GRADE 8-CONSOLIDATION CAMP-LESSON 4-CANDIDIER (1).pptx

CONSOLIDATION CAMP
Lesson Plan 4
Reading the Text –
Recounts

Question 1:
•How can you tell from the title that
‘Shackleton’s Journey is more likely to be
a factual rather than a fictional text?
- Fictional texts usually have more
exciting titles; it looks like a record of an
actual trip; it looks like the sort of writing
task done by an explorer or a traveler.

Question 2:
•Knowing that Shackleton’s Journey is a
recount, what are you expecting to see
in it?
- A description of who is involved,
why they were going to the Antarctic and
something about what happened on their
journey there; what happened when they
arrived.

Question 3:
•In what ways is a factual text different to
a fictional text?
- Factual texts recount events that
actually happened whereas fictional texts
narrate events that either could possibly
happen but didn’t or could never have
happened. Narratives are more likely to have
themes or messages or morals to their stories.

Lesson Purpose and
Intention
Time: 3 minutes

In this lesson we are going to look at
another type of text that involves a
sequence of events, except this time
it’s not a fictional, imagined text but
a non-fiction, factual text. It’s called
a RECOUNT.

Lesson Language Practice
Time: 5 minutes

Language Focus:
Expedition
Resilience
A desolate and
uninhabited
landmass
Whaling
station
Embarked
Grueling
Crevasses
Ordeal

Expedition - (a journey, sometimes
dangerous, needing a lot of planning and
organization, usually involving a big crew
and often to places that are remote from
humans)
A desolate and uninhabited landmass -
(an island covered in ice – no one lived
there )

A desolate and uninhabited landmass -
(an island covered in ice – no one lived
there )
Whaling station - (a small village where
ships that hunted whales would go for
harbor )

Resilience - (toughness; ability to keep
going despite setbacks)
Grueling - (difficult, exhausting)
Embarked - (go on board a ship, aircraft,
or other vehicle)

Crevasses - (cracks in the ice where the
explorers were walking that could
suddenly open up under their feet)
Ordeal - (a difficult experience).

Lesson Activities
Time: 25 minutes

READING THE TEXT
TIME: 5 MINUTES

Shackleton’s Journey
Sir Ernest Shackleton's
was one of the most famous
explorers of Antarctica. In 1914,
he set out on an expedition to
cross the Antarctic continent in
his ship, the Endurance, but it
became trapped in the ice of
the Weddell Sea and could not
move.

Shackleton and his crew
made their way across the ice
to Elephant Island, a desolate
and uninhabited landmass. At
least there was fresh water and
they were able to hunt seals
and sea lions for food. However,
Shackleton knew that no-one
would find them there so their
only chance of survival was to
find help.

Shackleton decided that he and
five of his men would set sail in a small
lifeboat on an incredible 800- mile
journey across the treacherous Southern
Ocean. They were looking for South
Georgia Island, where Shackleton knew
there was a whaling station. Battling
freezing temperatures, monstrous waves,
and relentless winds, they navigated
through icy waters, always hoping they
would reach South Georgia Island,
where they knew they could get help.

After a grueling seventeen days, they
finally reached South Georgia, however they
were on the wrong side of the island and faced
a dangerous journey over its rugged and icy
land. Shackleton and two others embarked on
this perilous journey, leaving the rest behind to
await their return. Through blizzards and
crevasses, they made their way, pushing their
bodies to the limits of endurance.

Miraculously, they arrived at the
whaling station on the other side of the
island. Shackleton immediately organized
a rescue mission to save the men he left
behind on Elephant Island.

After several attempts, Shackleton finally
succeeded in reaching Elephant Island,
rescuing his stranded crew members and
bringing them all back to safety. Not a
single life was lost during this extraordinary
ordeal.

Question [20 minutes]
Q1.How did Shackleton and his men
survive on Elephant Island?
- There was fresh water and they
could hunt seals and sea lions for food.

Q2. List the problems Shackleton and
his men faced on the journey from
Elephant Island to South Georgia Island.
- It was 800 miles;
- there were freezing temperatures,
monstrous waves, relentless winds, and
icy waters.

Q3. Look at the first paragraph of the
text. How does it match the typical
opening paragraphs of a Recount?
- It has who is involved, and when
and where the events happened.

Q4. What difficulty did Shackleton and
his men face once they got to South
Georgia Island?
-They were on the wrong side of the
island from the whaling station and had
to walk across the island to get to it.’

Q5. Find evidence that Shackleton was an
intelligent leader who was not afraid to
make hard decisions.
- He knew they would not get rescued
on Elephant Island; he decided to take a
crew of 5 on a lifeboat to get to South
Georgia Island.

Q6. This Recount does not have a
concluding paragraph that sums up the
significance of the events. Write a
paragraph giving the text such a
conclusion.
- The text actually concludes:
‘Shackleton's journey is a testament to his
leadership and stubborn spirit.

Lesson Conclusion
Time: 5 minutes

Question 1:
Question 1: The focus of the lesson
was on learning about
how RECOUNTS WORK.
How has the lesson
helped you to
understand the
difference of Narrative
and Recount?

Question 2:
Which questions
were easy to
answer? Why?

Question 3:
What strategies did
you use to answer
the harder
questions?

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