Lesson summary
Students explore the importance of trees in the environment. They observe their own sensory and emotional experiences of trees by participating in a Rake thinking tool. Students will then use creative and descriptive language to write a poem about trees while immersed in, and inspired by, nature in the playground.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- write a poem.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- understand how to use adjectives
- engage with the outdoors using their five senses
- write creatively.
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:
English:
Students learn to:
- create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices (AC9E6LE05)
General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking,Personal and Social Capability.
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability
Relevant parts of Year 6 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 6, students create written and/or multimodal texts, including literary texts, for particular purposes and audiences, developing, explaining and elaborating on relevant ideas from topics or texts.
Resources required
- Large pieces of cardboard x 7, labelled with one of the following: Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, Smell, Thinking, Feeling/Emotion
- Whiteboard markers or thick textas x 7
- Student Worksheet - one copy per student
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- collaboration
- creativity
- social skills
Additional Info
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - guide and oversee lesson.
This lesson is designed to be taught outside. It contains all the tools required for students to reap the benefits of being outdoors while learning the outcomes of the Australian Curriculum. By spending time outdoors and connecting to nature, students are more likely to care for and conserve nature as adults.
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