Engage

The teacher fosters positive relations with and between students and develops shared expectations for learning and interacting. They stimulate interest and curiosity, promote questioning and connect learning to real world experiences. The teacher structures tasks, elicits students’ prior knowledge and supports them to make connections to past learning experiences.
 * Engage **

They present a purpose for learning, determining challenging learning goals and making assessment and performance requirements clear. The teacher assists students to consider and identify processes that will support the achievement of the learning goals. Students interest are captured in this learning phase, this is done below by introducing a YouTube clip which shows pictures captured by the floods in both Queensland and Victoria.

__Teacher - watch short clip with students, click on below YouTube clip to begin story __

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__﻿ Teacher - brief conversation with students about video clip __ Questions to prompt discussion -
 * Were you or anyone you know affected by the floods?
 * How do you think you would feel if you lost your home and possessions in a flood?
 * Do you know what causes a flood?

Students are then asked to contribute their feelings in a tribute page to the victims of the floods on Wallwisher. This is used to assess the students prior knowledge about the floods and promote reflection and questions the children may have.

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