Blue - Communicating to Change Minds

This lesson incorporates clips from Blue The Film as learning inspiration. In this lesson, students will consider verbal and non-verbal communication choices, and how they persuade audiences. They will watch two short videos exploring perspectives about the ocean and environmental issues. Students will further build their understanding of using language to persuade by studying the verbal and non-verbal communication choices in these videos and how they are used to influence audiences. Students apply this knowledge to practise and demonstrate their own use of persuasive language choices to create a text that addresses the issue of plastic pollution, ocean health and marine ecosystems.