This activity provides the opportunity for students to synthesise what they have learned about exotic pest fish, and analyse the different attitudes of a cross-section of the general public.

Estimated time: 2 x 45 minutes (or more)

Materials

description of roles (see Teacher resource c.5 - Fishing drama)
refer to information about writing plays, available in the Queensland English syllabus document ‘A Guide to Genres in English’ (pp. 20–3)

Teaching strategies

Working scientifically

(I: collecting information, C: classifying ideas and concepts, arguing a position, expressing points of view)

Students are introduced to the characters to be portrayed in a play. In the play, a fishing guide, aquaculturalist, QFS scientist, conservationist, and farmer (see Teacher resource c.5 - Fishing drama) for a brief outline of these roles) are going fishing together. Use an expert jigsaw strategy to brainstorm and communicate ideas to the whole group.
Each home group then writes the play and performs it to show other students their interpretation of the plot.

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Student activity c.5 Culminating

Fishing drama

Outcomes

Focus

Materials

Teaching strategies

Working scientifically

Student activity c.5
Culminating