Rational / Goals Students will gain an appreciation of the use of diagrams in conveying information, and the relationship is has

with written text. Students will use a range of resources including the text Food webs, library books and as well as a range of information resources accessed through the internet to compile a broader understanding of relationships between animals and their environment. Students will practice creating their own diagram to display information which they have collected through their research. Key Ideas Grade 2 , English overview. Informative texts present new content about topics of interest and topics being studied in other areas of the curriculum (ACARA, 2014) Curriculum outcomes (Year 2) English (ACELA1463) - Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose (ACELA1466) - Know some features of text organisation including page and screen layouts, alphabetical order, and different types of diagrams, for example timelines (ACELY1670) - Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures Science (ACSSU030) - Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves.

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Activity Introduction - Guided reading with teacher: Students take turns reading aloud. New language and concepts are discussed Ask children What information can you find out from the food web? Why do we need food-webs, Does it look similar to something you have seen before? Assessment Teacher observes reading fluency and adds students who appear to need to move up or down a level to the next running record list. Comprehension - Independent worksheet Students increase comprehension of text by using the text to answer questions on worksheet. Students give definitions and explanations in their own words. Assessment Teacher to correct worksheets in book Exploration Computer Research Students use the text, relevant library books and laptops to research food webs and the eating habits of the animals of their choice Students write down information they find in literacy book Assessment Informal assessment as students share facts with the group during discussion in final 10 minutes of lesson Application Giant Food Wed Students work together to develop their own food web. Students each draw a number of producers and consumers on pieces of coloured paper. As a group the students arrange the animals on the floor into a food web, using thin bits of paper to link the animals. Assessment- Teacher observes the collaboration skills, food-web comprehension, and application of research during the task.

Notes / Resources 10 X Food Webs text

10 X Food Webs text 10 X Work sheet

Laptops Several animal non-fiction books, to be collected before lesson

30 pieces of A5 coloured card Stack of thinly cut coloured paper