criteria

Syllabus outcomes
Students:
Engage personally with texts
▪ appreciate the ways mode, medium and technology shape meaning and influence personal response
Understand and apply knowledge of language forms and features
▪ analyse and assess the effects of the combination of linguistic, multimedial, interactive and navigational conventions on
responses to texts
Year 12 - Outcome 3
Students:
Engage personally with texts
engage with complex texts through their language forms, features and structures to understand and appreciate the
power of language to shape meaning

Students will gain a deep understanding of the film Billy Elliot and the human experiences
that motivate and shape the characters in the film.
Students will be able to answer provided questions about the film and will be able to identify
key features about the film.

Students are also able to collaborate together to convey their knowledge of characters in the
film.

Cross Curriculum themes & General capabilities

Absorption of knowledge through media and projection of understanding into words.

Explicit subject specific concepts and skills

unpacking of information in varying manners i.e. essay paragraph, context questions.

Quality Teaching Elements (lesson focus) Highlight the appropriate areas

Intellectual Quality
This refers to pedagogy focused on producing deep understanding of important, substantive concepts, skills and ideas. Such pedagogy treats knowledge
as something that requires active construction and requires students to engage in higher-order thinking and to communicate substantively about what
they are learning.
1.1 Deep knowledge
1.2 Deep understanding
1.3 Problematic knowledge
1.4 Higher-order thinking
1.5 Metalanguage
1.6 Substantive communication

Quality Learning Environment

This refers to pedagogy that creates classrooms where students and teachers work productively in an environment clearly focused on learning. Such
pedagogy sets high and explicit expectations and develops positive relationships between teacher and students and among students.
2.1 Explicit quality criteria
2.2 Engagement
2.3 High Expectations
2.4 Social Support
2.5 Students’ self regulation
2.6 Student direction

Significance
This refers to pedagogy that helps make learning more meaningful and important to students. Such pedagogy draws clear connections with students’
prior knowledge and identities, with contexts outside of the classroom, and with multiple ways of knowing all cultural perspective.
3.1 Background knowledge
3.2 Cultural knowledge
3.3 Knowledge integration
3.4 Inclusivity
3.5 Connectedness
3.6 Narrative

How the quality teaching elements you have identified are achieved within the lesson.
Teaching Indicators of presence in the lesson
element
Students will complete the plot synopsis and character analysis and will be exposed to
1.5 various types of differing metalanguage.
2.5 Students will use self-regulated learning during their group task – the character analysis.

Students will use their understanding of human experiences in order to ascertain and
3.1 identify the differing human experiences in the film. This will further be implemented
through the plot synopsis and the character analysis.
 Time Teaching and learning actions Organisation + Resources Required Centred
T/S
Students will enter and settle down. Followed by a brief
recap of content about the previous lesson. This will be T
0-5 followed by a brief talk about what is expected from them
Mins this lesson and what we will be looking at.

Previous lesson: (students watching the film Billy Elliot and

filling out worksheet which explores key scenes from the
film.)
Students will begin by exploring some key themes found in
the Film Billy Elliot via discussion. This will be done in order T/S
5 - 15 to remind students of key moments and important aspects Billy Elliot synopsis – close passage worksheet.
Mins and themes from the movie. Billy Elliot Character synopsis.

Key themes include:

Masculinity
Perspective
Self-Sacrifice
Homosexuality
Social Standing

Students will Discuss their learning of Billy Elliot film and will
discuss the general plot of the film. This is done to (similarly
to earlier) remind students of the plot and deepen their
understanding of the social context.

The second part of this lesson will have students continue

15 – 55 the second worksheet. This consists of a list of questions Billy Elliot - Character Analysis worksheet. S
Mins about the film, which relate to character analysis which
students will complete individually.

Last Lesson, students chose a character to analyse, students

will continue to work on a small character overview and will
work towards a presentation at the end of the lesson which
they will give to their peers about their chosen character.

The presentation will consists of key character moments

including growth, character traits, their role and other key
information.
The lesson will finish off by discussing what was covered in
55 – 60 this class and some overall topics, themes and key parts of
Mins the movie.
Reflection
What have I learned about the teaching and learning process when preparing this lesson?

Groupwork refines key interactivity skills and presenting helps students to understand
various perspectives within the classroom. This is similar to the discussion of perspectives
we have been having in class.

WHS
What are the key risk issues that may appear for and need to be reduced/eliminated in this
lesson? Using your syllabus and support documents as well as other WHS policy- Outline the
key WHS considerations that are to be applied in this lesson?

None.

References/Resources
You must list all references that you have used for the content and resources of this lesson
in this space.

(Billy Elliot synopsis – close passage worksheet.)

(Billy Elliot - Character Analysis worksheet.)