Professional

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Every Picture Tells a Story!

Year 4
English

Debbie Cronin
 About this unit
This unit focuses primarily on the meaning and
signicance of image selec;on, placement and
design in texts. Using the theme Every Picture
Tells a Story!, the students explore the concepts
of salience, framing and the placement of
elements in an image to deepen their
understanding and knowledge of text - image
rela;ons in picture books.


Learning Intention:


Success Criteria:

To understand and Students are able to

appreciate the eects of demonstrate their
image choices and how understanding and
they impact the readers knowledge of framing,
interpreta;on and salience and placement
understanding of the of elements in an image
text. using a mul;modal
presenta;on such as a
power point, poster or
booklet.
 Home Page Lay-out
UNIT OUTLINE RESOURCES RATIONALE
Professional Sequence of Research and
Resource lessons, teaching theory behind
Australian resources and unit
Curriculum v8.3 assessment
o Content descriptors
o Elabora;ons
o General capabili;es
o Year level descrip;on
o Achievement standard
 Sequence of lessons
Lesson 1: Images Each lesson:
is sequen;al to engage students
Lesson 2: Colour in the topic and build upon their
Lesson 3: Salience prior knowledge
Is designed using the BCE
Lesson 4: Layout gradual release of responsibility
Lesson 5: Framing framework
Has a drop down menu with
Lesson 6: Review teacher resources required for
the lessons
Lessons 7 & 8: Assessment Will take approximately 45-60
minutes
 Resources

1- variety of picture books; image from The Rabbits by John Marsden & Shaun Tan;
word wall
2-Colour power point presenta;on; Image from Mirror by Jeannie Baker; colour and
feelings poster; same picture/ dierent colour image; visual images and emo;ve
words; post-its
3 - Salience image; worksheet
4 - Mirror image by Jeannie Baker
5 - Framing Power point; worksheet
6 - Image analysis ac;vity sheet
7 - Assessment Task
 Collabora;ve learning
Helen keller

This unit is designed for students to have the

opportunity to work in pairs, small groups and
as a class.
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Encourages decision making and problem solving
 Rich Assessment Task
Using the knowledge and skills gained throughout the
unit the students will complete a power point
presenta;on, poster or booklet, that demonstrates
their understanding of how the choices made by
illustrators signicantly impacts the viewers
interpreta;on and understanding of images.

The presenta;on must include their understanding of
framing an image, placements of elements in an image
and salience on the composi;on of images. This task is
to be completed individually.