LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 10 Time: 2:30pm Date: 31/05/2017 Students Prior Knowledge:
Students have been introduced to the notion of
Learning Area: Media Genre Studies genre and can list and distinguish between
various different genres.
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum Students recognise that audiences use
conventions in order to identify genre
Codes and Conventions for constructing meaning in the Students have covered narrative conventions
selected media type, genre and/ or style studied and SWAT codes in previous media and
english classes.
(ACAMAM073)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour Social understanding
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Identify and Illustrate settings, themes, character types and plot devices from the Western genre, by
completing and annotating a PicCollage.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Download Song, upload to ipod and ensure
speaker and ipod are fully charged.
Write class names on pop-sticks
Create EdPuzzle for Weebly Site
Create two PicCollage examples, illustrating
narrative conventions of the Western genre
Create AnswerGarden List five conventions
audiences use to identify genre
Create Verso
Create PrimaryPad
Create class Weebly and embed EdPuzzle: Hunt
For the Wilderpeople Clip, AnswerGarden,
PicCollage, Youtube stimulus clip, Verso & Primary
Pad; allowing students a step by step guide through
the lesson content and access for revision at home.
Provision for students at educational risk:
Students with auditory processing problems
will have all instructional directions written in
Weebly as well as projected on screen.
Students with reading difficulties or dyslexia
are catered for by introducing written content
incrementally via forward and back buttons
embedded in the Weebly.
Students who may miss class due to illness or
have learning difficulties are catered for with
access to revision outside of class time via the
Weebly resource & EdPuzzle clip.
Students are partnered during PicCollage
activity, enabling peer tuition for students with
learning difficulties.
Gifted students are extended by positioning
students as creators rather than consumers of
content. Inherently enabling them to engage in
higher order thinking

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Speaker, i-pod, Song
2:30pm Play Song as students enter the room. Stop music once class settle. Man With A Harmonica -
Ennio Morricone
1) Ask Class:
Who has seen Hunt for the Wilderpeople?
Hunt for the
What genre do you think it might be? Wilderpeople clip:
2) Play Clip: https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=HR1inOPxy
Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Purpose: to engage students and get
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them thinking about Western Films in a less traditional way assess
prior knowledge.
3) 2-3 minute class discussion; use Whos next to engage all students - Whos next: Random
- Ask Questions as relevant: name picker app
What are some narrative elements that signify the western genre?
Who is the main character? How is he different from a
stereotypical protagonists?
How are the law-makers characterised?
Where is it set?
What was Heck wearing? What might that symbolise? How were
the two introduced? What was the music like?

2:35 Establish Learning Objectives WEEBLY REQUIRED

1) Instruct students to Weebly website and introduce: FOR REST OF LESSON;
a. Lesson objective: to illustrate the narrative conventions of the All resources embedded.
western genre &
b. Success criteria: Complete a western PicCollage and
correctly annotate the narrative conventions.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

AnswerGarden Purpose: more comprehensive assessment of prior

knowledge of conventions
1) Class individually completes AnswerGarden with the question List five Answer Garden
conventions that signify genre to an audience?

Key Questions to encourage more answers:

- If I told you I saw a Japanese film; what might you expect it to
be
- If I told you I saw a film by Sergio Leone, What would you
expect? What about Alfred Hitchcock?
- What are the conflicts that arise in Hunt For The
Wilder-people ?

Western PicCollage Purpose: for students to illustrate narrative

PicCollage
conventions of Western genre
2:40 1) Students are told that theyll be creating a PicCollage using images Teacher PicCollage
to illustrate the narrative conventions of the Western Genre; examples/ instructions
encourage students to use the AnswerGarden as a point of reference. embedded in Weebly.
2) Teacher models this exercise; examples and instructions embedded
Links to Flikr, Pixabay &
in Weebly.
Google images (free to
3) Outline controls & constraints of copyright: Instruct students to
use/share) embedded in
attempt to use links to copyright free image search engines Flikr,
Weebly
Pixabay and Google images (free to use or share).
4) Students may use Google Images without search restrictions
however, copyright laws state that theyll be unable to share their
Youtube Stimulus:
creations.
https://www.youtube.co
5) Students begin PicCollages and YouTube stimulus played
m/watch?v=oHd88WoX
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Verso sharing and class discussion Purpose: for students to see others
2:55
work and learn from their ideas, in order to gain a deeper understanding of
what narrative conventions make up the Western genre.
1) Once the class has completed their collages, each member must
follow the link in the Weebly to join Verso and upload their collage. Verso
2) Verso page is projected; class discussion on common traits of student
collages.
3) Key questions to encourage thinking:
What settings are common to the collages?
What type of characters do you notice?
What examples of plot line are shown?
Are there any key symbols amongst the collages?
4) Students comment on another peers collage, stating one narrative
convention they themselves had missed.
5) Ensure student answers are centred around the following narrative
conventions and prompt students to ensure all elements are covered:
Setting: expansive landscapes, saloons, jail, isolated
homestead, ranches
Characters: protagonist = typically a loner character outside
of the law, sheriffs, cowboys
Themes: revenge, escape, good vs. bad
Plot: Conflicts with the land; ends in gunfight.
Key symbols: horses, tumbleweed, guns, Cowboy hat

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Return to PicCollage Purpose: to identify features in own work and make

3:05
suggestions for improvement

1) Students return to their original PicCollage and create a border

around it to annotate the narrative conventions that they have used.
2) Using the class created list of narrative conventions that are typical of
a Western, students identify how many that they have included and
edit their PicCollages to add more images if theyve missed key
points.
3) Once students complete they upload new annotated and edited
collages to Class Verso.
3:15pm
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

1) Remind class that next lesson theyll be using their PicCollages, so

students who havent finished must finalise and upload to Verso prior
to next lesson.
2) Teacher reviews students submissions taking note of aspects that
need revision before beginning next lessons activity. Choose an
exemplar to begin the next lessons review.
3) Follow up with students who have excelled and those that require
more work in the next lesson.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)

Objective 1: this objective is met if students have successfully completed and

annotated their PicCollage to include all key narrative conventions of a
Western film.