DonateLife - Having The Conversation

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 9 English:

• Understand that roles and relationships are developed and challenged through language and interpersonal skills (ACELA1551).
• Explore and reflect on personal understanding of the world and significant human experience gained from interpreting various representations of life matters in texts (ACELT1635).
• Use interaction skills to present and discuss an idea and to influence and engage an audience by selecting persuasive language, varying voice tone, pitch, and pace, and using elements such as music and sound effects (ACELY1811).

Syllabus outcomes: EN5-3B, EN5-5C, EN5-7D

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 9 achievement standards: Students create texts that respond to issues, interpreting and integrating ideas from other texts. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, comparing and evaluating responses to ideas and issues. 

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work DonateLife: Exploring Organ and Tissue Donation – Years 9 & 10

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – teachers will need to monitor students as they work through the activities and provide support with conversation strategies.

• A device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Student Worksheets – one copy per student

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Empathy

This lesson has been created in partnership with DonateLife to get young Australians talking about organ and tissue donation.

Organ, eye and tissue donation saves lives, restores health and improves the quality of life for thousands of Australians each year. But did you know that only 2% of people who die in hospitals each year can be considered for organ donation? One organ donor can save the lives of up to seven people and help many more through eye and tissue donation.