Immerse: The Night Shift

Lessons

1: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write predictions about a text?

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Questions: Who might these objects belong to? What might we know about the characters? Where might these objects be found? What type of setting might it be? Do any of these objects remind you of anything else you have read or seen before? What connections can you make between these objects? Is anything puzzling you? What do you think you know? Why do you think that?

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Look at the illustrations from the Vehicle Text.

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What connections can you make between the images and the objects?What is your impression of the dragon and why? What is your impression of the girl and why? How might the girl be feeling in these images? What gives you these impressions?

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Look at the extracts from the Vehicle Text.

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What is being suggested about how the girl feels?Why might she be feeling this way? What are your thoughts about the dragon and how does it fit with these extracts? Have your ideas or predictions about the book changed? Why?

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Now let's look at the title of the Vehicle Text...

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Night Shift

How does the title fit with your predictions and thoughts so far?

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Can I write predictions about the text?

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I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

Review

Can I record predictions about a text?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review

2: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write a metaphor poem?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

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Let's look at vocabulary from the Vehicle Text.

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Let's look at the front cover of the Vehicle Text and read.

Read up to and including the page that ends '...nothing will last for ever' (the page with the black background).

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Were your predictions correct?

This book explores the girl's experience of living with depression. The dragon is not real, but is a metaphor for this depression.

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Drama Opportunity: Freeze Frames

Let's look at the illustrations of the dragon.

Working in pairs or small groups - discuss what you notice. Focus on its appearance (including size and shape), body position, actions and physical relationship between it and the girl. Add your ideas to Post-its and place around the illustrations.

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Drama Opportunity: Freeze Frames

Now let's work in pairs to create freeze frames of the girl and the dragon, either recreating one of the illustrations, or creating one of your own.

When I tap you - say how you are feeling or acting.

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Drama Opportunity: Freeze Frames

You are going to use ideas from your annotations and freeze frames to create metaphors to describe the dragon.

*Metaphors compare one thing with another so that the reader can form an image in their mind.

Repeat your freeze frames, this time saying/performing a metaphor for the dragon, or an aspect of the dragon as you freeze.

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I am going to model writing an metaphor poem.

Can you see examples of synonyms and antonyms?

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Write

Can I write a metaphor poem about the dragon from the Vehicle Text?

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Use the word bank to help you with ideas.

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Review

Can I write a metaphor poem?

• Read what you have written out loud.

• Have I used synonyms and antonyms?

Review

3: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I understand and use the vocabulary in the Example Text?

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Make a Sentence

I will model a sentence.

Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

Make a Sentence

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First, let's recap on what we have read so far - then read the rest of the Vehicle Text.

How do the girl's feeling change at the end? Why do you think the feather contributed to this change? Why is it relevant that the feather is both black and white? Let's add our ideas to the flipchart.

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Now, let's read the Example Text.

This is a jounal that describes a boy's feelings. He uses the metaphor of a Shadow Monster to describe them.

*This will help you to eventually write your own journal from the viewpoint of the girl in the Vehicle Text.

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Let's look at vocabulary from the Example Text.

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Example Text Vocabulary Sentences

Can I write sentences using vocabulary from the Example Text?

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Review

Can I understand the Example Text and the vocabulary included?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review

4: Immerse Learning Objective: Can I write a transcript for a voice-note?

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Make a Sentence

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Make a Sentence

Now you will make your sentence.

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Drama: Role on the Wall

Let's look at illustrations from the Vehicle Text.

Work in pairs or small groups to discuss what you notice about the girl. Look at her facial expressions, body language and other clues. Write on Post-its or annotate the illustrations directly, noting: How she looks. How she might be feeling. Other adjectives to describe her.

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Drama: Role on the Wall

On the outside of the outline, describe the girl's appearance, actions and how she is presenting to others. On the inside of the outline, describe the girl's thoughts and feelings.

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Transcript for a Voice-Note.

Let's listen to this voice message left by a friend of the girl's on her phone. How do you think she would feel to receive this message? How might she respond?

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I am going to model writing a transcript for a voice-note.

Can you see examples of informal speech structures (including contractions and question tags), expanded noun phrases, synonyms and antonyms and dashes.

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Write

Can I write a transcript for a voice-note from the girl, describing the dragon?

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Use the word bank to help you with ideas.

Write

Review

Can I write a transcript for a voice-note?

• Read what you have written out loud.
• Does it make sense? What changes do you need to make?
• Have I used informal speech structures (including contractions and question tags), synonyms/antonyms, expanded noun phrases and dashes?
• Use the sentence checker and, line by line, edit for improvement.

Review