Year 7 Unit Web - The Moral is: That our stories connect us by Gavin Smith https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu Made with charm en-us 2020-06-23 12:51:48 UTC 2020-06-27 22:07:18 UTC hello@padlet.com The Moral is: Our Stories Connect Us. gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637427821 2020-06-23 12:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637427821 Conceptual Lens: Connections gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637428391 Global Context: Personal and Cultural Expression

Unit Statement Of Inquiry (Unit Generalisation): Themes communicate messages, drawn from characters' conflicts in their setting, that connect people through a shared morality in different cultures.

Factual: What elements have to be in a story?
Conceptual: How do we connect media?
Conceptual: How do we connect cultures?
Conceptual: How is culture shown in a story?
Debatable: Is morality dependent on culture?]]> 2020-06-23 13:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637428391 Understanding Texts gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637430414
  • Fables
  • Themes/morals
  • Plot
  • Conflict
  • Characters
  • Cultural Context
  • Setting
    • ]]>     2020-06-23 13:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637430414     Responding to Texts gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637431009
  • Supporting opinions with evidence
  • Similarities and Differences
  • Finding connections between texts

    • ]]>     2020-06-23 13:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637431009     Critiquing Texts gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637432109
  • Creator's purpose
  • Changes in stories
  • Methods in communicating elements of stories
    • ]]>     2020-06-23 13:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637432109     Producing Texts gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637432491
  • Written fable
  • Compare and contrast analytical sentences
  • Graphic organiser that show similarities and differences
  • Symbols/images of fables
    • ]]>     2020-06-23 13:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637432491     Conceptual Understanding 1 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637478132 Themes/morals are derived from conflict between characters to teach the audience a lesson.

    Factual: What are themes and morals?
    Factual: What are the types of conflict?
    Factual: What types of characters are in a story?
    Conceptual: How are themes and morals communicated?
    Conceptual: How does conflict change a character?
    Debatable: ?]]>     2020-06-23 13:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637478132     Conceptual Understanding 2 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637484845 The qualities of characters and conflicts that influence a moral are dependent on cultural context.

    Factual: What is culture?
    Conceptual: How does culture influence the content of a story?
    Conceptual: Why do cultures reference themselves in their narratives?
    Debatable: Can characters and conflicts be as relatable in contexts other than where they were originally written? ]]>     2020-06-23 13:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637484845     Conceptual Understanding 3 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637488848 Cultures communicate messages to their audience using similar plot structures.

    Factual: What are the elements of a plot?
    Conceptual: How does a plot's structure affect the communication of messages?
    Conceptual: How do different cultures communicate stories?
    Conceptual: How do we know the audience for narratives?
    Debatable: Should plot structures be uniformed for different stories or should they be the same?]]>     2020-06-23 13:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637488848     Conceptual Understanding 4 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637490450 The media draws on stories and changes them to appeal to a different audience.

    Factual: What is media?
    Conceptual: How do stories change?
    Conceptual: What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing a story?
    Conceptual: Why are stories changed?
    Debatable: Should stories be changed?]]>     2020-06-23 13:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637490450     Conceptual Understanding 5 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637496415 Although cultures and setting differ, the message communicated through their stories is similar.

    Factual: What is setting?
    Factual: How do we define morality?
    Conceptual: How do we connect media?
    Conceptual: How do cultures connect themselves to narratives?
    Conceptual: How do cultures connect themselves to narratives?
    Debatable: If the message is similar does cultural context matter?]]>     2020-06-23 13:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637496415     Conceptual Understanding 6 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637511027 The setting is dependent on the geographical location of the culture communicating the story.

    Factual: How do we explore setting?
    Conceptual: How does culture affect the setting?
    Debatable: Is setting the best way of recognising culture in stories?]]>     2020-06-23 14:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637511027     Conceptual Understanding 7 gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637519228 Conflicts create a change in a character.

    Factual: What is conflict?
    Conceptual: Why do characters change in stories?
    Conceptual: How do we know a character has changed?
    Conceptual: Why does conflict change characters?
    Debatable: Is all change good?]]>     2020-06-23 14:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/637519228     KUDs gsmith94 https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/641865118 Students will know:
    The elements of a Fable.
    How a story is structured.
    The types of conflict.
    The types of characters.
    What a theme/moral is.
    The definition of culture.
    How a plot is structured.
    The definition of media.
    What setting is.
    The definition of morality.

    Students will understand:
    Conflicts create a change in a character.
    The qualities of characters and conflicts that influence a moral are dependent on cultural context.
    The setting is dependent on the geographical location of the culture communicating the story.
    Cultures communicate messages to their audience using similar plot structures.
    Themes/morals are derived from conflict between characters to teach the audience a lesson.
    The media draws on stories and changes them to appeal to a different audience.
    Although cultures and setting differ, the message communicated through their stories is similar.

    Students will be able to:
    Create their own themes/morals.
    Write their own fable.
    Compare and contrast different fables/media.
    Create points about the connections between cultures in fables.
    Use textual evidence to support points.
    Explain how the evidence proves points.
    Create graphic organisers.]]>     2020-06-27 22:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gsmith94/87dph2as01kwi5xu/wish/641865118