VELS Unit Planner. Unit 1/Semester 1: Di mana Citra?

AR + JC + BH
Step 1
1. What is worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan learning experiences and instructions)
Key Concept
(Generative topic / why? /
big idea)
Focus Essential Learning
Domain
(Including dimensions)
Supporting Domains
(Including dimensions)
Year Level: 8
Revision:
How to express and measure time;
How to organise and communicate about daily activities (transport, free-time activities/sport);
How to communicate about oneself and others
How to communicate using prepositions to describe location of objects
How to borrow classroom items
Domain: LOTE
Dimensions: Communicating in LOTE
Standards:
• They show awareness of the language requirements of a range of specific situations related to a given topic, and adapt language
and gesture appropriately for the role, audience and purpose of the task.
• They acquire and use new information and language, and recycle previously learnt language skills and knowledge in new
contexts.
• They read a range of short, and sometimes modified, texts for meaning.
Domain: Personal Learning
Dimensions: The Individual Learner
Standards:
• Students demonstrate an awareness of different cultural and societal beliefs.
• They gather information about their own performance through seeking feedback, in addition to the rubric and reflection.
Dimensions: Managing Personal Learning
• At Level 5, students set realistic short-term and long-term learning goals within a variety of tasks and describe their progress
towards achieving these; including completing vocabulary tests at an acceptable standard and completing LATs on time.
• They complete competing short, extended and group tasks within set timeframes, prioritising their available time, utilising
appropriate resources and demonstrating motivation.
Domain: Communication
Dimensions: Listening, Viewing and Responding
Standards:
• When responding, they use specialised language and symbols as appropriate to the contexts in which they are working.
Dimensions: Presenting
• Students use the communication conventions, forms and language appropriate to the subject to convey a clear message across a
range of presentation forms to meet the needs of the context, purpose and audience.
Understanding Goals
(Written as essential
questions or statements)
1 2 3 4
Greetings; giving Simple destinations; Free-time activities; [Di School subjects; classroom
information about oneself arranging to go somewhere; Halaman Sekolah] commands, classroom
and dates [Di Kantor Polisi] transport; time [Naik Bis] objects and borrowing [Di
kelas Pak Parman]

Step 2
1. What is worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan learning experiences and instructions)
Sequence Understanding Performances of Understanding Ongoing Assessment Reference to specific
Goals (Criteria, feedback & reflection) VELS standards
Introductory Greetings; Refamiliarise students with the relevant Checking for understanding through  They show awareness of
Performances meeting people; vocabulary and phrases. questions and completing close the language requirements
(Tuning in) Giving Listening and watching the video clip; reading exercise on the passage as a class. of a range of specific
information about the story situations related to a given
oneself. (biodata Practise the vocabulary and phrases orally in topic, and adapt language
and gesture appropriately
dan Kalender) class.
for the role, audience and
purpose of the discourse.
They acquire and use new
Simple Refamiliarise students with the relevant Checking for understanding through information and language,
destinations; vocabulary and phrases. questions and completing close and recycle previously
arranging to go Listening and watching the video clip; reading exercise on the passage as a group. learnt language skills and
somewhere; the story knowledge in new
transport; Practise the vocabulary and phrases orally in contexts.
time(Transportasi) class. Complete worksheets. They read a range of
short, and sometimes
modified, texts for
meaning.
Free-time Refamiliarise students with the relevant Checking for understanding through
activities; vocabulary and phrases. questions and completing close
(Kegiatan di Listening and watching the video clip; reading exercise on the passage as a pair.
halaman sekolah the story
dan peta sekolah) Practise the vocabulary and phrases orally in
class. Complete worksheets.
 School subjects; Refamiliarise students with the relevant Checking for understanding through
classroom vocabulary and phrases. questions and completing close
commands, Listening and watching the video clip; reading exercise on the passage by oneself.
classroom objects the story
and borrowing. Practise the vocabulary and phrases orally in
(Kelas yang class.
berantakan dan
perlengkapan
sekolah)

Guided Inquiry Students demonstrate an

Performances Using information Completing tables and charts based on the Worksheets corrected awareness of different
(Finding out / to create biodata cartoon about cartoon characters and then Small vocabulary tests cultural and societal beliefs
sorting out / about the themselves (pp34-37 of level 1 Participating in class activities
going further) workbook)
Revising days of Ordering the days of the week and the months
the week and of the year through completing sentences and
months of the charts; completing a word find.(pp 38-41)
year in Languages on Line activities
conjunction with
ordinal numbers

Revising how to Identifying modes of transport and completing

travel by various sentences. (pp 172-175)
means in Using flashcards or PowerPoint display to
Indonesia. promote learning.
Revising time Completing activities orally and written.

Talking about Completing activities and worksheets based

free-time around free-time activities. (pp 102-107)
activities that can Languages on Line
be done at school In pairs talking about what they do at home
and outside of and at school
school
 Revising Using flashcards/items and games to revise
classroom vocabulary (Pp74-83). Using this material to
equipment and complete worksheets.
politely asking to Role playing borrowing and responding to the
borrow items as request
well as
responding to the
request.

