GOOD DAY AT BLACKROCK · 2019-10-22 · Note on use of music The documentary contains interspersed verses of Sean Nós music. The term Sean Nós means “old style”. It is a style

GOOD DAY AT BLACKROCK

ENGLISH CLASSROOM RESOURCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH RTÉ LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND JUNIOR CYCLE FOR TEACHERS WWW.RTE.IE/DOCONONE WWW.JUNIORCYCLE.IE

Contents

Written by Mary-Elaine Tynan, Deirdre Murphy & Tomás Seale

Designed by Liza-Jane Smith

Supported by RTÉ Radio 1 Documentary on One in association with RTÉ Learning and Development www.rte.ie/doconone and Junior Cycle for Teachers www.juniorcycle.ie

RTÉ Radio 1, ‘Documentary on One - Good Day at Blackrock’.Producer - Cathal MurrayProduction Supervision - Ronan KellySeries Producer - Liam O’BrienEditor of Arts, Features and Drama, RTÉ Radio 1 - Lorelei Harris

A) INTRODUCTION 3

B) PLANNING 4

C) RESOURCES 5

D) Teaching, Learning and Formative AssessmentPre-listening ExploringtheThemes(Think,Pair,Share) 6-7Active Listening SoundEffects 6/8

Listen,Reorder,Rewrite 9-12VocabGrabandLanguageAnalysis 13-15Post-Listening TheLastWord 16-18TimeCapsule 16/19

E) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT RecreatingaMomentinTime 20-24

F) APPENDIXA1. Reflective/ Creative 25 Critiqueofthe

documentaryasanaudiotext

A2.1 Learningoutcomesaddressedinthisunitoflearning 26

A2.2Templateforplanningaunitofwork 27

Documentary On One - Good Day at Blackrock

inassociationwithRTÉLearningandDevelopmentandJCTwww.rte.ie/doconone 3

_PGNO.Documentary on one - english eDucational resources

‘gooD Day at Blackrock’


IntroductionEveryradiodocumentaryisaccompaniedbyasetofteachingandlearningresources.TheresourcesbeginwithasuggestedplanforaunitofworkusingthelearningoutcomesfromtheJuniorCycleEnglishspecification.Worksheetsareindicatedbycodeswhichincludethenameofthedocumentary,theworksheet(WS)referencenumberandthepagewhereitcanbefounde.g.(Good Day at Blackrock WS 1 Pg. 7)

Appendicescontainingadditionalresources(i.e.printableworksheetsforstudents)canbefoundattheendofeachunitofwork.

This unit is organised as follows:

Pre-listening resourceswhichencouragestudentstothinkaroundthecentralthemeoftheunit.

Active listening resourcestopromotecarefullistening.

Post-listening resourceswhicharelinkeddirectlytothedocumentarycontent.

Resources for a summative assessment whichfocusonmeasuringthelearningachievedbystudentsintheunit.

In addition therearefurtherreflective/creativeresourceswhichcouldbeusedtosupportlearning,teachingandassessmentintheunit.

Teacherswhochoosetousethesereflective/creativeresourcescanrefertothestructureoutlinedinthePlanningsectionandtothemodelusedintheSummativeAssessmentsection.

Contents

A) INTRODUCTION 3

B) PLANNING 4

C) RESOURCES 5

D) Teaching, Learning and Formative AssessmentPre-listening ExploringtheThemes(Think,Pair,Share) 6-7Active Listening SoundEffects 6/8

Listen,Reorder,Rewrite 9-12VocabGrabandLanguageAnalysis 13-15Post-Listening TheLastWord 16-18TimeCapsule 16/19

E) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT RecreatingaMomentinTime 20-24

F) APPENDIXA1. Reflective/ Creative 25 Critiqueofthe

documentaryasanaudiotext

A2.1 Learningoutcomesaddressedinthisunitoflearning 26

A2.2Templateforplanningaunitofwork 27





Below is a template for planning a unit of work. Asthediagramindicates,itisduringtheplanningstagethattheteacherwillselectthelearningoutcomesanddesigntheteachingandlearningaroundtheselearningoutcomes.Itisadvisabletoplanthesummativeassessmentintheinitialstagestosupporttheformativeassessmentthroughouttheunit.Thisensuresthattheteachercanconstantlymonitorthelearningofeachstudentintermsofthechosenlearningoutcomes.Theteacherand/orstudentswillselectthetexts,resourcesandmaterialsrequiredtosupportthelearningoutcomes.Formativeassessmentwillbeongoingthroughouttheunittosupportthelearning.Learning Outcomes Addressed by the UnitThisisaunitoflessonsfocusedonthethemeofpromises andthedocumentaryGood Day at Blackrock willbeusedasitsprimarytext.

