Lesson title: Characterisation of characters (Lesson 4)

Year level: 5 Lesson length: 60 minutes

CURRICULUM LINKS
CONTENT DESCRIPTORS: ENGLISH
LITERACY
 Identify and explain characteristic structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and
persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text (ACELY1701)
LITERATURE
 Create literary texts using realistic and fantasy settings and characters that draw on the worlds
represented in texts students have experienced (ACELT1612)
 Identify aspects of literary texts that convey details or information about particular social, cultural and
historical contexts (ACELT1608)

GENERAL CAPABILITIES CROSS-CURRICULUM PRIORITIES

 Literacy  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
 Numeracy Histories and Cultures
 ICT Competence  Asia and Australian’s engagement with
 Critical and creative thinking Asia
 Ethical understanding  Sustainability
 Personal and social competence
 Intercultural understanding

CONTEXT AND Prior to this lesson, students would have been looking at a setting and writing about the
BROAD GOALS setting. They would have used the 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell & taste) to help
guide them into writing and exploring the setting.

This particular lesson will get students to explore the concept of characterisation.

Hence, the two main goals of this lesson:

1) Students to understand what characterisation and is able to explain what it means back
to the teacher
2) Students to complete and engage in the characterisation worksheet.
SPECIFIC Students will:
LEARNING
OUTCOMES  Identify and explain what characterisation is
 Use this knowledge to complete and participate in the game
 Use this knowledge to complete the worksheet – where they will also apply their
knowledge from the previous three lessons

ACARA Link:
“Students explain how text structures assist in understanding the text.”
DESCRIPTION OF TEACHER LEARNER RESOURCES TIME
THE LESSON Introduction/Engagement 3
SEQUENCES minutes
Begin by reviewing content
from the previous lesson.

Questions teacher will ask

students:
What did we do last lesson? Students will participate
in discussion about
What are the five senses used previous lesson.
to explore setting?

What did we wonder?

Is there anything which needs

to be clarified from last
lesson?

YouTube clip
Teacher will play a YouTube
clip which will explain to the Students will watch the YouTube clip: 3
students what characterisation clip and summarise to the youtube.com/ minutes
is. teacher what watch?v=Gr_c
characterisation is. Mj7wiIk
Teacher will get students to
summarise what
characterisation is.
Body of the lesson
PowerPoint:
Students to participate in 7
Teacher to present well-
discussion. PowerPoint minutes
known Disney characters to
students and facilitate a
discussion around them.

Questions which teacher will

ask students:
Who are these characters?

What do we know about

them?

How do we know that

information about those
characters?

Where are they from?

What are they like?

Literature Deal
Teacher will explain how to Students will participate Literature Deal 7
play Literature Deal to the in playing Literature cards minutes
students. Deal.

Teaching strategies:
 Teacher will group
students based on
their table’s groups
(ideally groups of 4)
 Each group will leave
one at a time to avoid
Students to listen to the
congestion
rules and ask questions
 Teacher to also have when needed.
 the cards organised in
front of the classroom

Step 1:
Talk about the rules of
Literature Deal (refer to
Literature Deal section of the
website for rules).
Questions for students:
Do you understand the rules?

What part don’t you

understand?

If you receive a ‘pass go’

card, what does that mean?

What is the goal of this

game? Students to get into 10 mins
groups.
Step 2:
Group the students into the
table groups and hand out
their cards. Students to participate in
the game.
Step 3:
Ask students to go into their
groups and play the game.

Teaching strategy:
Remind students that they
only have 15 minutes to play
the game. 20-25
Students will listen to the Social media minutes
Social media profile instructions of the task. profile
Teacher will gather students They will also ask worksheets
to the front of the classroom questions when needed.
and explain the social media Computers so
profile activity. students can
research
Teacher will ask students to
choose a character from the Books on Disney
game or PowerPoint and characters (if
explore that character. available)
Students to complete the
Teacher will go through the social media profile
worksheet quickly and worksheet.
explain the sections to the
students. Teacher will also
ask students to fill out the
social media profile.
- If extra scaffolding is
needed, the teacher
will help those
students as a separate
 group

Teaching strategies:
 During this stage
teacher will take
anecdotal notes of the 5
students Students will share their Glow and grow minutes
social media profile with feedback sheets
Conclusion: a partner and then
complete a glow and
Teacher to get students to grow feedback sheet.
share their work with a
partner. Students will provide
feedback on a glow and grow
sheet.
DIFFERENTIATI Visual learners:
ON Have instructions written on white board so they can refer back to it.

Cognitive learning needs:

Set up quiet space/ their own learning space. Also, inform these students of the learning
sequence (if learning sequence change - inform the student). Teacher could also provide
a step by step card.

Hearing impairment:
Standing at the front of the classroom or at a place where every student can read the
teacher’s lips

**The dyslexic student will be allowed to use their laptop (chrome book) to assist them,
using voice dictation to record their ideas.
ASSESSMENT Teacher will take anecdotal notes on students during the lesson.
PREPARATION/ Preparation
EQUIPMENT Set up tables in table groups
Print off the worksheets (social media profile and feedback sheet)
Have the cards ready to go
Have the PowerPoint ready

Equipment:
 Literature Deal cards
 Projector + computer
 Computers for the students to do their research
 Books to help students do their research
RESOURCES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr_cMj7wiIk