Lesson summary
This lesson is designed to be completed independently by students.
Students will gain a greater understanding of the challenges COVID-19 presents in a country other than Australia. They will begin by reading through an article and answering comprehension questions to make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Next, they will complete a set of activities that uses visual stimulus from the article to develop deeper thinking. Students will then complete sets of detailed planning activities that focus on character, setting and narrative development for their own writing. Finally, students will put all of their planning together to write a narrative based on COVID-19 in India.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand the key components of narrative writing by completing a range of planning activities on character, setting and narrative structure
- write a narrative story based on stimulus material from the article and on the issue of COVID-19 in India.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- develop well rounded characters for your narrative
- develop an atmospheric setting for your narrative
- develop an exciting narrative structure
- use all of your planning to write a final narrative piece based on information from the article and on the issue of COVID-19 in India.
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Year 7 English:
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas (ACELY1725)
- Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impact (ACELY1726)
- Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to confidently create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts (ACELY1728)
Year 8 English:
- Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate (ACELY1736)
- Experiment with text structures and language features to refine and clarify ideas to improve the effectiveness of students’ own texts (ACELY1810)
- Use a range of software, including word processing programs, to create, edit and publish texts imaginatively (ACELY1738)
General capabilities: Literacy.
Resources required
- Device with internet connection for research
- Article: India and coronavirus: lack of access to handwashing facilities among poor makes fight even harder
Tips for parents and carers
Students can feel a range of emotional responses when researching and discussing COVID-19.
If you need further support for students please refer to: https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/
Additional info
Learning@Home resources are designed for parents and teachers to use with children in the home environment. They can be used as stand-alone activities or built into existing curriculum-aligned learning programs. Our Learning@Home series includes two types of resources. The first are fun and challenging real-world activities for all ages, the second are self-directed lessons for upper primary and secondary students. These lessons support independent learning in remote or school settings.
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