Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning MacKillop College, Werribee Anzac biscuit task Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning MacKillop College, Werribee

Oracy A major part of oracy is being able to deliver verbal instructions to another person in order to achieve an intended outcome.

Anzac lesson For this activity, you will be partnered with a younger student. You will need to arrange a lesson plan that will take you from explaining what you have covered in the ANZAC unit through to making Anzac biscuits.

Your lesson In groups of 2 or 3, arrange a lesson plan that will run for 100 minutes. Your lesson plan must include the following: - An explanation about the Anzacs and why we have been studying this topic - An explanation about the origin of Anzac biscuits and why we are making them - The method and ingredients list arranged in an easy to read format for your intended audience - A timeline of how your lesson will progress - A risk assessment/OH&S list of possible dangers associated with being in a kitchen - A feedback form for your younger student to complete (appropriate to their age group)

What do you know about anzac? How much do you know about the term ANZAC and what it means? This task looks at the significance behind the term ANZAC and asks you to transfer your research into a format suitable for a junior audience in the form of a storybook.  The following questions/statements will kick-start your research: What does the acronym ANZAC stand for? When and where is ANZAC Day commemorated? Why? Locate Gallipoli and the Kokoda Track on a map Where is the money raised from selling ANZAC badges directed?

What do you know about anzac? Where have Australian troops served in more recent times? What were their duties? How is ANZAC Day different from Remembrance Day? What is the ‘Last Post’ and what is its significance? Explain the game ‘two-up’ and why the soldiers played it Remember that this is a storybook so it needs to be bright and colourful with lots of pictures to keep a junior audience interested.

Anzac biscuits Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup plain flour 1 cup white sugar 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 125g butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 tablespoon boiling water

Anzac biscuits Method: Preheat the oven to 150°C In  a  saucepan,  melt  butter  and  golden  syrup  over  a gentle  heat Mix  bicarbonate  of  soda  with  boiling  water.  Add  to  saucepan Pour  melted  butter  mixture  into  all  combined  dry ingredients Stir  until  fully  combined Take  even  teaspoons  full  of  mixture  and  place  on  a  light  greased  oven tray (allow  plenty  of  room  for  spreading) Bake  for  20  minutes Allow  to  cool  completely  before  moving Package the biscuits in a cellophane bag or air tight container