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Blue - Rhetorical Devices and Coral Reefs
Lesson7 of 8 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10EnglishPersuasive writingLearning through filmText AnalysisEnvironmentalBiodiversityConservationOceansWater
Lesson Summary
This lesson incorporates clips from Blue The Film as learning inspiration. In this lesson, students will examine news media texts that highlight issues related to coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef in certain ways to position audiences. They will enhance their understanding of how media texts use language, visual and structural features to represent issues. With a specific focus on news media texts, students will use thinking and analytical tools to deconstruct and evaluate perspectives represented and analyse how language and visual features influences audiences.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how combinations of language and visual features of news media texts shape meaning and position audiences
- understand and explain how news media texts use written and visual language to influence perspectives
- develop the skills required to compare and understand how different media texts represent issues to elicit responses from audiences
Success criteria
Students can:
- analyse and evaluate visual and language features used to shape meaning and communicate perspectives
- explain how news media texts use language to represent an issue, using examples from two news media texts
- compare and contrast how written and video news media texts use different communication features to represent the same issue
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