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The Meaning of a Name: looking at the practical implications of the Australian Curriculum.

The Meaning of a Name: looking at the practical implications of the Australian Curriculum. Rachel Abercrombie & Alice Kelly. Teachers teach according to themes set by the Head of English. Each theme has specific Subject descriptors allocated to be covered. Used planning documents from QLD.

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The Meaning of a Name: looking at the practical implications of the Australian Curriculum.

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  1. The Meaning of a Name: looking at the practical implications of the Australian Curriculum. Rachel Abercrombie & Alice Kelly

  2. Teachers teach according to themes set by the Head of English. • Each theme has specific Subject descriptors allocated to be covered. • Used planning documents from QLD. Implementing the AC

  3. Themes were set up to support content of the Pearson Textbooks that the school chose to use to support student learning. • Each term has two themes (a shorter and longer unit) • The themes are all covered by each teacher throughout the year but when they are covered varies to take the pressure off resources • C:\Users\amk\Documents\Australian Curriculum\Implementation Plan.docx Implementing the AC

  4. Knowing we wanted to create units around a theme we needed to work out how to then go about planning • A big concern was how we could keep track of what Content Descriptors were being covered to ensure each teacher covers all Year 8 descriptors with their classes • Setting up a template for planning units was difficult at first, but much easier after finding the documents that QLD shared. Planning documents

  5. Australian Curriculum and resources webpage Planning documents-QSA website. http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/13655.html

  6. Year Planner Template Planning documents-QSA website. http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/13655.html

  7. Year Planner Template Planning documents-QSA website. http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/13655.html

  8. Year Planner Template Planning documents-QSA website. http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/13655.html

  9. QLD information was incredibly helpful, particularly looking at their sample plans and units • We based our documentation on theirs as their templates were available online. Planning documents

  10. Planning documents

  11. We used the implementation plan shown earlier in conjunction with the unit plans to create a Year Plan for each teacher- this would ensure that each teacher covers each content descriptor more than once to help students achieve the outcomes set by ACARA. • Implementation Plan • Unit Plans • Year Plan Planning documents

  12. 4-5 week etymology unit (originally a 3 week unit, but in practice to cover with adequate depth for students we discovered more time was needed). Content Descriptors • Understand the influence and impact that the English language has had on other languages or dialects and how English has been influenced in return (ACELA1540) • Understand how conventions of speech adopted by communities influence the identities of people in those communities (ACELA1541) • Analyse and explain how language has evolved over time and how technology and the media have influenced language use and forms of communication (ACELY1729) Putting it into practice:The Etymology Unit

  13. Unit plan ..\Australian Curriculum\Etymology\Year 8 unit etymology.docx • Teacher guide- outlines resources and work to be completed ..\Australian Curriculum\Etymology\Etymology Unit Booklet for Teachers.docx Putting it into practice:The Etymology Unit

  14. Before and After

  15. Etymology

  16. Etymology

  17. Greek or Latin Roots

  18. Greek or Latin Roots

  19. Prefixes and Suffixes

  20. Prefixes and Suffixes

  21. Etymology

  22. History of the English Language

  23. History of the English Language

  24. History of the English Language

  25. History of the English Language

  26. Early texts

  27. Early texts

  28. Language Change

  29. Language Change

  30. Aussie Slang

  31. Aussie Slang

  32. Onomastics

  33. Onomastics

  34. Last names

  35. Last names

  36. Name facts

  37. Name facts

  38. Variations in language

  39. Variations in language

  40. Everything has taken longer than we anticipated • Most of the content descriptors have clauses that make it necessary to specifically plan how they will be included in the course work, being complacent won’t help • Some states/schools seem to be doing fewer units, but including lots of activities and depth to help meet the course requirements- something worth considering What we’ve found along the way…

  41. Questions?

  42. Some places we found resources for this unit: • TES http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Etymology-Booklet-6013121/ • Teach it http://www.teachit.co.uk/attachments/11985.pdf • Books with activities already planned. References

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