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TERM/WEEKS:

YEAR LEVEL: 5

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC:

ENGLISH Writing

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Lang
Literacy
Literature

(ACELY1701)

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE
Discuss the
orientation,
complication and
resolution of a wellknown narrative.
Brainstorm the
orientation,
complication and
resolution of a wellknown narrative.
Understand the
importance and use
of the orientation,
complication and
resolution in
narratives.

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

Visual
assessment &
class discussion
at lesson closure
(can jot down any
names of
students who
seem a bit
confused with the
orientation,
complication and
resolution of a
narrative and who
might need some
extra help in the
next lesson).

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

This lesson is teaching the structure of a narrative

through the movie Frozen.
Introduction: - Short clip of Frozen to refresh
students about the movie.
- I do part from teacher where he/ she
explains the different parts of a narrative.
Orientation = who, when, where.
Complication = any problems that occur
through the story. Resolution = how the
complication/s were resolved (if they were
resolved). Teacher to then ask students
what they think the orientation, complication
and resolution of Frozen was.
Main activity: - Students are to work in pairs to
create a brainstorm on Popplet of the story of
Frozen. This brainstorm needs to include the
orientation, complication and resolution. It can also
include a bubble of who is your favourite
character and what is your favourite part in
Frozen.
Lesson closure: - Review lesson objectives. Key

KEY
QUESTIONS

Does anyone
know what
the
orientation is
of Frozen?
How about
the
complication
? What about
the
resolution?

What does
orientation
mean?
Complication
?
Resolution?

RESOURCES

Popplet
Apple TV
&
YouTube
to show
clip of
Frozen
One iPad
between
two
students

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Create a
brainstorm of ideas
for an orientation,
conflict and
resolution of their
own narrative they
are creating.
(Students choose a
character from
Frozen then create
their own narrative
with that
character).

Teacher to assess
the students
brainstorms
before continuing
on to lesson 3
another time
(where they will
maybe do drafts
of their narrative)
to see that they
are understanding
the concept of
what goes into the
different parts of a
narrative. If all
students are not
really
understanding the
different parts
through this
brainstorm,
teacher to go over
the structure of a
narrative as a
class again.

questions = Does anyone know what the

orientation means? Complication? Resolution?
Why are these important and what do they bring
to a narrative/ story?
Learner diversity: - Help from teacher and also
peer help.

Why are
these
important in a
narrative?

Introduction will include a quick re-visit of previous

lesson (lesson 1) where the class talked about the
structure of a narrative. Get students to recall the
structure before prompting. Ask students what
goes into the different parts and why they think it is
important to have different parts in a story. "In this
lesson, we will be using that structure to make our
own narratives with our favourite character from
Frozen". "We will be brainstorming ideas for each
of the parts in our story. So some ideas for the
start, some ideas for the middle, and some ideas
for the end." Students are to remember the
information from lesson 1 about what goes into the
different parts (orientation, complication and
resolution) - as this is what will be assessed from
this lesson. Learner diversity = iPads will be used
in this lesson for brainstorming, so teacher/ EA
help can be provided for any students who need
help, or alternative apps that are a bit easier to use
can be used. App = Spider scribe or Bubblus.

What did we
learn in our
last lesson
about the
structure of a
narrative?
What are the
different parts
of a
narrative?
Why are they
important in a
story? Which
part of the
narrative tells
us about the
characters?
Which part
tells us about
any problems
that are
happening?
Which part
tells us about
how a
problem was
fixed or not
fixed?

One iPad per

student.
Spider scribe
or Bubblus.

Students will
need an iPad
with the Comic
Life app
downloaded.
Students will
need to use their
iPad Camera to
take photos.

ACELY1704: Plan, draft and

publish imaginative,
informative and persuasive
print and multimodal texts,
choosing text structures,
language features, images and
sound appropriate to purpose
and audience.

(ACELT1612)

Students will start to

publish their ideas on
their narrative using the
Comic Life app.

Teacher should
first check
students
brainstorms from
Lesson 2 (if
students
brainstorms are
lacking, an
additional lesson
may be needed).
If students
brainstorms are
adequate, they
can start inputting
their ideas into
the Comic Life
app for only the
Orientation
section. This
section will need
to be checked
before they can
continue, to
ensure that the
students are using
the app correctly.
Students can
Airdrop their
comic to the
teachers iPad.

This Lesson is mainly about using the Comic Life app.

Students should have a already completed a brainstorm
on Popplet of their ideas for their own narrative under
the sections of Orientation, Complication and
Resolution. Teacher should conduct a whole class
demonstration on how to use the Comic Life app and
outline how to use some of its key features such as,
using the many different fonts, templates, balloons,
captions, lettering art and how to use the Script editor to
create the text of the story. Teacher should also
demonstrate how to use the drag and drop element of
the app.
Students can use the camera to get one of their peers to
take photos of them so that they can use themselves in
the app as a character.
Students who finish quickly and have airdropped their
orientation to the teachers iPad can help some of their
peers who may be struggling

What are the

three main
sections of a
narrative?
(Orientation,
Complication.
Resolution)
What are some
of the things
that happen in
the Orientation
of a narrative?
(Characters
are introduced
to the reader,
setting is
established)
So these are
the things I
want to see in
the orientation
of your
narrative. I
want to be able
to see a clear
setting and I
want to be
introduced to
some
interesting
characters.

Book
Creator
app
iPads
Apple TV
for
demonstrat
ion of how
to use app

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Students are to use
their previous lesson
ideas to create and
publish their own
narratives onto Book
Creator app on iPad.

Teacher to log
onto Book Creator
after this lesson to
assess each
narrative. This will
be the final
assessment in
seeing if students
understand the
structure of a
narrative, and can
create their own
including these
important
components.

Introduction: - Quick revision of previous lesson

where everyone used the Comic Life app to submit
their ideas for a narrative. Teacher to explain that
today we will be submitting our own narrative on
Book Creator app on iPads, and we can use those
ideas from the last lesson where we use Comic
Life. (Teacher to demonstrate how to use Book
Creator app, and answer any questions the
students may have). Teacher to then ask the key
questions before students start working on their
narratives.
Main activity: - Students will have a certain amount
of time to write their full narratives and publish onto
the Book Creator app on their iPads. If students
have finished, they can help any of the other
students who may be struggling.

Lesson closure: - Teacher to let students know that

he/ she is really proud of all of their hard work over
these four lessons about the structure of a
narrative, and he/ she will be looking at everyones
stories on Book Creator.

What do you
need to write
in the
beginning of
the story?
What do you
need to write
in the middle
of the story?
What do you
need to write
at the end of
your story?

Would you
use Book
Creator to
publish a
story/
narrative
again? Or
what could
be some
other ways/
things we
could try e.g.
other apps?
What is
another
movie or

classic story
we could look
at the
structure of?