COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Lesson Plan Template

School Fitzroy High School
Topic

Year Group yr 11 VCAL

Aims

Who are Asylum Seekers? Understanding and

empathising.

Students to explore the kind of places that

refugees come from, and their stories again, in
preparation for the Sam Wallman text guards
story.

Location / Setting

Organisation / Student Groups

Classroom

Whole class watches video followed by

group discussion and presentation for the
Time to Flee activity.

Date
VELS: Strands, Domain, Foci and Standards
FOUNDATION ENGLISH:
-drawing on a range of reading strategies- skim
reading/ locating key information with multimedia (video).
- understanding tables, charts, diagrams.
- taking notes/ recalling information
AOS4: STUDY OF TEXTS:
Outcome 1:
- Identifying key ideas in factual text.
Outcome 2
- Discussion, turn-taking, collaborating
and negotiating
- developing oral skills
Classroom management strategy
Students have trouble focusing for long periods
and sessions go for 90 minutes, so Ive tried to
plan in instruction and activities in small bursts,
with as little extended chalk and talk based
instruction as possible.

Key Vocabulary
Refugee/ asylum seeker/ boat people
Detention centre

Materials, Resources and Equipment

Poster/butcher paper
Markers
Cards with important items for Time to Flee
activity.

References/Sources

INTRODUCTION
Connecting, Engaging and Modelling Inquiry

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise

CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry

25mns
Go Back Where You Came From video
to orient students with the project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=muV22TvyZ0M
Watch sections:
10:10 27:40
29:10 32:35
35:25 38:30
While watching the video half the class will
focus on the Massoudi family and half on
Wasni and his friends:
Wasni questions:
What kind of situations does Wasni
describe in Iraq?
How does he describe his boat journey?
What happens to his passport/documents?
Who does he leave behind and why?
Why doesnt he come through proper
channels?
Massoudi Family Questions:
How long did they spend in a refugee camp
in Kenya?
How many of the worlds refugees are
resettled through official channels by

40 mins

20mins

Students will be put into groups of eight to

complete Time to Flee activity from
Amnesty International:
http://www.amnesty.org.au/images/uploads/
hre/activity_time_to_flee.pdf

Conclusion will be the class

presentation of their decisions in the
Time to Flee activity and the resulting
discussion.

Preservice Teacher Reflection

Mentor Teacher Feedback

Tuesday 13 May 2014
Session 2 VCAL English

The materials you chose for this session were very relevant,
engaging and informative. There is no reason why any student
would have found these boring. Well done.

Be very clear with your directions and about the requirements

of the task. This half of the room can be very vague. Perhaps
name the students and tell them where they are sitting you
can do this when the class is small in numbers.

Might be a good idea to read over the questions with them to

ensure they understand the words. What is meant by official
channels and proper channels. The brighter kids will know,
but most wont. The discussion around conservative/liberal
and right wing really lost a lot of the kids. Try to include them
by explaining what such terms mean. They were certainly very
interested to know and learn.

There was a lot of chatter and silly behavior going on whilst

the video was running. Be alert to this and address it. You can
just walk over to the table and tap on the table, or close a
computer, or call out something. It is very easy to get caught
up in the video yourself and not be aware of what is going on
around you.

Preservice Teacher Name: Matthew McCabe_________________

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Mentor Teacher Name: Yolanda De

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