EDLA519 Assessment 2 Template 3 Language Demands

What spoken
language
demands will
there be?

What listening
tasks will there
be?

What texts will

the students be
reading?

What written
text types will
there be?

What aspects of
grammar will the
students be
expected to use?

Think pair share

Teacher led
discussion

Listening to
teacher
Listening to
classmates

Post it notes
Pre-read the Lion,
The Witch and the
Wardrobe (LWW)
novel

Post it notes of
reflection
Word wall
develop whole
class word list

Capital letters
Synonyms
Word meanings

Teacher led
discussion
Small group
discussion
Visualisation
Teacher led
discussion
Character
identification
Think pair share of
favourite
characters
Teacher led
discussion
Small group
discussion

Listening to
teacher
Discussion with
table group

Excerpts from LWW

Novel (ch1, ch2
and ch9)

Graphic organiser

Listening to
teacher
Listening to
classmates

Excerpts from LWW

novel

Listening to
teacher model
summary of
important events
in text

Teacher led
discussion
Small group
discussion
individual opinion/
judgement of
themes

Listening to
teacher model
mind map
Listening to
classmates

Skim novel before

summarising
Read student
sentences
Selected students
will read summary
Teachers mind
map
Excerpts from LWW
novel

Venn diagram- 3
circles

A4 lined paper to
summarise story

Mind map of
themes
dialogue/decisions
of characters

Language
depicting setting
such as
Adjectives/similes

What specific
vocabulary does
the topic require
students to
know?
English from 1950s
old fashioned
(row = quarrel,
queer = strange,
chap = boy)
Vocabulary from
novel study -faun
Visualise/ emotions
Vivid language eg
towering

Language
depicting
characterisation
such as
adjectives/adverbs

Relationships
Appearance
Vocabulary tied to
characters loyal,
honest etc

Punctuation
Descriptive
sentences
Structure of
novel/structure of
summary
Notes for poster

Vocabulary from
novel
Important events
eg battle
Character names
Important
decisions
Dialogue
Themes good
versus evil
Betrayal
Forgiveness
Loyalty

EDLA519 Assessment 2 Template 3 Language Demands

Heroism
Courage etc
Teacher led
discussion
Class discussion
Teacher led
discussion Pair discussion
Teacher led
discussion
Whole class
discussion
Small group
discussion

Whole class
discussion

Listening to
teacher model
squares/sentences
Listening to class
mates
Listening to
teachers Think
aloud
Listening to
partner
Listening to
teacher read
picture book
Listening to
classmates

Listening to
classmates

Word wall, post it

notes
Dictionaries

Vocabulary
squares

Punctuation of
sentences,
synonyms
Word meanings

Vocabulary from
novel for example
prophecy,
treason

The novel LWW

Word wall

Peer assessment
sheet

n/a

Character names
Novel vocabulary

The novel
Alice in
Wonderland
picture book
A variety of
fantasy picture
books such as the
wizard of Oz,
Where the wild
things are etc
Word wall
Cloze passage
Novel as guide

Literacy workbooks
for notes

n/a

Chart paper for

comparison

Sentence
Punctuation
Descriptive
language
Compare and
contrast language
Word meanings
Specific usage of
words/context

Fantasy, genre,
imaginative,
mythical, themes,
reality
Fantasy, genre,
mythical, magic,
themes etc

Cloze passage

Words used
throughout novel
eg Mystical
creatures nymphs,
dryads, faun,
centaur