Planning

*SeeAppendixfordetailsoflearningoutcomes

Learning and

Teaching

Resources

Texts

Chooselearningoutcomes

Createsummativeassessmentto

ensurethelearningoutcomeshavebeenachieved

Planning

Formative Assessment

Self assessment grid

Good Day at Blackrock Resources

Listen, Reorder,Rewrite

Documentary on OneGood Day at Blackrock

Must, Should, CouldWriting Requirements

Rich Learning Experiences with RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary On One - on Good Day at Blackrock

Whilethisunitcouldbeseento

addressanumberofLearning

OutcomesintheEnglish

Specificationthekeyoutcomes

addressedhereareOL 5, OL7

andW3, W5*.Thesummative

assessmenttasksattheendof

theunitfacilitatetheassessment

oftheselearningoutcomes.

Think, Pair, Share





ResourcesAbout the Documentary On One - Good Day at BlackrockTitle Good Day at Blackrock

Listening Duration 9 mins

Documentary Link http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-curious-ear-doconone-good-day-at-blackrock.html

Relevant Links www.cil.ie – Irish Lights website

www.commissionersofirishlights.com – Commissioner of Irish Lights

Documentary Summary

Thisisthestoryofamanwhofulfilsapromisehemadetohis13yearoldself.

PatrickMonaghanwasalighthousekeeper.InSeptember1937,hewasswept

fromtheBlackrocklighthousebyafreakwave,tenmilesoffthecoastofMayo.

Hisbodywasneverrecovered.Sevenmonthslater,hiswifegavebirthtoagirl,

Mamie.She,inturn,hadeightchildren,includingradiopresenter,Cathal.For

yearsMamieandherfamilyhadlookedfromtheMayoshoreatthespeckthat

isBlackrockLighthouse;Patrick’sfinalrestingplace.InJune2010,withthehelp

ofIrishLights,MamieandCathalmadethejourneytotheBlackrockLighthouse.

Note on use of music

ThedocumentarycontainsinterspersedversesofSeanNósmusic.Theterm

SeanNósmeans“oldstyle”.Itisastyleofsingingdatingbackhundredsof

years,whichwashandeddownorallyfromgenerationtogeneration.Thisisan

exampleof“pure”traditionalIrishmusic.Thewordsaremoreimportantthan

thetunesandtherhythmisdictatedbyspeechrhythms.

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Planning





Teacher GuidelinesTeaching,LearningandFormativeAssessment

1. Pre-Listening (Exploring Themes)

• Studentswillreadthepromotionalpieceaboutthedocumentaryandfillouttheworksheetprovided(Good Day at Blackrock WS 1 -Pg. 7)

• UsingtheThink, Pair, Share gridonthesameworksheetstudentscanworkindividually,thenworkingroupsbeforesharingwiththeentiregroup

*Theclassmayneedtodiscusstheconcept/definitionofatheme,iftheyhaven’tdonesobefore.

2. Active Listening (Sound Effects)

• Studentswillactivelylistentothedocumentary(9minutes),notingdownanysoundeffectstheynoticeusingTheSoundBoardWorksheet(Good Day at Blackrock WS 2 -Pg. 8)

• Theywillthenchoosethreeofthesesoundeffectsanddescribehowitmadethemfeel.

• Thereisanoptionaltaskforstudentstochoosetheirfavouritesoundeffectandassesswhythesesoundswerechosenbytheproducer,payingparticularattentiontowhatishappeninginthenarrativeatthattime.Forthistaskstudentswouldneedtolistentoitagain(athomeifappropriate).

