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Crow Country by Kate Constable -Full Assessment Task and Rubric
A complete assessment for Crow Country!
This no-fuss resource offers four unique writing options students can choose from to respond to the text ‘Crow Country’.
It also has a complete rubric and a list of targeted skills by year level taken from the national curriculum.
You can also find the complete novel study in my store. :)
Crow Country by Kate Constable CH 4-6 Novel Study
Crow Country by Kate Constable CH 4-6 PPT
(17 slides/duration: approximately 1 hr.)
Important success criteria and learning intentions.
Chapter 1 Summary for students who need more scaffolding or did not attend the previous session.
Complete answers for chapter one questions. T can either present these in class or print them for absent students.
Chapter 2 Summary for students who need more scaffolding or did not attend the previous session.
Complete answers for previous chapter two questions. T can either present these in class or print them for absent students.
Chapter 3 Summary for students who need more scaffolding from their teacher.
Complete answers for previous chapter three questions. T. can present these in class or print them for absent students.
While-reading session: FOUR key themes to highlight or annotate.
Creative extension: SS. Use the information from the previous session to answer a creative task.
New comprehension questions for chapters 4,5 and 6.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Some Australian national standards targeted in this lesson.
YEAR 7
AC9E7LA01
YEAR 8
AC9E8LE02
YEAR 9
AC9E9LE02
YEAR 10
AC9E10LE03
Crow Country by Kate Constable CH 1-3 Novel Study
Crow Country by Kate Constable CH 1-3 PPT
(20 slides/duration: approximately 1 hr.)
A set success criteria and learning intentions
While-reading session, chapters 1-3 with 4 key themes for students to highlight or annotate.
guided questions for chapter one, two and three to help students in the post-reading phase.
Super fun and creative storyboarding activity: map the initial interaction between the crows and Sadie.
Bigger-picture prompt: SS write an analytical response to text based on chapters 1,2,3 of Crow Country. T. guides and models the final answer.
Extension Question using the TEEL formula. T. reviews the TEEL acronym and asks students to structure their own responses for submission. The task asks students to use their prior-knowledge from chapters 1-3 of Crow Country to establish an answer.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
I hope that this lesson will help inspire your students and take the guesswork out of teaching Crow Country. Best of luck!
Some Australian national standards targeted in this lesson.
YEAR 7
AC9E7LA04
YEAR 8
AC9E8LA04
YEAR 9
AC9E9LE01
YEAR 10
AC9E10LA03
Introduction to Crow Country by Kate Constable
Crow Country by Kate Constable introduction PPT
(20 slides/duration: approximately 1 hr.)
A set success criteria and learning intentions
Pre-reading section: key facts about Kate Constable’s novel.
Extensive introduction to 12 important characters in the novel. These slides discuss their characteristics, motivations and relationship to other characters and events in the narrative.
Nuanced focus- what is Crow Country really about? (Aboriginal connections to land, 1788 and the impact of colonialism). Viewing Crow Country through a lens that supports and understands Aboriginal tradition and cultural norms.
Brainstorming task: focussing on making inferences and researching about Boort.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Australian national standards for all Australian teachers targeted in this lesson.
YEAR 7
AC9E7LA01
AC9E8LA03
YEAR 8
AC9E8LY02
YEAR 9
AC9E9LY03
YEAR 10
AC9E10LA01
Runner-Robert Newton Chapters 22-23 analysis
Set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task on the themes of wealth and violence in Runner.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 19-21
Class discussion questions
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Writing skill: reviewing the TEEL structure.
Activity: students complete a practice prompt from Runner using TEEL
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner-Robert Newton Chapters 19-21 Analysis
Set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task on the themes of wealth and violence in Runner.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 16-18
Class discussion questions
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Writing skill: Learning about metonymy as a literary device
Activity: students complete a think, pair, share activity.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner-Robert Newton chapters 16-18
Set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt focusing on persuasive writing skills.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 13-15
Class discussion questions
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Writing skill: Learning about paradox from the novel and from popular media sources.
Activity: Think Pair Share tasks on paradoxes in Runner.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner-Robert Newton Chapters 13-15 Analysis
Set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt about past and present gender roles
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 10-12
Class discussion questions
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Writing skill: Learning about 6 types of sensory writing.
Activity: students create their own examples of sensory writing .
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner-Robert Newton Chapters 10-12 Analysis
A set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt on how to compare and contrast.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 10-12.
Class discussion questions
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Writing skill: learning about two types of irony presented in Runner (verbal and situational).
Activity: students read through 3 scenarios and identify and explain how irony has been shown in each situation.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner-Robert Newton Chapter 7-9 analysis
A set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt targeting characterisation of Mr. Peacock and Mrs. Feehan.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 7-9
a. Task: T. explains each of the motifs or symbols from Runner and gives an explanation about what each of these symbolise.
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Comprehension questions for chapters 7,8 and 9.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Guided reading lesson template
A basic lesson plan template for teachers working with a novel study and analysis. There are sentence stems as indicators of how to direct learning.
Runner-Robert Newton Chapters 4- 6 Analysis
A set success criteria and learning intentions slide for the lesson.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt targeting researching skills.
Slides with chapter summaries for chapters 1-3.
Skill focus: All about motifs and symbols (definitions and examples)
Model answer for skill: Mr. Feehan’s boots as motif.
Student task: SS identify each of the motifs or symbols from Runner and give an explanation about what each of these symbolise.
After reading each chapter, I have set up key inquiry questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Comprehension questions for chapters 4,5 and 6.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
Runner by Robert Newton lessons 1-3
PPT features and notes to teachers
A created success criteria and learning intentions slide.
Initial reflection task -students write a prompt based on making inferences.
Before we read section on where and when the story takes place. Also, there is an inquiry question about Richmond in 1919 vs. today.
Detailed introduction to characters in the novel and three themes you could potentially structure an essay prompt with.
Introduction to character types in narrative texts, students then have to match the character type to the characters from the book. For example: The confidant character can be attributed to Charlie’s friend ‘Nostrils’.
After reading each chapter, I have set up comprehension questions for students to either complete in class or as homework tasks.
Reflection of success criteria and learning intentions at the end of the PPT, here the focus is to ask students to take accountability for their understanding and let you know what they easily understood and what they require more assistance with.
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