Year Level & Subject: Accounting Unit 1
SEMESTER ONE TIMELINE, 2011
Week
Term 1
Week 1
Topic
Classwork and Homework
Assessment
Tasks
Establishing a small
business
Chapter 4 Establishing a Small Business.
Pg 35-41 (VCE Accounting Units 1&2
Neville Box)
Students to predict topic and teacher to get
knowledge ready. Students to read aloud.
Summary questions 1-14 pg 41-42
Exercises 4.3, 4.4
Exercises 4.3 & 4.4
pg 42-43
Week2&3
Accounting for Small
Business
Chapter 1 Establishing a Small Business.
Pg 2-7 (VCE Accounting Units 1&2 Neville
Box) Students to read aloud and use
knowledge books to write definitions.
Summary questions 1-22 pg 8-9
Exercises 1.1, 1.2 pg 9-10
S.A.C- 1.3 pg 10
Week 4-6
Balance sheet for Small
Business
Chapter 2 pg 12-16
Reading aloud, knowledge books, students
to paraphrase. Summary questions 1-14
pg 17
Exercises 2.1-2.11 pg 19-20
S.A.C -test on
Balance Sheet
Week 7
Single Entry Accounting
Chapter 3 pg 22-29 Students to read
aloud, paraphrase, summarise, use
knowledge books. Teacher to brainstorm
terminology.
Summary questions 1-9 pg 29-30
Exercises 3.1-3.5 pg 30-32
Strategies/ICT
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Reading and discussing author’s purpose, predicting.
Relating experience knowledge to key issues.
Interpreting/creating tables on key topics and themes.
Relating case studies to key themes.
Glossary work
Brainstorming topic.
Knowledge book
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What is Accounting?
Researching using the internet the role of Accountants
Glossary work (paraphrasing)
Brainstorming topic.
Relating experience to the topics.
Create summaries/paraphrasing of key skills and
knowledge learnt.
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What is a Balance Sheet?
Relating case studies to key themes/ideas.
Basic Accounting Equation
Creating Balance Sheets on Excel
Glossary work.
Interpreting data.
Creating tables to summarise knowledge and key terms.
Recording transactions and preparing Balance Shets using
QuickBooks
 Teaching new meaning through examples.
 Brainstorming/predicting key terms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79m3AKPAM&feature=fvsr
The Accounting Equation
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What is Single Entry Accounting?
What are Journals?
Creating Journals on Excel
Paraphrasing.
Glossary work.
Week 8-9
Recording & Reporting
cash flows
Chapter 5 pg 46-50
Summary questions 1-10 pg 52
Exercises 5.1-5.4 pg 53-56
Week 10
Income Statement for
service firms
Chapter 6 Pg 61-64 Students to read
aloud, use knowledge books, paraphrase,
and summarise topic in their own words.
Teacher to brainstorm information
Summary questions 1-12
Week 1
Income Statement for
service firms
Teacher to brainstorm information.
Students to complete exercises 6.1-6.8 pg
66- 73
S.A.C-Case study pg
73 using ICT and test
Week 2-3
Cash Control and Bank
Reconciliation
Chapter 7 Pg 76-92
Summary Questions 1-4 pg 93
Hand out ‘Bank Reconciliation’
Summary questions 5-16 pg 93-94.
Students to read aloud, paraphrase,
teacher to brainstorm ideas
Exercises 7.1-7.16 pg 95-118
S.A.C using ICT 7.10
pg 109
Bank Reconciliation
handout to submitted
S.A.C using ICT 5.5 a
and b pg 57
Term 2
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 What is a Income Statement?
 Interpreting/creating tables on key topics and themes.
 Glossary work
 Paraphrasing/summarizing
 Brainstorming ideas/group work
 Interpreting data
 Using visual stimulus (examples)
 Predicting
 Using excel to record data
 Using existing knowledge
 Think, pair, share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7C4cz2HkeY
 Recording transactions and preparing Income Statements
using QuickBooks
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What is a Bank Reconciiation Statement?
Brainstorming ideas
Glossary work
Visual stimulus (personal/business budgets)
Relating case studies to key themes/ideas
Relating experience to topic
Interpreting data
Recording transactions and Bank Reconciliation
Statements using QuickBooks
Using Excel/Database programs to create a budget and
adding formulas
Online research/online case-studies
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Brainstorming ideas
Glossary work
Visual stimulus (personal/business budgets)
Relating case studies to key themes/ideas
Relating experience to topic
Interpreting data
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Week 4
Taxation
Handout ‘ Taxation’ Teacher to get
knowledge ready, students to use
knowledge books
Questions from
handout to be
completed and
handed in
What is a cash Flow Statement?
Interpreting data using visual examples .
Interpreting data.
Recording transactions and preparing cash Journals using
Quicbooks.
Week 5
Week 6-7
Week 8
Price Setting Strategies
Chapter 9 pg 141-146
Summary questions 1-10 pg 146-147
Exercises 9.1-9.9 pg 147-151
Budgeting
Chapter 8 pg 121-124
Summary questions 1-16 pg 129
Exercises 8.1-8.11 pg 129-136
Investment
Opportunities
Chapter 11 Pg 167- 180
Handout ‘Types of investments ‘Brainstorm
ideas, get knowledge ready.
Summary questions 1-14
Exercises 11.1-11.15
Week 9
Revision- Exam
Revision of unit 1 & Practice Exams
Week 10
Exam
Go through exam in class together with
students
Unit 2
The two fold effect on
Balance Sheets
Chapter 13 pg 217-222 Summary
questions 1-8
Price setting handout
to be submitted
SAC Case pg 151152
SAC -Test
S.A.C using ICT pg
137 and test
S.A.C –using ICT Ex
11.16 pg 186
Exam
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What is a Casbh Budget?
Brainstorming ideas
Glossary work
Relating experience to topic
Interpreting data
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Brainstorming ideas
Glossary work
multiple-choice, quiz – including online, previous knowledge,
glossary, think/pair/share, predicting, interpreting data, past
exams)