Some suggested answers for sounds heard in the documentary Sean-nósmusic Sea/Waves

Roaringsoundofahelicopter Cryofseagulls

Wind Bicycle/BMXongravel

Keys

Pre

-Listening

Active Listening

TEACHER GUIDELINES





EXPLORING THE THEMES THINK,PAIRSHARE

Pre

-Listening

Instructions:

1. Writeyourdefinitionofatheme.

2. Readthepromotionalpieceaboutthedocumentarybelowandwritealistofthe

possiblethemesinthefirstsectionoftheworksheet.

3. Nextworkwithapartnerandwritesomeoftheiranswersinthesecondsection.

4. Finally,joinupwithanothergroup,shareyourideasandthenwritedownthebest

ideasinthethirdsection.

Thisisthestoryofamanwhofulfilsapromisehemadetohis13yearoldself.PatrickMonaghanwasalighthouse-keeper.InSeptember1937,hewassweptfromtheBlackrocklighthouse,10milesoffthecoastofMayo,byafreakwave.Hisbodywasneverrecovered.Sevenmonthslater,hiswifegavebirthtoagirl,Mamie.She,inturn,hadeightchildren,includingradiopresenter,Cathal.ForyearsMamieandherfamilyhadlookedfromtheMayoshoreatthespeckthatisBlackrockLighthouse-Patrick’sfinalresting-place.In

June2010,withthehelpofIrishLights,MamieandCathalmadethejourneytoBlackrockLighthouse.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

(Good Day at Blackrock WS 1)

1. A theme is ______________________________________________________________Think, Pair, Share

2. Possible Themes 3. Possible Themes 4. Our Best Ideas Combined of the Documentary of the Documentary WhatWeWillSharewithMyIdeas WhatMyPartnerThought theClass

Pre

-Listening

STUDENT WORKSHEET





The Sound Board

Active Listening

Directions:

1.ListentotheDocumentaryonOneGoodDayatBlackrockandmakeanoteofany

soundeffectswhichyouhear.

2.Thenchoosethreeofthesoundeffectsandsaywhattheymadeyouthinkof/how

theymadeyoufeel.

1. Write a list of up to ten sound effects here

1_________________________________ 6_________________________________

2_________________________________ 7_________________________________

3_________________________________ 8_________________________________

4_________________________________ 9_________________________________

5_________________________________ 10_______________________________

2. The impact of the sound effects

Thesoundof______________________________mademethinkof/feel________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Optional work

Chooseyourfavouritesoundeffect.Inyourcopyexplainwhyyouthinkthedocumentaryproducer

choseit,payingparticularattentiontowhatishappeninginthestoryatthattime.

Thefollowingvocabularymayhelpyouwithyouranswer:Ambiance,Pace,Narration,Tone,Rhythm.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________


STUDENT WORKSHEET





Active Listening

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

3. Listen, Reorder, Rewrite

• Studentswillactivelylistentoashortclipfromthesamedocumentary(Good Day at Blackrock clip 1 which lasts 1.5 minutes)listeningforspecificinformationaboutthedaythenarratormadethepromisetohisfutureself.

• StudentswillusetheListen,Reorder,RewriteWorksheet(Good Day at Blackrock WS 3.1 -Pg. 10)toreorderthesequenceofthestorybynumberingthem1-8.

• Studentswillrewritethestoryinfull,usingthe“Must,Could,Should”writingrequirements(Good Day at Blackrock WS 3.2 -Pg. 11).

• Followingthistask,studentswillbeaskedtoreflectontheirlearningbycompletingtheListen,Reorder,RewriteSelf-AssessmentSheet(Good Day at Blackrock WS 3.3 -Pg. 12).

Answer Key - Correct Sequence of Events

1. NarratorgoestoBlacksodlighthouse2. MeetstwomenfromIrishLightsgoingupbyhelicopter3. Tellsstoryofgrandfatherwhowentmissingandaskscanhegowiththeminthe

helicopter4. Theyagreeandtellhimtocomebacklater5. HecyclesbacktoUncleJack’shouseonhisBMX,packslunchandtellsfamily.

