LESSON PLANS

Teachers are busy, so in order to assist you a selection of starting points and lesson plans have been created for your use. These can be used either on their own or together as a unit of study. Feel free to adapt them to suit your needs.

CURRICULUM LEARNING AREAS

• English
• Creative writing
• Formal writing
• Extended texts
• Visual and oral texts
• Unfamiliar texts
• Deliver a speech or presentation
• Media or drama
• Research
• Social Studies
• Identity, Culture and Organisation 5.2
• Continuity and Change 6.2
• History

ENGLISH

CREATIVE WRITING

Starting points

1. "From the Perspective of a Battery Hen".
   Produce creative writing - English level 1/1 - Internal 90052
   download PDF (284 KB)
2. "Encounter with a Battery Hen".
   Produce crafted and developed creative writing - English level 2/1 - Internal 90375
   download PDF (252 KB)
3. "The Life of a Battery Hen".
   Produce and extended piece of writing in a selected style - English level 3/1 - Internal 90720
   download PDF (216 KB)

FORMAL WRITING

Starting points

1. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Produce formal writing - English level 1/2 - External 90053
   download PDF (264 KB)
2. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Produce crafted and developed formal transactional writing - English level 2/2 - Internal 90376
   download PDF (288 KB)
3. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Respond critically to written text(s) studied - English level 3/2 - Internal 90721
   download PDF (224 KB)

Lesson plan

• "What is a Battery Hen?".
  Examining Battery Hen Texts.Transactional writing
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• "Does the Chicken Need a Reason?".
  Examining Battery Hen Texts.Transactional writing close reading
  download PDF (900 KB)

EXTENDED TEXTS

Starting points

1. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Read, study and show understanding of extended written text(s) English 1/3 - External 90054
   download PDF (216 KB)
2. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Read, study and analyse extended written text(s) - English 2/3 - External 90377
   download PDF (216 KB)

Lesson plan

• "Song of the Battery Hen".
  Poetry close reading
  download PDF (1008 KB)

VISUAL AND ORAL TEXTS

Starting points

1. "Fowl Play".
   View/listen to, study and show understanding of a visual or oral text - English 1/5 - External 90056
   download PDF (204 KB)
2. "Behind Bars".
   View/listen to, study and analyse a visual or oral text - English 2/5 - External 90379
   download PDF (204 KB)
3. "Chicken Run".
   Respond critically to oral or visual text studied - English 3/4 - External 90723
   download PDF (204 KB)

Lesson plan

• "The Egg Beater".
  Static image close reading
  download PDF (760 KB)

UNFAMILIAR TEXTS

Starting points

1. "Beyond the Egg!".
   Read and show understanding of unfamiliar texts - English level 1/6 - External 90057
   download PDF (228 KB)
2. "Cruel Codes".
   Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and language features - English level 2/6 - External 90380
   download PDF (216 KB)

DELIVER A SPEECH OR PRESENTATION

Starting points

1. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Deliver a speech in a formal situation - English level 1/7 - Internal 90058
   download PDF (228 KB)
2. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Deliver a presentation using oral and visual language techniques - English level 2/7 - Internal 90374
   download PDF (232 KB)
3. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Construct and deliver an oral presentation - Internal 90725
   download PDF (252 KB)

MEDIA OR DRAMA

Starting points

1. "Chook Chook".
   Produce a media or dramatic presentation - English 1/8 - Internal 90059
   download PDF (296 KB)

RESEARCH

Starting points

1. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Research and present information - English level 1/9 - Internal 90060
   download PDF (276 KB)
2. "Battery Hen Topic Suggestions".
   Investigate a language or literature topic and present information in written form - English level 2/8 - Internal 90381
   download PDF (272 KB)
3. "The Language of Animal Production".
   Complete independent research on a language or literature topic and present findings in written form - English level 3/9 - Internal 90726
   download PDF (272 KB)

Lesson plan

• "The Language of Battery Hen Farming".
  Investigate a language topic and present information in written form
  download PDF (552 KB)

SOCIAL STUDIES

IDENTITY, CULTURE AND ORGANISTAION 5.2

Units of Study

• Humans and Animals, Rights and Wrongs (Year 10-11)
  AS90217, AS90218, AS90219
  download PDF (412KB)

• Making a Difference: Animal Rights and Social Action (Year 10-11)
  AS90217, AS90218, AS90219, AS90275
  download PDF (496KB)

• The Company of Animals: A Social Studies Enquiry into 'Pet'-Keeping (Year 10-11)
  AS90217, AS90218, AS90219, AS90274
  download PDF (288KB)

• "We Owe it to the Animals to Help Them": Social Action and Social Identity (Year 11-12)
  AS90217, AS90218, AS90219, AS90273, AS90275
  download PDF (256KB)

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE 6.2

Units of Study

• "Can They Suffer?": The History of Animal Rights (Year 12-13)
  AS90272, AS90274, AS90275, AS90273, AS90693
  download PDF (396KB)

• Animal Factories: Industrialisation and its Effects on Human-Animal Relations (Year 12-13)
  AS90273, AS90274, AS90275, AS90692, AS90693
  download PDF (440 KB)