Unit plan [Insert school name, implementation year and learning area/s or subject/s]

Use this template to plan teaching, learning and assessment for a unit for one or multiple Australian Curriculum learning area/s or subject/s.

How to use this template: Type information into the fields (yellow shading). When the unit plan is complete, delete the highlighted instructions (blue shading). To do so, select the instruction text, click the Home tab > Styles dropdown > Clear All/Clear Formatting > text will revert to Normal style and you can delete the text.

Unit title	Year level	Timing and duration of unit
[Insert unit title]	[Insert year level]	[Insert unit timing and duration]

Unit outline and assessment

Unit description	Achievement standard to be assessed	Assessment details
Write a unit overview that reflects the rationale, aims and key ideas of the learning area/s and/or subject/s. Describe the focus and context for learning in this unit. For example: Explain why this unit is important. Explain how this unit contributes to achieving school or sector priorities, e.g. literacy, numeracy, values education, equity. Identify the ‘big ideas’ of the unit, including the key content, concepts, conceptual links and context. Identify the inquiry questions that will shape inquiry in this unit. Identify students’ prior learning, and areas to be consolidated through the unit. For Year 10, identify opportunities to introduce knowledge, understanding and skills that provide a foundation for the relevant Year 11 and Year 12 senior syllabus/es. [Insert unit description]	Insert the achievement standard for the learning area or subject and the year level from the Australian Curriculum. Highlight the aspects of the achievement standard that will be the focus of assessment for the unit. Note: For an integrated (multi-disciplinary) or multi-age unit, insert extra rows as required for the additional achievement standard/s. [Insert achievement standard]	Assessment title Concisely indicate the purpose and requirements of the assessment. [Insert assessment title] Technique/s Identify the assessment technique/s that will be used to gather evidence of student learning during the unit, e.g. project, extended response, performance. [Insert technique/s] Conditions Identify the conditions for the assessment, e.g. supervised/open; word length; time; written, spoken/signed, or multimodal. [Insert conditions] Note: Record any reasonable adjustments to be made to assessment conditions for specific students. Description of assessment Briefly describe the purpose of the assessment. Outline the requirements of the assessment. Explain how the assessment is designed to cater for the varied needs and abilities of all students. Specify where feedback occurs to allow students to evaluate their own work and identify ways to improve it. Identify risk assessment strategies (if applicable). Identify the required resources. [Insert assessment description]	Due date/s [Insert date/s]

Curriculum focus

Content descriptions
Strand — [Insert strand]	Strand — [Insert strand]	Strand — [Insert strand]
Insert the content descriptions from the Australian Curriculum that will be taught in this unit. Delete excess columns. [Insert content descriptions]	[Insert content descriptions]	[Insert content descriptions]
Strand — [Insert strand]	Strand — [Insert strand]	Strand — [Insert strand]
Note: For an integrated (multi-disciplinary) or multi-age unit, insert extra rows as required for the additional content descriptions. [Insert content descriptions]	[Insert content descriptions]	[Insert content descriptions]

General capabilities
Identify the general capabilities that will be embedded in the unit. [Insert general capabilities]	Describe how the general capabilities are embedded in this unit. [Insert description]

Cross-curriculum priorities
Identify the cross-curriculum priorities that will be embedded in the unit. [Insert cross-curriculum priorities]	Describe how the cross-curriculum priorities are embedded in this unit. [Insert description]

Sequence of teaching and learning

Week no.	Learning intentions and success criteria	Key teaching and learning experiences, including opportunities for feedback	Adjustments	Resources
[Insert week]	Identify the learning intentions and success criteria students need to demonstrate based on the aspects of the achievement standard identified as the assessment focus. Consider: the key knowledge, understanding and skills of the achievement standard the observable evidence that further elaborates on the achievement standard. [Insert learning intentions and success criteria]	Outline key teaching and learning experiences that will: ensure the identified curriculum is explicitly taught prepare students for the specific demands of the assessment. Identify the key opportunities for receiving and giving feedback to: inform the teaching and learning program and assist students in moving forward support students to reflect on, and discuss with their teachers and/or peers, what they can do well and what they need to improve. Teachers review and reflect on learning experiences to ensure they provide multiple opportunities for students to practise and improve on their learning. [Insert key teaching and learning experiences]	Identify any reasonable adjustments to make teaching and learning accessible for all students. [Insert adjustments]	Record the key people and resources that support the teaching and learning. Consider including a vocabulary list. Identify risk assessment strategies (if applicable). [Insert resources]

Evaluation and quality assurance

Schools should ensure unit plans are reviewed and refined regularly to inform future planning, teaching, learning and assessment.

Prior to implementation, quality assure the unit to ensure assessment is valid, accessible and reliable, and that curriculum, teaching and learning is aligned with assessment. Determine the processes for moderation of assessment. [Insert quality assurance processes]
During and at the end of the unit, reflect on the teaching, learning and assessment to make refinements for the future. Evaluate how the teaching, learning and assessment provided opportunities to develop depth and breadth of student learning. Consider: Was the teaching, learning and assessment effective? Are there opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the teaching, learning and assessment? If so, where and how? Were there any common student misconceptions that need, or needed, to be clarified? How does student progress and achievement in this unit affect the planning of subsequent units within the year level/band? [Insert evaluation]

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