Theywon’tbelievehim6. Cyclesbackat4pm-Toldhecan’tgo-insuranceissuesandage.Menapologise7. Hewatchesbladesmoverapidlyandthewindblowshistearsashelicoptertakesoff8. Makespromisetoselftogettotherockoneday.

TEACHER GUIDELINES

Active Listening

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Listen, Reorder,Rewrite

(a) Listen and ReorderWhilelisteningtotheclipfromthedocumentary,reordertheeventsbelowinthecorrect

sequencebynumberingthemfrom1-8.Number1hasbeenmarkedtohelpyougetstarted.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Active Listening

Events Correct number

Cyclesbackat4pmandistoldhecan’tgobecauseofinsurance

issuesandage.Menapologise.

Hewatchesbladesmoverapidlyandthewindblows

histearsashelicoptertakesoff.

Tellsstoryofgrandfatherwhowentmissingandasks

canhegowiththeminthehelicopter.

HecyclesbacktoUncleJack’shouseonhisBMX,

packslunchandtellsfamilybuttheywon’tbelievehim.

Makespromisetoselftogettotherockoneday

MeetstwomenfromIrishLightsgoingupbyhelicopter

Theyagreeandtellhimtocomebacklater

NarratorgoestoBlacksodlighthouse 1

(Good Day at Blackrock WS 3.1)

STUDENT WORKSHEET





Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Active Listening Active ListeningListen, Reorder,

Rewrite Name ___________________________________

Today’s Date ___________________________


(b) Rewrite

• WhenyouhavereorderedthestoryofGoodDayatBlackrockcorrectly,rewriteortypeupthestory

addingasmuchdetailaspossible.

• Swapyourworkwithapartnerandproofreadeachother’spiece,notingwhichofthewriting

requirementslistedbelowwereaccomplished.

• WhenyouhavefinishedthistaskyouwillreflectonyourworkbycompletingtheSelf-Assessmentgrid.

Writing RequirementsYoumust…

• Usecorrectpunctuation,spellingandgrammar

• Useparagraphswhereappropriate

• Writeinthepasttenseandthethirdperson

e.g.Oneday,whenhewastwelveorthirteen

yearsold,thenarratorwenttoBlacksod,inCo.

Mayo…

You should…• Varyyoursentencelength

• Makesureyoursentencesmakesense

• Beaccurate

You could…• Useinterestingvocabulary

• Mentionotherpartsofthestory.

STUDENT WORKSHEET





Self-Asssesment Grid

My Name

Today’s Date

What was I asked to do?

Which of the writing requirements

did I do?

Which of the writing requirements did I do

particularly well?

Which aspects of this task did I find the

most challenging? Why?

Areas for improvement? How can I get better?


Active Listening

STUDENT WORKSHEET





4. Vocab Grab andLanguageAnalysis

Active Listening

• Studentswilllistentotheshortclipfromthedocumentary(Good Day at Blackrock Clip 2

which lasts 1.5 minutes) andinsertthemissingwordsintoaclozetestexercise

• Therearetwodifferentiatedversionsofthisclozetest.

Version 1

• Inthefirstversionthewordsarenotprovided.

• Theyarelateraskedtofindasynonymorphraseforalltenmissingwords(Good Day at

Blackrock WS 4.1 -Pg. 14).Theycoulduseadictionarytodoso.

• Thentheyareinstructedthattheexcerpt(below)wasdeliveredorally,inthecontextof

aconversationandfeatureselementsoforallanguage.Theymustchooseexamples

thatsuggestthatthisisanoralpiece(e.g.repetition,colloquialisms,omissionsetc.)

Version 2

• Inthesecondversionthemissingwordsareprovidedbelowtheexercise(Good Day at

Blackrock WS 4.2 -Pg. 15).

• Thenstudentsareaskedtofindasynonymorphraseforfiveofthemissingwordsand

couldalsouseadictionary(hardcopyoronline)forthistask.

Exercise Solution

“Onthe17thofSeptember1937PatrickMonaghan,mygrandfatherwhowasonly27

yearsold,wasakeeperatBlackrockLighthouse.ItwasquiteacalmdayandPatwent

downaverysteepsetofstepswhichwerehewnintotherocktogetapailofwaterand

wastakenbyafreakwaveanddisappeared.

