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 * Lesson 1 - Activate Prior knowledge/ Introduce assessment task/ Key Concepts**

This lesson is intended to introduce the concepts of the unit to the students and give them time to plan their approach to the work.

1. Explain that in the following clip, the people in the bathroom can only hear the music in their heads. 2. Ask students to identify what is strange about the situation considering that the music is not being played aloud. 3. Play: Ally McBeal - Barry White - Unisex Bathrooms - [] 4. They can all hear the same song and are dancing to it.

5. Inform students that they can gain points toward assessment for participating in the following discussion. Group Discussion - in groups of four answer the following questions;
 * Do you ever have a song you can’t get out of your head? Which song?
 * What songs/poems do you like? Why do you like them?
 * Do you have a favourite poem/poet?
 * If you speak another language, what songs/poetry do you enjoy in that language? Can you explain what the song/poem is about?
 * What type of poems/songs do you enjoy? Why?
 * Do you know any literary techniques used in poetry, like rhyme, alliteration, meter?

6. Feedback - elicit that students have different likes and dislikes and have different ‘songs in their heads’. Identify where students have shown excellent participation skills. 7. State key concepts of the unit and discuss assessment tasks with students, focusing on task and criteria 8. Introduce student contract and have students sign it. 9. Allow students to begin exploring the different types of assessment.