Teaching the weather

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Learning Standards Thana SuppiahUnit: Weather and Clothing Rowville SCLOTE Pathway 1 Level 5 Suggested time: 4 weeks

unit linking to !nter"ersonal #evelo"ment$ %athemati&s$ !n'ormation and &ommuni&ation Te&hnology(!CT)*ationale: +ain an understanding how &hoi&es 'or items o' &lothing &an ,e di&tated ,y the weather and season-

im: t the end o' the unit$ students will ,e a,le to name items o' &lothing$ name di''erent weathers$ de&i"her weathersym,ols$ name seasons and understand how &hoi&es 'or &lothing items &an ,e di&tated ,y the weather and season-

Learning activities Language focus Strands Domains Dimensions Key elements of standardsStudents are able to

Weather

Individually, students volunteer to

come to the front of the class to

match weather expressionswritten on cards, to weather

symbols that the teacher puts up

on the board. The teacher also

enunciates the meaning of theweather symbol.

Students refer to a map of

Australia but the names of cities

omitted. They are to wor in

groups of three to guess the cities

in Australia for which the weather

forecast has been given.

!ocabulary related to

weather forecast.

"on#unctions, for example

danand tetapi.

$repositions for example di.

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other members to share

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After naming the cities correctly,

students compare and state the

difference in temperatures

between the eight cities.

Students volunteer to read two

different versions of the weather

forecast for *aarta in Indonesia

and for !ictoria in Australia. +'ne

version uses formal register andthe other uses casual register

Students are to wor in groups of

five. (ach group is given a card

detailing the weather forecast forthe wee except for two days.

Their tas is to as other groups

for the information. -owever to

receive the information they must

also give information about the

weather for other days. Groups

are only allowed to exchange onedetail at a time with any other

group.

"omplete the speech bubbleswhile listening to four weather

reporters reading the weather for

their city.

Weather and Seasons

"omparison for example

lebih dinginand lebih

panas.

umbers /nit of measurement for

temperature 0 dera#at selsius

)ord order

Greetings and salutations


weather forecast. +revision


weather forecast.

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of formal register used in

weather news2forecasting

and casual conversationabout the weather.

Accept responsibility as a

team member and supportother members to share

information.

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%emonstrate sound

discrimination effectively

and apply basic word

processing sills using the

language.


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$articipate in match weather

symbols and weather expressions

to reinforce vocabulary.

&earn symbols and vocabulary for

seasons

1ead a passage on weather and

seasons in Indonesia and orally

complete comprehension3uestions.

&isten to and mae notes based on

a brief interview with students at4edan International School about

their favourite season and their

reasons for their preference.

Students are to write what their

favourite season in Australia is

and they are to give a reason why.

They later tae turns to share their


seasons. +new

)ord 'rder, vocabulary andexpressions.

!ocabulary and symbols

pertaining to seasons.

!ocabulary pertaining toweather and season,

umbers.

5uture tense6 Akan

Informal language used by

Indonesian teenagers.

Stating preference and why

eg. Lebih suka karena/

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Ac3uire and use new

information and language by

recalling introduced

vocabulary and investigatefurther language to convey

intended meaning.

1eading short texts formeaning.

%emonstrate understanding

of the relationships between

speaers of the language

and appropriate use of thelanguage and levels of

respect in different

circumstances.

%emonstrate respect for

individuality and


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information with other class

members. Students listen and note

the total number of preference for

each season.

Students are ased to calculate the

percentage of students in the class

who prefer winter, spring,

summer or autumn and use the

information to draw a pie chart.

Clothing

Students are to label items of

"lothing using a dictionary to

loo up vocabulary words.

Students listen to a brief taped

conversation between 8 friends

and on the worsheet provided,

match them to their choice ofclothing.

Individually, students are to draw

and label items of clothing to fit

cut9out figurine provided.

tidak begitu suka

karena...etc

Instructions and vocabulary

pertaining to calculation,

percentage.

Identifying items of

clothing

%ictionary sills

Ad#ectives related to

description of clothing eg.Size(besar/kecil), length

(pendek/panjang),colour

(merah, kuningetc

!ocabulary to name items

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individuals.

Students using real numbers

and formula to calculate the

percentage and then

organize and present thedata in a pie9chart.

(xplore word meanings and

apply to tas given.

%emonstrate sound

discrimination effectivelyand identify items of

clothing accurately from a

range of choices.


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Individually, students are to dress

up the cut9up figurine with

different items of clothing and

orally state their suitability to the

different seasons or weather. Students are to Interview two

friends to gather and then write

and present information about

their friend:s preferred choice of

clothing for the different seasons

or weather.

In pairs students are to create an

audio dictionary using clip art and

recordings of Indonesian words

for fifteen different items of

clothing won by Indonesians.

Students will be ased to get into

of clothing.

$resenting and stating

reasons.

"on#unctions, for exampledanand tetapi.

Giving reasons and stating

preference for example,

suka/tidak suka.

/sing connectives karena,meskipun, kalau.

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values in relation to simple

scenarios or prepositions.

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others members to share

information to achieve ashared purpose within a

given time frame.

/se the language for

drafting, self9correcting,assessing dictionaries, script

checing and presenting

written product.

Select and apply I"T tools

and editing functions toclassify, represent and

organize ideas.

Select and present

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wishing to learn about the

target nowledge and

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groups of five. The group leader

from each group will follow

instructions given by the teacher,

and learn the different ways to

wrap the sarong the traditional

way for men and for women.

The group leaders who have

learnt to wrap the sarong will now

have to teach members in theirown group to wrap the sarong.

They have to give instructions asthey demonstrate. The group that

completes the tas within a given

time will win a small toen.

Se3uencing, for example,

pertama, kedua,

selepas, kemudian etc

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selepas, kemudian etc

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practices.

$articipate in the creation

and maintenance of the

cultural ambience in the

classroom by respondingpositively to communication

initiated by others.

Shows awareness of thelanguage re3uirements of a

range of specific situations

related to a given topic

%emonstrate sound

discrimination effectively

Accepts responsibility as a


others members to share

information to achieve ashared purpose within a

given time frame.

Resources


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