Three environmental artists, one environmental issue

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Years 7 & 8 Visual Arts:

• Analyse how artists use visual conventions in artworks (ACAVAR123)
• Identify and connect specific features and purposes of visual artworks from contemporary and past times to explore viewpoints and enrich their art-making, starting with Australian artworks including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACAVAR124)

Year 7 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas (ACELY1725)
• Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impact (ACELY1726)

Year 8 English:

• Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate (ACELY1736) 
• Experiment with text structures and language features to refine and clarify ideas to improve the effectiveness of students’ own texts (ACELY1810)

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding.

Syllabus Outcomes:  EN4-2A, EN4-4B, VAS4.3, VAS4.7, VAS4.8, VAS4.9, VAS4.10.

Time required: 2 x 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activity.

• Sticky notes
• Internet access
• Student worksheets

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