Summary of lesson plans in unit:

Australian Curriculum Links:

English:

• Communicate in a range of informal and formal contexts by adopting a range of roles in group, classroom, school and community contexts. ACELY1687, ACELA1488, ACELA1476 and EN1-1A
• Identify the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, distinguish between different forms of English and identifies
  organisational patterns and features. ACELY1689 and EN2-6B
• Plan, compose and review a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language.
  ACELY1682, ACELY1694 and EN2-2A
• Use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to
  the type of text when responding to and composing texts. ACELA1484, ACELA1459 and EN2-9B
• Use an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of tests
  on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies. ACELY1692, ACELY1680 and EN2-4A
• Think imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding
  to and composing texts. ACELT 1607 and EN2-10C
• Respond to and compose a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own
  ACEACELY1675, ACELT1596 and EN2-11D

Mathematics:

• Select appropriate methods to collect data, construct, compare, interpret and evaluate data displays,
  including tables, picture graphs and column graphs. ACMSP096 and MA2-18SP

Science:

• Investigate their questions and predictions by analysing collected data, suggesting explanations for their findings and
  communicating and reflecting on the processes undertaken. ACSIS054, ACSIS065, ACSHE050, ACSHE061 and ST2-4WS
• Describe that living things have life cycles, can be distinguished from non-living things and grouped, based on their
  observable features. ACSHE051, ACSHE062 and ST2-10LW
• Describe ways that science knowledge helps people understand the effect of their actions on the environment and
  on the survival of living things. ACSSU073, ACSHE051, ACSHE062 and ST2-11LW
• Describe how products are designed and produced and the ways people use them. ST2-16P

The Arts:

Drama

• 2.1 Imagine and act out roles and situations participating in dramatic play and role play.
• 2.5 Share role play, process drama and improvisations with each other.

Media arts

• 2.3 Create media arts works about selves, others or their environments for familiar audience.

Visual arts

• 2.4 Make visual arts works about people, objects and experiences that are familiar, imagined or remembered.
• 2.5 Recognise that visual and spatial ideas are developed and understood in different ways.

Unit Sequence of Lesson Plans and Student Magazine:

Click on the links below to download the PDF version of the lesson plans:

• Cats, Dogs and Us Unit Sequence of Lesson Plans – Stage 2 (PDF)

• Cats, Dogs and Us – Student Magazine and Worksheets (PDF)