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Day 37 · Give readers more than colourFoundation Media Arts · T1 W7–8 · Day 37 lesson

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Foundation / Media Arts / Term 1 / Weeks 07 08

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

Learner choices

Target/codes: revise two meaning signs on the child-owned guide so they differ by shape, texture or count while original meanings hold; AC9AMAFD01, AC9AMAFC01. Prepare: child’s work, D clear guide, broad shape/texture options.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Colour can help some readers but cannot be the only way to tell two choices apart. Offer black-and-white, tactile and spoken routes.
  2. Model · 4 min. Adult changes two identical DOT signs into DOT and BAR, keeping ROUND and SQUARE meanings fixed. Read the held legend aloud.
  3. Try together · 5 min. Child checks whether their own two signs can be distinguished without naming colour; adult can describe/trace them.
  4. Child choice · 7 min. Child changes one sign or adds a different outline/count/texture; adult fabricates only as directed. Keep both intended meanings.
  5. Notice · 4 min. Check one visible/tactile distinction and preserved sign–meaning pairs. Do not assume all readers now understand the guide.
  6. Close · 2 min. Save revised card; tomorrow any reader response needs to be asked and recorded, not guessed.