Little J feels lucky when he wears a new pair of yellow undies. After Old Dog destroys them, he loses his confidence. Big Cuz saves the day with the remnants of the undies made into a sweat band, and Little J finds confidence to play the basketball game and win the day.

Evaluate - Respond to texts drawn from a range of cultures and experiences

Theme -  NARRATIVE - off Country

Evaluate what students have learnt (know and can do) from the activities in relation to the English curriculum content descriptions. Assess the success of the module through reflecting on:

• a variety of imaginative texts highlighting character
• how expression/emotion is developed in texts, sound and graphics
• decoding and predicting texts which present small range of expression, language features, including simple and compound sentences, some unfamiliar vocabulary, as well as illustrations and diagrams that support the printed text
• comparing traditional and contemporary stories and notice how audiences react to them similarly and differently
• symbols of luck and good fortune in a variety of cultures and times
• understanding the importance of plot, character and setting in a story.

As a culmination of the learning in the module, students could

• use descriptive words within captions, titles and speech bubbles to add meaning to family photographs expressing their feelings about the people and places recorded in the photograph
• record narration for a picture book using sound effects, music and spoken words
• record sound effects, spoken words or music adding expressive meaning to images
• combine gesture, voice, facial expression and costume with sounds to represent a feeling or characteristics of a person.

Student evaluation tools

Students could self-evaluate their learning using a ‘monitoring’ journal (physical or digital) where the teacher lists the key understandings and concepts students needed to acquire through the module.

• Where applicable, construct a self-evaluation as a poll, rating their responses using:
  • Kahoot
  • Quizlet
• Use Early Years writing using rubrics to provide feedback to students.
   

Students can use a learning worm to evaluate their work, adapted from link below:

• Learning Worm 

Teacher reflection tools

Reflect on your teaching of the module. What worked well? What needs more work? What would you add, change or omit in future? Ask students to rate your efforts and recommend areas for improvement. You may want to refer to broader resources for reflection or for gaining feedback, for example:

• Demonstrating impact
• ‘How-to’ guide: Learning walks
• Reflection on Practice Tool