Assessment overview
The purpose of this assessment is to provide you with a realistic example of what planning a lesson within your practicum experiences is like. You will be required to complete two lesson plans, one relating to a humanities lesson and the other to a health and physical education lesson. The lesson plans you produce will be guided by background information relating to the curriculum content that must be covered and the class context.
Assessment details
Your assessment will consist of the following two sections:
1. The creation of two engaging and pedagogically-relevant lesson plans, covering the following areas and year levels:
- History - Year 3
- Food and Nutrition - Foundation.
2. An accompanying justification for both lesson plans that provides a critical analysis and evaluation of your teaching choices. You must demonstrate a clear connection between your teaching choices and the background information, such as class composition, previous learning experiences etc. It is expected that this justification is supported by appropriate academic readings.
Within the Assessment section of Blackboard, you will find templates for each of these lesson plans. These templates provide some background information about the school, the makeup of the class, and the learning context for the lesson, which will guide your planning. Both the descriptions of your lessons and their justification must be entered into the remaining blank sections of this template.
Assessment criteria
1. Knowledge of planning, principles and pedagogy relating to Humanities, Health and Physical Education.
2. Critical analysis and evaluation.
3. Academic expression: incorporates appropriate writing conventions, including APA referencing, punctuation, grammar, spelling, sentence structure, word choice (academic and information literacy).