The17thofSeptember1937.Mymumwasbornon11thofApril1938,sochancesarePat

mightn’t havebeenawarethathewasexpectingababyandofcourseshewasbornto

afathersheneverknew.SoBlackrockLighthouse,it’salwaysbeenashrinebutashrine,

youknow,wecouldnevervisit–itwassomethingfarawayandinaccessible.

AndthelittlespeckthatI’dlookedatmywholelifeandmymumhadherwholelifeas

well,becamelargerandlargerandlargerandthenwecouldmakeoutthepaintworkon

thelighthouse,wecouldseethequartersandthenitreallybegantohitusboththatwe

wereactuallythere”

TEACHER GUIDELINES

Good Day at Blackrock WS 4.1 Good Day at Blackrock WS 4.2

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Vocab Grab and LanguageAnalysis

a) Vocab GrabListen to the excerpt from the documentary and insert the missing words in the corresponding text below. Remember to pay careful attention to your spelling!

“Onthe17thofSeptember1937PatrickMonaghan,mygrandfatherwhowasonly27yearsold,wasakeeperatBlackrockLighthouse.Itwas________acalmdayandPatwentdownaverysteepstepswhichwere________intotherocktogetapailofwaterandwastakenbyafreakwaveand____________...<SeanNósMusic>

The17thofSeptember1937.Mymumwasbornon11thofApril1938,sochancesarePat_________havebeenawarethathewasexpectingababyandofcourseshewasborntoafathershenever________.SoBlackrockLighthouse,it’salwaysbeena______butashrine,youknow,wecouldnevervisit–itwassomethingfarawayand_______________.<noise>

Andthelittle______thatI’dlookedatmywholelifeandmymumhadherwholelifeaswell,becamelargerandlargerandlargerandthenwecouldmakeoutthepaintworkonthelighthouse,wecouldseethe________andthenitreallybegantohitusboththatwewere__________there.”

b) Language ZoneIn groups, define the words (if you don’t know the words, make an educated guess based on context). Then, find a synonym or replacement phrase for each of the ten words.

OriginalWord Meaning Synonym/Phrase______________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________ __________________ ________________________

c) The above excerpt was delivered orally as a conversation and features elements of oral language. Withapartner,choosethreeexamplesthatsuggestthatthisisanoralpieceandjustifyyourchoices.

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

(Good Day at Blackrock 4.1)

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Active Listening





Vocab Grab and LanguageAnalysis

Name ___________________________________

Today’s Date ___________________________

DirectionsListen to the excerpt from the documentary and insert the missing words in the corresponding text below. The missing words have been provided in a box below to help you.

speck quarters hewn quite inaccessibleactually disappeared mightn’t shrine knew

“On the 17th of September 1937 Patrick Monaghan, my grandfather, who was only 27 years old, was a keeper at Blackrock Lighthouse. It was ________ a calm day and Pat went down a very steep steps which were ________ into the rock to get a pail of water and was taken by a freak wave and ____________... <Sean Nós Music>The 17th of September 1937. My mum was born on 11th of April 1938, so chances are Pat _________have been aware that he was expecting a baby and of course she was born to a father she never________. So Blackrock Lighthouse, it’s always been a _________ but a shrine, you know, we could never visit – it was something far away and _______________. <noise>.

And the little ______that I’d looked at my whole life and my mum had her whole life as well, became larger and larger and larger and then we could make out the paintwork on the lighthouse, we could see the ________ and then it really began to hit us both that we were

__________ there.”

Now find a synonym or replacement phrase for five of the ten missing words.

Original Word Meaning Synonym/ Phrase______________________ ________________________ ________________________

______________________ ________________________ ________________________

______________________ ________________________ ________________________

______________________ ________________________ ________________________

______________________ ________________________ ________________________


STUDENT WORKSHEET

Name________________________________________

Today’sDate________________________________

Active ListeningActive Listening





Po

st Listening5. The Last Word

–ALetterfromthePast• Studentswilllistentotheexcerptfromthedocumentary(Good

Day at Blackrock Clip 3 which lasts 30 seconds),wherethe

narrator’smotherdescribestheletterthatherfather(Patrick

Monaghan)wrotejustbeforedisappearing.

