Lesson Plan: The Deliverance of Dancing Bears

Name: Caitlin Petrou

School: Wandana Primary School

Year Level / Age Range: Years 3, 5

Date: 27/8/2015

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Estimated Duration of Activity:

No. of Students: 26

120 mins
Location: Room 4 (classroom)
AREA OF LEARNING: Literacy
TOPIC: The Deliverance of Dancing Bears
BROAD OUTCOMES
- Descriptive writing
- Write using quotation marks (speech)
- Exposition writing
- Formulate a point of view on a controversial issue, with justification
- Use correct grammar and punctuation when writing
ACARA LINKS
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)
- Understand how language features, images and vocabulary influence
interpretations of characters, settings and events
- Listen and ask questions to clarify content
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)
- Students create a variety of sequenced texts for different purposes
- Make presentations and contribute actively to class and group
discussions, taking into account other perspectives
- When writing, they demonstrate understanding of grammar, select
specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and punctuation, editing
their work to provide structure and meaning
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
Accurately recount portions of the story using a supplied template
Understand the concept of descriptive writing including why and how it
is done
Write a piece of descriptive prose that incorporates speech using
correct grammar and punctuation
Explore the idea of performing animals/animal cruelty and formulate an
opinion which will be used as the basis for the creation of an exposition
PREPARATION / ORGANISATION
The Deliverance of Dancing Bears (book)
PPT
Bear template worksheet
Computer access
RESOURCES: The Deliverance of Dancing Bears (book)

CONTENT

PROCESS

RESOURCES

What do I want the

students to learn?
Knowledge? Skills?
Attitudes

What will I do? What will the students do?

What skills and strategies will we use?
What behaviour management strategies will I
use?

What materials
will be used?

Introduce the
topic

LESSON 1 & 2

Students will
participate in a
group discussion
reflecting on
what is
happening

Students will
recount
information from
the story and
present it
textually and

Ask students to sit on the carpet

Introduce the book and show
students the cover
Ask students a number of
questions, including:
o What do you think the
story is about?
o Does anyone know what
the word deliverance
means? (the action of being
rescued or set free)
o Now that we know what
deliverance means, what
do you think the story is
about?
o Where do you think the
story might be set?
Read through the book The
Deliverance of Dancing Bears
Discussion during reading
Include questions such as:
o How do we know the bear
is being treated cruelly?
o What do you think the bear
would be doing if he was in
the wild?
o How do you think the bear
might be feeling in this
picture?
o Where have you seen
animals behind bars or in
cages? What were these
animals natural habitats?
o Why do you think Yusuf
rescues the bears?
Write down any discussion
questions that come up for
inquiry
Students will recount important
facts about the story
Give each student a copy of the

The
Deliverance
of Dancing
Bears (book)

The
Deliverance
of Dancing
Bears (book)

Bear template

pictorially

Students will
recap the story
for those who
were not here

LESSON 3 & 4

Students will
learn about
descriptive
writing (why and
how it is done)

As a group,
students will

bear template
Ask students to return to their
desk and write down and/or draw
the things that have been done to
the bear (e.g. in a cage, claws
removed, teeth shaved down)
Stop students after 5 minutes, ask
them to share some things they
have identified
KEY POINT: Listen carefully and
if you havent written any of
these things down make sure you
do now!
Once they have identified all the
things that have been done to the
bear, ask student to use the
space around the bear to write
how they think the bear might be
feeling (scared, lonely, sad etc.)
Students can colour in the bear
when they have finished their
description

Student will sit on the carpet

As a group, we will recap the
story The Deliverance of Dancing
Bears
We will outline the plot on
butchers paper to be displayed in
the classroom
Introduce the idea of descriptive
writing
o Why do authors write
descriptively?
o How do they achieve this?
Give each student a copy of the
book
Ask them to see if they can
identify a descriptive paragraph
o How do we know this is a
descriptive piece of
writing?
o What sorts of words do you
notice? (adjectives)
Use PPT to break down
descriptive paragraph from book

The
Deliverance
of Dancing
Bears (class
set)
PPT

create a new
descriptive
paragraph using
the template
provided

Ask students what they notice

about the types of words that
have been used
o What is an adjective?
Descriptive word
o What is a verb? Doing
word
o What is a noun? Naming
word

Students will
create a piece of
descriptive
writing utilizing
the template
provided

As a group, brainstorm different

adjectives and nouns that can
replace the adjectives and nouns
used in the story to cerate a silly
piece of descriptive writing
o Is this a descriptive piece
of writing?
o How do we know?
o What images pop into your
head when you read this?

Students will return to their desk

and create their own piece of
descriptive writing using the
template provided
Students will edit their own work
remembering to use correct
punctuation, grammar and capital
letters.

Students can
share their work
with the class

Students can share their

paragraph with the class

Behaviour Management Techniques:

Outline expectations prior to
commencing activity
o Hands up to speak
o One person speaking at a
time
o No calling out
o Working independently and
quietly
o Use materials safely
Teacher will not talk over students
Teacher will actively listen to students
and expect the same in return
Teacher will praise students doing the
right thing and remind those that are off
task that their behaviour is not

acceptable