Stage 2-3 – English/Science Nature Documentary

Introduction – 1/2 day session What is a documentary?

We will conduct a pre visit at your school to prepare students for the program. During this time, we will help you and your students to identify plants and animals around the school grounds. Prior to filming day (in class

time), students will research more information about what they want to feature in their documentary.

We will provide an example of a student made documentary with corresponding storyboard and script template, along with information regarding tips and tricks on photography and cinematography.

During the school visit each student will take turns to play the three roles used to produce a nature documentary. The Cinematographer controls the iPad to capture video and images. The Presenter reads the script on and off camera. The Director directs the action, sound and the scenes. During the filming the students will walk through natural areas and stop at a variety of sites to record video and stills to match scenes in their storyboard. iPads will be provided by Rumbalara EEC.

During this session the students will review the footage recorded during the day and use iMovie on the iPads to edit and sequence video to create a short documentary.

Voice-overs and soundtracks can be added to the documentary during this time if required.

Students will present their Nature Documentary on the ‘big screen’ during the afternoon session to showcase their filming, presenting and editing efforts. Documentaries will be provided to the school for further viewing.

Cost

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Key syllabus outcomes

English K-10 (2022) – Stage 2

❀ EN2-OLC-01 communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting

❀ EN2-CWT-02 plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience.

❀ EN2-CWT-03 plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

English K-10 (2022) - Stage 3

❀ EN3-OLC-01 communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding

❀ EN3-RECOM-01 fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

Please let us know if you are working on an alternate syllabus version so we can adapt accordingly.

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