WEEK 2 - Victoria What makes you beautiful?

Session focus
1 hour
Session 1: 4

Resources

Laptops

Introduction
What are the main learning activities?

EXPLORE

Briefly revisit the team work rubric with the whole class

Choose a few students to

Explain;

share a question from their

Journal

*Prompts
inquiry
*Structures Highlighters,
Inquiry
post-it notes
*Maintains
session
momentum Project/scrap

learning journal ie I really

pg. 1

want to find out about

so we know what we are looking for

What did you add and why?

Students to brainstorm as a group what questions they

How does it relate to your

want to find out about that are relevant to their roles

role?

and document them in the learning journal under

Blooms
Taxonomy:
Comprehension

We are
learning to
locate and
research

Now that we know what our task is and we understand

our job description we need to formulate our questions

books

Learning
Intentions:

Sharing group / Assessment

headings environmentalist

In relation to searching and

finding a fact,

a) What do I really want to find out about?

What did you find

b) What do I really need to know?

challenging about this task?

c) What questions do I have about?

d) What would like to learn more about? Why?

Roam and assist

What helped you?

information
using a range of
communication
forms
Success
Criteria:
I will know how
to start
researching
information
using a range of
communication
formssuch as
text media and
internet
sources

Re-join class

Model: start searching and collecting facts and

information on the internet

Demonstrate: how to use keywords to search the search

engine and how to locate and turn information from the
internet into their OWN words. An example can be
gathering dot point facts in answer to their questions;

Show how they will store their research (files, folders,

notebooks, journal, project/scrap books)

Have a hard copy example that has relevant and

irrelevant information demonstrate and question
relevance

Students use highlighters, post it notes to identify what

is important/relevant to their role

Students start researching

Open, name and save a folder on your desktop for your
region

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Browse www.visitvictoria.com
Find one or two facts that answer one of your questions

Session 2:
5

EXPLORE
Learning
Intentions:
We are
learning how to
promote the
features of our
region.
We are
learning to
research
information
using a range of
communication
forms
Success
Criteria:

pg. 3

Explain, give an example and have the team come up

Choose students to share

with a front cover for their presentation that identifies

with the class:

the name of the group, their logo, the region and all

What did you find

members (allow 20 mins to design and save/print)

challenging about this task?

Have a large map of Victoria that students can write

What helped you?

their name/group name/ logo in their region

How will this assist us in

Briefly revisit the last session on how to research the

writing our research?

internet using key words to locate relevant facts and

information.

Formative Assessment
Teacher conference allows

Model creating sentences from dot point facts using

teacher to identify point of

examples such as;

need teaching for children

a) There are lots of great things to do along the Great who have a lower level of
Ocean Road

understanding or prior

I understand
what is
important
when
promoting an
area.
I will begin to
discover
important
features of my
region.
I will know how
to start
researching
information
using a range of
communication
formssuch as
text media and
internet
sources

b) The land in the wine & high country is used for hiking, experiences and to
camping and farming

c) The wine & high country region is best known Students who are flying
forand.

Highlight that information must be recorded in OWN

WORDS and be understood by the student

Students start researching and gathering information

recording information in a folder on their laptops

Teacher conference with group 1, 2, 3, 4 (10 mins each)

Tell me what you are doing and where you are up to

a) What would you like to learn more about?

b) What do you need help with?
c) Where and how could you find more information?
d) Is this information relevant to my job description?
e) How do I organise my content?

pg. 4

differentiate their learning

ahead can be extended

Session 3:
6

Laptops

EXPLORE

Journal

Learning
Intention:
We are
learning to
research
information
using a range of
communication
forms
We are
learning to selfassess our
performance
and learning
effectiveness

Success
Criteria:
I will know how
to start
researching

pg. 5

Brief class discussion:

Formative Assessment

What others ways can I find out information about my

Teacher conference allows

region? turn and talk

teacher to identify point of

A range of

Display a range of published information reports such as

need teaching for children

published

information sheets, brochures, posters, maps and local

who have a lower level of

information

newspapers from the regions

understanding or prior

reports such
as

experiences and to
Team discussion: How are we going so far? What have

differentiate their learning

information

we achieved? What have we learnt? What do I still need

Students who are flying

sheets,

help with?

ahead can be extended

brochures,

Is our team working well together? In what ways? How

posters,

can we improve?

maps and

Students discuss as a team how effective their research

Homework:

local

is referring back to their learning goals rubric, identify

Ask Mum or Dad or other

newspapers

areas for help and work together to solve problems

principal carer if they will take

from the

you to your local information

regions

centre to see what

Students continue to research and add information to

information they offer. If they

data

are too busy think about

whats great about your town

information
using a range of
communication
formssuch as
text media and
internet
sources
I can self-assess
my
performance
and adjust
accordingly

pg. 6

Teacher conference with group 5, 6, 7 (10 mins each)

from an historical, tourist or

a) What would you like to learn more about?

environmentalist perspective,

b) What do you need help with?

that would make people want

c) Where and how could you find more information?

to visit. Write down at least 5

d) Is this information relevant to my job description?

facts.

e) How do I organise my content?

Teacher roams and assists teams to expand their

perspectives and reflect on their learning, referring back
to the Inquiry rubric