• TheywillmakealistofthedetailsmentionedintheletterusingtheNotepad

template(Good Day at Blackrock WS 5.1 -Pg. 17).

• TheywillwritetheletterusingtheLetterTemplate(Good Day at Blackrock WS 5.2

-Pg. 18).

• “Must,Could,Should”writingrequirementshavebeenprovidedforstudents.

Details students should include in their letter:

• HewasmakingalittlesailingboatforTomHenehan;

• TomHenehanwastheneighbour;

• Theboatwasalmostfinished;

• Weatherconditionsbeingfine,heshouldbebackshortly.

• Theclasswillcreateaclasstimecapsule.

• EverystudentwillbegivenaPromiseCard (Good Day at Blackrock WS 6 -Pg. 19).

• Everystudentwillmakeatleasttwopromisestotheirfutureselves.

• Thiscanbesealedinanenvelopeandreturnedtothematalaterdateiftheclass

wish.

6. Time Capsule

TEACHER GUIDELINES







Po

st ListeningThe Last Word

–ALetterFromThePast

Directions: Listencarefullytotheexcerptfromthedocumentarywherethenarrator’smotherdescribestheletterthatherfather(PatrickMonaghan)wrotejustbeforehedisappeared.

Makealistoftheinformationwhichwasincludedintheletter._________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now,writetheletterfromPatrickMonaghantohiswifeasyouimagineit.Youcanusethetemplateincludedormakeyourown.

You must… Includethedetailsmentionedbythenarrator’smotherwhichyounotedaboveUsethecorrectformatforaninformalletterPayattentiontospelling,punctuation,grammarandparagraphsThinkabouttheroleofthewriterandaudience*

You should… Writeinastyleappropriateto1937,payingcloseattentiontoyourchoiceofvocabularyandphrasing.

You could… Thinkaboutdetailsfromtheoriginalletterandincludetheminyourownversion.

*TheRAFTstructure(RoleofWriter,Audience,FormatandTopic)willbeausefulguide.

Name ____________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________


STUDENT WORKSHEET

Po

st Listening






STUDENT WORKSHEET

The Last Word





Time Capsule


Name ________________________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Date ________________________________________________________________________________________

Age ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Date ________________________________________________________________________________________

Age ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Date ________________________________________________________________________________________

Age ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Date ________________________________________________________________________________________

Age ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

I promise to ________________________________________________________________________________________

STUDENT WORKSHEET

Po

st Listening

TimeCapsulePromiseCardtoMyFutureSelf








Recreating aMomentinTime

Studentswilltellastoryintendedforradiolasting2-3minutes. This story must be about a particular

historical event.

1. Studentswillresearchahistoricalevent.Thismaybedoneingroups.Theteachermayaskstudents

tofocusonaparticulardecadeorallowthemtochooseaneventfromanyperiod.ANote-taking

Templatehasbeenprovided(Good Day at Blackrock WS 7.1 -Pg. 21).

2. Thestudentsandteacherwillagreeonandconstructsuccesscriteriaforthisassessmenti.e.tellinga

storyintendedforradio.UsingtheSuccessCriteriaworksheet(Good Day at Blackrock WS 7.2 -Pg. 22)

theyshouldincludesome/allofthefollowing

Clear narrative voice /narration Brief historical context

Two character witnesses/ experts Compelling details

Narrative structure e.g. chronological or flashbacks Appropriate vocabulary

Beginning, middle and end to the story Tone

3. Ifnecessary,theteachercouldplayaclipfromDocumentaryonOne’s “Clouds in Harry’s Coffee”

(clip 4 which lasts 2 minutes) toremindstudentsofthedifferentsuccesscriteria.

4. Eachstudent/groupwillplantheirstoryintendedforradiousingtheStoryboardworksheet(Good Day

at Blackrock WS 7.3 -Pg. 23).

