Unit plan

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Use this template to plan for one or multiple Australian Curriculum learning area/s or subject/s to identify teaching, learning and assessment for a unit.
How to use this template: Type information into the fields (yellow shading). When the unit plan is complete, delete the highlighted instructions (blue shading).

Unit title Year level Timing and duration of unit

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Identify curriculum
Unit overview

The unit overview should reflect the rationale, aims and key ideas of the learning area/s and/or subject/s. It may be progressively completed as the unit is developed.
Describe the focus and context for learning in this unit. For example:
 Explain why this unit is important.
 Explain how this unit contributes to achieving school or sector priorities, e.g. literacy, numeracy, values education, equity.
 Identify the ‘big ideas’ of the unit, including the key content, concepts, conceptual links and context.
 Identify the inquiry questions that will shape inquiry in this unit.
 Identify students’ prior learning and areas to be consolidated through the unit.
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Achievement standard

Insert the achievement standard for the learning area or subject and the year level from the Australian Curriculum. Highlight the aspects of the achievement standard that
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will be the focus of assessment for the unit.

Note: For an integrated (multi-disciplinary) or multi-age unit, insert extra rows as required for the additional achievement standard/s.
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Content descriptions

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Curriculum that will be taught in this unit.
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age unit, insert extra rows as required for the
additional achievement standard/s.
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General capabilities

Identify the general capabilities Describe how the general capabilities will be embedded in teaching, learning and assessment for this unit.
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Cross curriculum priorities

Identify the cross-curriculum Describe how the cross-curriculum priorities will be embedded in teaching, learning and assessment for this unit.
priorities that will be embedded
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in the unit.

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Develop assessment
Unit assessment

Title of assessment/s Technique/s Conditions Assessment dates

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Identify the technique/s that will be used to
gather evidence of student learning during the
unit, e.g. project, extended response,
performance.
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Identify the conditions for the assessment,
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written, spoken/signed, or multimodal.
Note: Record any reasonable adjustments
to be made to assessment conditions for
specific students.
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Description of assessment/s Assessment dates

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 Briefly outline the requirements of the assessment.
 Explain how the assessment is designed to cater for the varied needs and abilities of all students.
 Specify where feedback occurs to allow students to evaluate their own work and identify ways to improve it.
 Identify risk assessment strategies (if applicable).
 Identify the required resources.
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Task-specific standards

Insert the task-specific standards. Ensure the identified standards:

 align to the language of the achievement standard
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 are adjusted to be task-specific while retaining the integrity of the standard

 provide details of the depth and breadth of student learning across a five-point scale.
Insert or attach the task-specific standards at the end of this document.
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Sequence teaching and learning

Learning intentions and Key teaching and learning experiences, including opportunities for Adjustments Resources
success criteria feedback

Identify the learning intentions
and success criteria students
need to demonstrate based on
the identified aspects of the
achievement standard.
Consider:
 the key knowledge,
understanding and skills of
the achievement standard
 the observable evidence
that further elaborates on
the achievement standard.
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Outline key teaching and learning experiences that will: Identify reasonable Record the key people
adjustments to cater and resources that
 ensure the identified curriculum is explicitly taught for all students. support the teaching
 prepare students for the specific demands of the assessment. and learning.
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Identify the key opportunities for receiving and giving feedback to:
vocabulary list.
 inform the teaching and learning program and assist students in moving
forward Identify risk assessment
strategies
 support students to reflect on and discuss with their teachers or peers what
they can do well and what they need to improve. (if applicable).
Teachers reflect on and review learning experiences to ensure they provide
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multiple opportunities for students to practise and improve on their learning.
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Evaluate and quality assure

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Prior to implementation, quality assure the unit to ensure assessment is valid, accessible and reliable and that curriculum, teaching and learning is aligned with
assessment.
Determine the processes for moderation of assessment.

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During and at the end of the unit, reflect on the teaching, learning and assessment to make refinements for the future.
Evaluate how the teaching, learning and assessment provided opportunities to develop depth and breadth of student learning. Consider:
 Was the teaching, learning and assessment effective?
 Are there opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the teaching, learning and assessment? If so, where and how?
 Were there any common student misconceptions that need, or needed, to be clarified?
 How does student progress and achievement in this unit affect the planning of subsequent units within the year/band of years?
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