Learning task 1: Unit overview
In this activity you will read texts that discuss overseas drivers on New Zealand roads. After studying close reading exemplars, you will complete a close reading activity on the text provided.
Introduce students to US 12420
- study a model of US 12420 You will be assessed on how well you:
- explain one main idea in the text, supported by a specific reference from the text
- analyse the significance of a main idea [significance could be linked to a social, historical, physical, political or personal context], supported by a specific reference from the text
- describe the effects of three
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, using correct terminology.
- identify and analyse one way the text is shaped [eg: through structure or narrative technique], supported by a specific reference from the text
- learn how to find main ideas of texts
- learn how to paraphrase main ideas
- learn how to analyse the significance of the main ideas of texts.
Introduce the theme of the challenges of driving in a different country
- Introduce this idea by writing on the whiteboard "Driving in New Zealand/Driving in another country". Choose a country where a large group of your students come from.
- Ask them to also consider what it is like for a new person coming to the country and driving a car there.
- Use the Think/Pair/Share strategy. Have students discuss and compare driving habits in New Zealand with their own country.
- Record responses on the whiteboard under the headings Plus/Minus/Interesting.
Published on: 14 Jul 2009
