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Antarctica

Teacher Vicki Sephton

 

YEAR

LEVEL

DURATION

6-8 3-4 6 weeks

 

Achievement Objective Being Assessed

Learning Outcomes

Transactional Writing Write a personal viewpoint for publication, sequencing ideas logically, on the future of Antarctica.

Processes

Thinking Critically Discuss and interpret spoken and written texts, considering personal and other points of view.
Exploring Language Identify, discuss and use the language features of a written discussion.

Supporting Achievement Objective

Learning Outcomes

Interpersonal Speaking Take part in discussions on issues facing Antarctica, expressing own opinion and accepting diverse opinions.

 

Teacher background reading

Teaching and learning activities

Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:

Learning task 1

Learning task 2

Links for Students

Collaborative online projects:

Assessment

Assessment Task

Draft individual written discussions on tourism in Antactica. Work on including an introductory paragraph, two paragraphs on the viewpoints and a conclusion. Share the draft with a partner, then self edit. Share a few draft examples as a class to help develop editing skills.

Individual conference with the teacher before final edit, then desktop publishing.

Self, peer and teacher assessment on written discussion piece, using self_assessment (RTF 13KB) .

assessment (RTF 6KB)
exemplars (RTF 7KB)
National Exemplar Project: Arguments

Resources

Print

  • School Journals:
    • Pt 4 1990 No 1, 2 and 3
    • Pt 3 1991 No 3
    • Pt 2 1987 No 2
    • Pt 1 1991 No 3
  • National Library Books

Electronic

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