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1. Mini project
Australia’s neighbours –
Study of an Asian country

2. Australia’s Neighbours
 Learning Intention
 To expand and
reinforce
knowledge of Asia
 To become aware
of the ways people
live
 Success Criteria
 I can build on my
existing knowledge
of Asia
 I can share facts
about an Asian
country in an
engaging way

3. GKR
 Define kindness in your own
words
 Discuss what kindness looks like,
feels like and then sounds like
 Describe some global acts of
kindness:
 some countries (in addition to
Australia) allow refugees into their
country and give them political
asylum.
 some people set up charities, or
deliver aid to countries that are
suffering after a natural disaster.
 other people and organisations
respond to poverty or disease by
setting up medical centres,
orphanages or food distribution
centres.
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

4. Research
 Use the internet to find an article about a
current program occurring in our Asian
region
 Paraphrase 1-2 well chosen paragraphs
from the article and then write a
paragraph about why you think the
article shows kindness.

5. Collaboration
 Share your understanding by identifying
the place you have researched on the
large map of Asia
 Paste your writing near this point and
explain what you found out

6. Writing conventions
 Referring to your article, look for the
writing techniques the author has used.
 Discuss what you have noticed with the
other students at your table.

7. Writing an article
 Articles all share common elements
including the who, what, where, when,
why, and how of a given topic.

8. Homework
 You must perform an act of kindness and
record what you did, why you did it, who
you did it for, when etc...
 You will need this information for the next
class.
 It can be anything e.g. a compliment to
someone who is feeling down, a card or
poem written for a parent or carer,
helping with the housework etc.

9. An interesting fact I
learnt about … is …
The learning actions
I used today were
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