5. Aftercarefulplanning,theywillrecordtheirstory.

6. Oncethefirstdraftiscomplete,theywillreceiveconstructivefeedbackfromtheirpeersandteacher.

StudentscanfillinthePeerAssessmentworksheet(Good Day at Blackrock WS 7.4 -Pg. 24).

7. Usingthefeedback,studentswillworkonredraftingtheirstory.Theywillthensubmittheirfinal

recordingorthescriptalongwiththepreviousdrafttoshowtheirprogress.

Sum

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ative Assessme

ntTEACHER GUIDELINES





Recreating a Moment in TimeNote-takingCards

Directions: • Youwillresearchahistoricalevent.

• Youwillsummarisethestorysothatitcanbetoldasaradiopresentation.Thepresentationmusttakebetween

twoandthreeminutes.

• Youcanusethistemplatetomakenotesonyourchoseneventinhistory.

Topic: ______________________________________ Source: _________________________________________

Sum

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ative Assessme

nt


Name ____________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________

Facts Key Terms

People Events

Important Questions

STUDENT WORKSHEET





Recreating a Moment in Time

Success Criteria

Directions: Afterstudyingexamplesofstorytellinganddiscussingitwithyourclass,writealistofthesuccesscriteriaforthisstyleofstorytelling.

Success Criterion: Useaclearnarrativevoice

How to address it: Speakclearly,usingsimplelanguagesothatitiseasytofollow

Success Criterion:

How you will address it:

Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Success Criterion:


Name ____________________________________

Today’s Date ____________________________

Sum

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ative Assessme

nt


STUDENT WORKSHEET





Recreating a Moment in Time

StoryboardWorksheet

Sum

m

ative Assessme

nt

Directions: Tohelpplanyourstorycreateastoryboardusingtheboxesbelow.

Name ___________________________________

Today’s Date ___________________________


STUDENT WORKSHEET

Sum

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My name

Partner’s name

Today’s Date

Positive aspects - Content

Comment on the positive aspects of the story in general.

Wasthestorywell-researchedandcompelling(diditmakeyouwanttokeeplistening)?

Positive aspects - Presentation

Commentonthepositiveaspectsofyourpartner’sstoryincludingtheirspeechandpresentation;whethertheywerearticulate,andwhethertheywereeasytounderstand.

Suggestions I can make for improvement

A Folk Tale Peer Assessment

Below is a list of some vocabulary which might help you to write a good peer assessment

Excellent Fascinating Wellplanned Realistic

Compelling Clear Original Wellresearched

Attention-grabbing Surprising Well-Prepared Inspiring

Spectacular Articulate Emotional Creative

Impressive Entertaining Compelling Educational

Sum

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ntRecreating a Moment in Time

PeerAssessment


STUDENT WORKSHEET





A1. The Documentary asanAudioText

Consider the effectiveness of this documentary as an audio piece (as opposed to a

written text).

Write a list of its strengths and weaknesses as an audio piece. You might like to

consider whether you approve of/ would change any of the following aspects:-

-Thetitle -Thecontent -Thechoiceofinterviewees

-Thedocumentarylength -Thetone -Thesoundeffects(includingmusic)

-Thechoiceofnarrator -Thequalityofnarration -Thesequencingandstructure

Plan for My Review of the Documentary “Good Day at Blackrock”Strengths and Weaknesses of the Documentary as an Audio Text

Strengths Weaknesses

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Oral Literacy5.Deliverashortoraltext,aloneand/orincollaborationwithothers,usingappropriatelanguage,styleandvisualcontentforspecificaudiencesandchosenpurposes

7.Chooseappropriatelanguage,styleandvisualcontentforspecificaudiencesandchosenpurposes:persuading,informing,narrating,describingaprocess

Writing3.Writeforavarietyofpurposes,forexampletoanalyse,evaluate,imagine,explore,engage,amuse,narrate,inform,explain,argue,persuade,criticise,commentonwhattheyhaveheard,viewedandread

5.Engagewithandlearnfrommodelsoforalandwrittenlanguageusetoenrichtheirownwrittenwork

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GOOD DAY AT BLACKROCK · 2019-10-22 · Note on use of music The documentary contains interspersed verses of Sean Nós music. The term Sean Nós means “old style”. It is a style