Tutorial Activity 1:Critique of unit of work

1. Using WALT to create expectations for students learning; this could perhaps be followed by success criteria that student should be able to mentally tick off

2. Linking enquiry and task to detective themes is an interesting way of engaging students while also letting them know that they are going to be investigating and finding the answers

3. Breaking up the themes and lessons and detailing what will be covered will assist in ensuring that teachers are prepared and if a casual should cover the lesson, he/ she would know exactly what to teach and the outcome of that particular lesson

4. Use of ICT

4.1. Ipad

4.1.1. padlet

4.1.1.1. IWB

5. KWL CHART

5.1. assists to see where students are in learning

5.1.1. where further assistance may be necessary

6. Main take away from exemplar

6.1. structure

6.1.1. Increase confidence by preparing in advance; teacher knows what to teach and the process

6.1.1.1. limits ambiguity

7. Links to syllabus: Stage and links to KLAs (good point 1)

8. How the MT will be utilise to contextualise learning (good point 3)

9. Outcome and descriptors included which provides further links to syllabus; students are aware of relevance of task (good point 2)

10. The exemplar states how ICT would be incorporated in the lesson through the use of the app: pic collage

11. Prior knowledge has been addressed which suggest that a discussion and tasks related to this current tasks were conducted in order to enrich students learning