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Voices of Chasing Asylum - Expository/Media Voices
Lesson4 of 8 in this unit
SecondaryYear 11 - 12EnglishPersuasive writingText AnalysisSocialEqualityHomelessnessHuman RightsSocial Action
Lesson Summary
Students examine issues associated with people seeking asylum and offshore detention policies by studying the expository language and visual choices in media texts. Using a variety of thinking and analytical tools, students refine their knowledge and skills by analysing, evaluating and comparing expository language and visual choices in texts. In doing so, students enhance and deepen their understanding of the connection between offshore detention policies, people seeking asylum and the power of visual, written and spoken language to communicate and persuade on these issues.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand and be able to analyse the way language, structural, stylistic and visual choices work in representing and shaping points of view and influencing audiences.
- enhance their comparative skills to understand how different media texts represent and report issues in different ways and elicit different responses from audiences.
- be able to analyse and make evaluative judgements about the effectiveness of media texts in positioning audiences about issues.
Success criteria
Students can:
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