Culminating Performing a In pairs students create a natural dialogue LAT: Students present their dialogue
Performances dialogue using based around the vocabulary that they have to the class and it is assessed.
(Making information that revised. It must cover: 3 Worksheets are submitted with the
conclusions / has been revised • Introductions (name, and 2 other details) rubric
taking action) Vocabulary books are submitted
• Questions and answers
• How they got to school (transport)
• What they or a friend is doing at lunch or Worksheets for LAT:
recess (free-time activities/sport: 2 things) 1. Page 37 – photocopy: Biodata:
• A request to borrow a school item and a complete your personal information
response (each person borrows an item) chart & sentences.
2. Page 75 (– picture page 74):
• A reference to the day or date
prepositions.
• Subjects studied in order for the day (using 3. Page 107 – photocopy: write
ordinals... pertama, kedua, ketiga etc.) responses using the word pattern given.
LAT 1 – choose - ??????????????
Extension Worksheets:
Pg10 – me-verbs (ch1 BS2)
Pg 29 sentence structures
Pg 61 rooms and prepositions (ch1
BS2)
Pg 106 kegiatan / sports (ch3. BS2)
Pg 108 Peta sekolah (new material)
Pg 123 Binatang descriptions (some
yr9 vocab)
Pg 137 Kegiatan di pantai (use of perlu
Students use the
communication
conventions, forms &
appropriate language to
convey a clear message to
meet the needs of the
context, purpose and
audience.
At Level 5, students set
realistic short and long-
term learning goals within
a variety of tasks and
describe their progress.
 Complete short, extended
and group tasks within set
time frames, prioritise
available time, use
appropriate resources and
demonstrate motivation.
 yr9)
Pg 138 questions about activities
Pg 147 Perasaan (merasa & some yr9
vocab: karena, mengapa etc.)

Step 3
1. What is worthy and desiring of understanding? (Identify desired results)
2. What is evidence of understanding? (Determine acceptable evidences)
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? (Plan learning experiences and instructions)

Weekly Overview
(Weeks may vary due to 3 blocks over 2 weeks)
Week 1 Using Di mana Citra: ‘Di Kantor Polisi’ to revise ‘biodata’ and dates: days and months ( 2 blocks)
Read Comic (Pages 6 – 9)
Watch comic video (Di kantor polisis section = 2 minutes)
Page 32: Checking for understanding through questions and completing close exercise on the passage as a class., pairs, by self.
Go through vocab – set vocab test 10 words next lesson (hilang, keluarga, lahir, almat, namanya, lewat, kapan, lari, tanggal, hari, Nopember)

Di mana Citra? Book:

Page 33 – do on white board: complete the sentences (who said it... kata ...) and the police report for Ana.
Page 34 optional – Biodata: filling in information about Ana
LAT Page 37 – photocopy: Biodata: complete your own personal information chart, and fill in the sentences about yourself (in paragraph).
Page 38 – Months (write in your book) and Days by selecting correct day from the box (photocopy this small section, 2 per page)

Revise video clip comic & do Vocab Test

Using ordinals: Bulan Juli bulan ketujuh – do some examples on white board and copy down before completing Kalender (pg.41) worksheet.
Page 41 – photocopy: Kalender: complete the sentences – photocopy
Page 40 – word find puzzle (optional)
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Week 2 Using ‘Naik Bis’to revise and extend transport; and time (1 block)
Read Comic (pages 28+29), discuss
Video clip & use flashcards
Page 171 – photocopy first half. Complete sentences using words in the box. Comprehension
Page 172 – Scan – show on white board, write transport word next to numbers in book (draw picture if wanted too)
 Page 180 – optional/photocopy: Apakah ada? (extra words: payung=umbrella, permen karet=chewy, keripik=chips, HP ?)

Vocab Test (next week- Start of lesson): tas, saku, naik, ada, mana, pasar swalayan, uang, bis, kerata api, daftar belanjaan, lihat.
Times? Draw up on whiteboard / Lanuages Online
Week 3 Using ‘Di Kelas Pak Parman’ to revise and extend on school information and ‘bisa saya boleh?’ (2 blocks)
Read Comic (pages 14+15)
Page 74 – photocopy – Kelas yang berantakan: label objects in classroom.
LAT Page 75 – goes with page 74: using prepositions.
Page 76 – photocopy – prepositions using picture.
Game – classroom instructions: duduklan, berdirilah, membaca buku, lihatlah, diamlah, bukalah bukumu. Go through agreed actions. Play.

Page 81 – write on whiteboard: write sentences to borrow items “boleh saya pinjam...?”
Students asking to borrow items – conversations / game?
Page 82+83 – write a few on whiteboard: using ‘punya, questions and answers. Apakah kamu punya ...?
Page 79 word find
Vocab test (next lesson): pinjam, boleh, guting, penggaris, pengasah pensil, maaf, meja, kursi, di atas, di bawah, di dalam.
Week 4 Using ‘Di Halaman Sekolah’ to revise and extend activities (1 block) – cut off topic if needed to Year 8 CAMP week.
Read Comic (Di Sekolah pages 18+19)
Page 102 – photocopy: kegiatan do halaman sekolah.
Page 103 – write on whiteboard: bottom ½ complete sentences using 1 of the 4 words provided (bermain / membaca / mencari / mengerjakan).
LAT Page 107 – photocopy: write responses using the word pattern given.
Page 110 – photocopy: Peta Sekolah (optional)

No vocab test – LA due next week including dialogue.

Week 5 Preparation of dialogue: 1 block
Presentation of dialogue: 1 block

Resources
Di Mana Citra: Di Kantor Polisi; Naik bis; Di Kelas Pak Parman; Di Halaman Sekolah sections by the Victorian Department of Education and Training.
Bersama-Sama 1 by Heather Hardie and Sue Clarke
Bagus Sekali Textbook 1 and Bagus Sekali 1 Workbook by Julie Newnham and Elise Wackett
Bagus Sekali 1 Audio CDs & Teacher’s Manual.
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