Linda Hughes Static Images
Lesson Planner
Topic: Introduction to Static Images
Key Competency Focus: Thinking; Using Language,
Symbols & Texts; Participating & Contributing
Curriculum Achievement Objectives:
AO1: Recognises and understands the
connections between oral, written and visual
language
AO2: Thinks critically about texts with growing
confidence
Teacher’s Goals:
to practice -
Manaakitanga: proactively draw on personal
student experience to build shared knowledge on
topic; specifically encourage Maori perspective,
prior knowledge and ideas
Ako: encourage discussion, oral engagement,
kaupapa Maori, Te Reo; move around the class, be
a facilitator and allow students to lead
discussion / teach / share knowledge;
differentiated strategies (e.g. instructions given
verbally, visually and in written form)
Justification
Instilling a lifelong love of learning through
student-focused activities and strategies that
encourage relevance, participation, engagement
and interest.
Resources:
Lesson PowerPoint: (incl 2x ‘Boy’ film posters)
Task Sheets: Static Image question sheets
Time Activity
10:55 Advanced Organiser on Whiteboard:
Mahia (DO NOW), Whainga (WAL) and Mahi Kainga(HW) up on
board before class enters
11:00 Tena koutou! Welcome class.
11:00 Mahia (DO NOW) “Boy” film poster #1:
Lesson Topic Standard #
Year 9 Immersion English
Year Level: 9
Curriculum Level/NCEA Standard: n/a
Focus Modes: Making Meaning
Learning Outcomes:
LO1: To develop an understanding of the concept
“static image” and its relevance in a cultural-
historical context
Assessment Tasks:
Informal assessment – end of class EXIT NOTES. Put
up a list of words on the whiteboard from the day’s
discussion and ask students to note down words
from the list, either verbally to the class, or in
written form on PostIt notes that they stick up on
the wall as they exit as follows :
Green PostIt: ideas they enjoyed / feel they
understand
Red PostIt: what they don’t understand / want to
develop further
Purple PosIt: personal reflection / comment on
the day’s lesson, including a suggestion for another
text that we could have looked at, or favourite
part of the discussion.
Mahi Kainga (Homework): Find a static image at
home that has had an impact on you and write a
reflection / draw a picture / write a song about it.
Bring your reflection to class.
Due:
Post-Lesson Reflection
--Honore suggests we use The
Dark Horse film poster – his
reasons: more relevant, more
contemporary, more popular with
their particular group
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Direct students towards DO NOW on PP. Read instructions.

(NB Instructions also up on PP in written and visual form.)

11:10 Activating Prior Knowledge: Group Discussion

Students discuss their ideas in small groups (2-3)

11:15 Sharing Prior Knowledge: Class Discussion

Facilitate a class discussion about what they see in the film
poster – on the page and the underlying hidden ideas coming
through.

11:20 Digging Deeper: Static Image Close Reading Task

Hand out a set of questions to each group (of 2-3 students)
and put up ‘Boy’ film poster #2 on PP. Give instructions
clearly. (NB Instructions for task are read out and put up in
written and visual form.)

Students work through the set of questions on their

worksheet, drawing on prior knowledge and shared group
knowledge to generate ideas. (NB Each worksheet focuses on
one specific written or visual feature.)

Walk around class and observe / facilitate learning – esp

asking students to think about personal experience and draw
from personal culturally located perspective. Te Reo is
encouraged.

1130 Knowledge Share / New Words “Terminology”

Invite students to come up group by group and orally present
a summary of their group’s findings to the class. They are
the ‘teachers’. They write up new words on the board and
explain what they mean. Critical questions are encouraged.
Model note-taking on whiteboard. Encourage students to
take notes

1150 Talk through tomorrow’s lesson and homework.

Tomorrow’s whainga is put up on PP: Identifying and

Understanding the different types of Verbal and Visual
features found in Static Images

Today’s mahi kainga is put on PP: Find a static image at

home that has had an impact on you and write a reflection /
draw a picture / write a song about it. Bring your reflection
to class.

1155 Exit Notes: Informal assessment – end of class.

Put up a list of words on the whiteboard from the day’s
discussion and ask students to note down words from the list,
either verbally to the class or in written form (on different
coloured PostIts which they stick up on the wall as they
exit.)

Lesson Topic Standard # 2

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Lesson Topic Standard # 3