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The Final Quarter - Language of Criticism
Lesson2 of 4 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8EnglishHumanities and Social SciencesAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and CulturesSocialEqualityHuman RightsIndigenous EducationSocial Action
Lesson Summary
Retired AFL star Adam Goodes is known to many for his resilient journey in the face of detrimental treatment by AFL spectators and the media beginning in 2013.
In this lesson, students consider the language forms and features of criticism. They work to consider how delivery can impact a criticism, considering elements such as tone, volume and facial expressions. The consideration of both delivery and language choices is scaffolded through multiple viewings of audio-visual texts – both muted and not – to delineate between the two. Students build their critical thinking skills through scaffolded evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of a chosen criticism. Finally, they make revisions to a criticism to change the impact on the intended audience.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how tone impacts an audience
- understand how nonverbal and verbal communication can be used to criticise
- understand how language choices can reflect a communicative focus
Success criteria
Students can:
- identify different tones and their differing impacts
- identify different communicative purposes of criticism
- identify the implied meaning in a text
- make edits to a text to change its tone and impact
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