If you use the pre-planning template to make decisions about substantive knowledge and learning activities, writing the unit should be considerably easier and most importantly, you should remain focused on the BI.
Transfer the BI(s), the TRQs and Los from the pre-planning sheet.
PLANNING TEMPLATE
Stages in Planning Units of Learning (UoLs)
AGES: Select from 5–7, 7–9, 9–11, 11–14, 14–19
TITLE: XXXXXX
WRITTEN BY: ..Your Name..
BIG IDEA(S) x (and y) – Name of Big Idea(s)
OVERVIEW: Statement about this or these Big Idea(s).
Statement about this particular UOL.
Statement about the particular worldviews featured.
Statement about the approach / methods being used.
BIG IDEA X: AGE-RELATED BIG IDEA
Statement copied from Book 2, Ch 6.
TOPIC-RELATED QUESTIONS
- Xx?
- Xx ?
BIG IDEA Y: AGE-RELATED BIG IDEA
Statement copied from Book 2, Ch 6.
TOPIC-RELATED QUESTIONS
- Xx?
- Xx ?
TOPIC-RELATED QUESTION 1 Xx? (as above) |
| Learning objectives for this topic-related question Pupils know and understand (that): 1. xx 2. xx |
| Resources Resource 1: xxx Resource 2: xxx. |
| TEACHING AND LEARNING |
| Lesson 1 Ask pupils … Listen to their answers and explain that this session is about … Can they think of …? etc. ACTIVITY Explain …. Provide pupils with … Encourage the pupils to … Ask the pupils for their reflections on such questions as: xx? xx? ACTIVITY Ask pupils to … Encourage them to … If time allows, … Lesson 2 Show this video … Remind pupils of … Explain that … Ask pupils … ACTIVITY Ask pupils to … Invite the group members to … Point out how … |
…and so on for the other topic-related questions (TRQs).
TRANSFERABLE QUESTION(S)
Xxxx?
Xxxx?
Each question is ‘transferable’ because it is likely to be raised at any point during pupils’ school days and beyond. Make a digital record of the outcome that can be retrieved next time the same question arises. The pupils can then be shown the record with the task: ‘this is how you answered these questions when you were in Year x. Have you learnt anything since then that makes you want to amend what you said then?’