2024 Unit Scope and Sequence
Weeks Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
1 Orientation Tuesday 24 January - Year 7 Team Building 10 min - Reading for enjoyment.
22/01 Day Apollo and Hercules 5 min – Read short story to kids –
Isabelle ‘Escape’
Wednesday 25 January - Year 7 Team 25 min – Reading Comprehension
Building Day Pegasus & Vulcan Worksheet
o Writer’s Toolbox - Adverb Start
Thursday 26 January AUSTRALIA DAY 30 min – Narrative Writing - Sizzling
Starts
Friday 27 January – Year 7 Mini House Cup a) Explain
b) Examples
Borrow novel from library c) The Hook Book
d) Examples
e) Activity – Five Minute Fast
Starts
Group work
2 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment School Photos – Date unknown
29/01 5 min – Read short story to kids – 5 min – Read short story to kids –
Rhianna ‘Shark’ Maddison ‘The Final Point’ Swimming Carnival – Date unknown
15 min – Homework: Conventions of 25 min – Reading Comprehension
language and spelling Worksheet PAT testing – Date unknown
o Handout week 2’s HW. o Writer’s Toolbox – ING Start
Set-up Writer’s Toolbox – Date
Explain 30 min – Narrative Writing – Endings with
Unknown
Write HW in diary Impact
10 min – Reading Comprehension o Explain
Worksheet o Examples
o Writer’s Toolbox – Very Short o Activities – Endless Possibilities and
Sentence Working Backwards
30 min – Narrative Writing –
Tightening Tension
o Explain
o Examples (pebble, rock,
boulder)
o Activity – The Senses
Brainstorm
Group work
3 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment Spare lesson – school events
5/02 5 min – Read short story to kids – 5 min – Read short story to kids – Grace
Grace ‘The Tightrope’ ‘The Tightrope’
25 min – Homework: Conventions of 25 min – Reading Comprehension
language and spelling Worksheet
o Collect week 2’s HW. Reflect o Writer’s Toolbox –W Start
on effort and difficult. 30 min – Narrative Writing – Dynamic
o Handout week 3’s HW. Dialogue
Explain o Examples
Write HW in diary o Other words for ‘said’
30 min – Narrative Writing – Plan for
Success
o Explain
o Activity (‘The Sign Said’)
i) Brainstorming
ii) Selecting ideas
iii) Planning and plotting
o Group work
4 10 min – Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 1st draft of narrative
12/02 5 min – Read short story to kids – 5 min – Read short story to kids – Cody Draft conditions:
Kyan ‘History in the Making’ ‘The Race’ o In class draft, hand written.
25 min – Homework: Conventions of 30 min – Reading Comprehension o Stimulus: The Sign Said
language and spelling Worksheet
o 5 minutes planning
o Collect week 3’s HW. Reflect o Writer’s Toolbox – Preposition
o 30 minutes writing
on effort and difficult. 30 min – Narrative Writing – Ban the Boring
o 5 minutes proofreading
o Handout week 4’s HW. Bits
Explain o Explain
After the in-class draft, students will
Write HW in diary o Examples
get 20 minutes to provide peer
30 min – Narrative Writing – Show,
feedback using the sheet provided.
Don’t Tell
Step through the feedback sheet with
o Examples
the class.
Group work
5 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment ‘The Sign Said’ draft due to teacher,
19/02 50 min - Type and improve ‘The Sign 60 min - Type and improve ‘The Sign Said’ for feedback.
Said’ draft. draft. o Use provided feedback sheet.
10 min – Homework: Conventions of Homework time okay. 60 min – showing students how to
language and spelling print
a) Collect week 4’s HW. Reflect
on effort and difficult.
b) Week 5’s HW - Improve ‘The
Sign Said’ short story. Write
in diary
Group work
6 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment 10 min - Reading for enjoyment
26/02 5 min – Read short story to kids – 5 min – Read short story to kids – Noah 5 min – Read short story to kids – Mic
Will ‘The Big Bank Robbery’ ‘The Scaly Beast’ ‘Little Birdie’
20 min – Homework: Conventions of 25 min - Reading comprehension skills 25 min - Reading comprehension
language and spelling d) Working out word meanings skills
a) Handout week 6’s HW. e) Understanding writer’s purpose and g) Understanding graphs and
Explain text organisation tables
Write HW in diary f) Understanding main ideas h) Inferring
35 min - Reading comprehension 25 min – Explicit teaching of Samples A i) Reading critically
skills (from Excel book) and C (worked examples) 25 min – Explicit teaching of Samples
a) Skimming for gist or preview A and C (worked examples)
b) Scanning for specific
information
c) Predicting
o Group work
7 ‘The Sign Said’ draft + teacher Edit ‘The Sign Said’ Edit ‘The Sign Said’
4/03 feedback handed back to students o Edit for expression:
Edit ‘The Sign Said’ Dynamic Dialogue o Line edits
o Edit for structure: Show, Don’t Tell Correct spelling and
Sizzling Start Homework time okay. punctuation
Tightening Tension Homework time okay.
Ending with Impact
10 min – Homework: Conventions of
language and spelling
o Collect week 6’s HW. Reflect on
effort and difficult.
o Week 7’s HW - Improve ‘The
Sign Said’ short story. Write in
diary
8 Final copy of narrative DUE NAPLAN ?
11/03 Revise Persuasive Writing in
preparation for NAPLAN Writing
No homework – NAPLAN
