9–12 Unreal TV Students explore the extent to which the world is depicted in a realistic way in a selected mainstream television series. Students focus on how different perspectives and values are presented in one series and how these views are communicated, presenting their findings in a comprehensive feature article. (Some areas to consider: Is mainstream drama too ‘Americanised’; do the police and lawyers always get the bad guys/girls in police/law dramas; are nerds misrepresented in The Big Bang Theory; how close is CSI to real-life policing; is crime portrayal realistic; is the world really this violent?) consider how different perspectives and values are presented in texts including relationships between context, purpose and audience select text structures, language features and visual techniques to communicate and present ideas and information categorise and integrate ideas and evidence about specific issues employ ethical research practices such as acknowledging sources, and avoiding plagiarism and collusion use strategies for planning, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, and appropriate referencing learn how to communicate logically, persuasively and imaginatively for different purposes use appropriate vocabulary, spelling and sentence structures Task 3: 10% Creating: (In class and at home) Create a digital or print multimodal feature article for a website or magazine of your choice, exploring how one television series/program presents the world in a particular way. 13–15 Not fair Students work in groups to research a workplace issue affecting young members of the workforce for a panel discussion which explores this issue from a range of viewpoints and perspectives. Some issues to consider may be equal work for equal pay, discrimination, bullying in the workplace or workplace health and safety issues. recognise when to work with others and when to work independently use the language of negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution categorise and integrate ideas and evidence about specific issues express a logical point of view about an idea, issue or event determine the relevance of source material to the context and topic listening actively; being prepared to assert personal views Task 4: 15% Externally set task Task 5: 5% Responding: (Oral and written in class and at home) Panel discussion exploring at least one workplace issue from a range of viewpoints and perspectives. Each group to create an infographic which summarises its findings for distribution to the class. Panelists are expected to be aware of workplace rights and obligations. Semester 2
11–15 Your West Weekend Students work cooperatively and collaboratively to create a magazine similar in format to West Weekend, targeting a specified audience to communicate a range of relevant information using different types of texts (see Glossary) and including original photographs and advertising. Students have the opportunity to create a wide range of text types and forms in a range of language modes. A focus of this activity is fostering effective group work practices. The project encourages individual initiative, independence and interdependence and provides opportunities for students to learn from each other. consider how attitudes and assumptions are presented in texts, including the use of media, types of texts, text structures and language features employ ethical research practices such as acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism and collusion integrate text structures, language features and visual techniques to engage and persuade audiences use editing processes and appropriate referencing. use and adapt text structures and language features to communicate ideas in a range of media recognise when to work with others and when to work independently use the language of negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution Task 9: 15% Creating: (In class and at home) Working cooperatively and collaboratively in groups, students create and publish a magazine similar in format to the West Weekend, targeting a specified audience. Communicate to this audience a range of relevant information using different types of texts and including original photographs and advertising.