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1 First Edition English Unit 1 Pride

2 E1 Information Stages 1,2,3

3 E1- Information STAGE 1 Learning intention I will understand how language persuades us to see another point of view. Persuasive Tech Example Effect on Audience 1 metaphor buttercup yellow hat The reader will imagine a hat the same yellow as the colour of buttercups. 2 3 Stage 1 - Persuasive Language Glossary Use your persuasive language techniques glossary or the online glossary found on our unit 1 Pride, U1English tab to complete this task. 2. Create a table with the headings 6 6. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 1. persuasive technique example effect on the audience. 3. Identify and list six different persuasive language techniques. 4. Think of original examples for each definition. 5. Describe how the persuasive language technique positions the audience to see their point of view. I have recorded a glossary of persuasive language techniques with examples I can explain how they persuade the audience. 2

4 E1 - Information STAGE 2 Learning intention I will use persuasive language to convince others. Example Topic sentence using a rhetorical question Do you want a better life? (keep writing with more description) Explain it a bit more using alliteration You should sail South because... and...not only do you... but... (keep writing descriptively) Stage 2 1. Using all SIX persuasive language techniques from your table, write a TEES paragraph which persuades English settlers from 1793 to live in Australia. Example of tricolon (rule of 3s) and hyperbole (exaggeration). In Australia, land is bountiful with fertile soils, natural rivers and lakes. It is the best place in the whole world to live and you will rich beyond your dreams Significance (importance) of your point using an imperative You will need to research and find facts about Australia s early settlers. They are your audience. You should go to Australia now! A TEES paragraph structure has 2. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 2. Topic sentence Explain it a bit more Evidence or example Summary sentence showing the significance of your point. I have used five persuasive language techniques in my paragraph I can demonstrate how language can persuade an audience. 3

5 E1 - Information STAGE 3 Learning Intention I can use knowledge that I have gained, apply and explain it 2. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage Present your poster to an audience explaining how it positions the audience. Stage 3 Using the knowledge you have gained about persuasive language, imagine you are back in time: When?!! 1793 Where?!! England Who?!! You are the Captain of the Bellona, about to sail to Australia in two weeks. FINAL TASK 1. Persuade the audience of English men and women to join you on a journey to a better life by creating a print advertisement. Use persuasive language, add images, sound effects or music to highlight all the fantastic things about Australia! I have created persuasive language techniques in my poster I can communicate how language can persuade an audience. 4

6 E2 Information Stages 1,2,3

7 E2 - Knowledge STAGE 1 Learning intention I will understand how language persuades us to see another point of view. 3. Create a table with the headings persuasive technique example effect on the audience. Stage 1 - Persuasive Language Glossary 1. Use your persuasive language techniques glossary or the online glossary found on our scscyear9fuse.weebly.com, unit 1 Pride, U1English tab to complete this task. 2. In a newspaper, identify and define ten persuasive language techniques by annotating them (highlight or circle the technique you have found). List your persuasive language techniques (10) from the newspaper into the table. Think of original examples for each definition. Describe how the persuasive language technique positions the audience to see their point of view. Persuasive Tech Example Effect on Audience metaphor buttercup yellow hat The reader will imagine a hat the same yellow as the colour of buttercups. 4. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 1. I have recorded a glossary of persuasive language techniques with examples I can explain how they persuade the audience. 6

8 E2 - Knowledge STAGE 2 Learning intention I will use persuasive language to convince others. Stage 2 1. Choose a print advertisement with substantial persuasive language. Example Can you identify the TEES in the following paragraph? The McDonalds print advertisement shows text over the image of their signature Big Mac hamburger. The text shows irony, meaning that when you eat a boring, bland salad to be healthy, you really want to eat a Big Mac because it tastes better. The advertisement persuades the reader by juxtaposing and contrasting the word salad with the picture of the Big Mac behind it. The language is a statement which the reader would agree with. 2. Describe in two paragraphs how the persuasive language positions the audience to agree with them. Use the TEES paragraph structure Topic sentence 2. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 2. Explain it a bit more Evidence or example Summary sentence showing the significance of your point. I have used five persuasive language techniques in my paragraph I can demonstrate how language can persuade an audience. 7

9 E2 - Knowledge STAGE 3 Learning Intention I can use knowledge that I have gained, apply and explain it Stage 3 2. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage Present your speech to an audience positioning the audience to side with your point of view. Using the knowledge you have gained about persuasive language, imagine you are back in time: When?! 1860 Where?! State of Victoria, Australia Who?! You are a bushranger who is friends with Ned Kelly. FINAL TASK 1. You have been accused by police for stealing a horse. Write a persuasive speech using persuasive language techniques to defending yourself against the accusation. Use any other evidence such as pictures, drawings, logic, testimonies from reputable people who know you, witnesses and so on to build your case. I have created persuasive language techniques in my poster I can communicate how language can persuade an audience. 8

10 E3 Know how Stages 1,2,3

11 E3 - Know how STAGE 1 Learning intention I will understand how language persuades us to see another point of view. E3 Stage 1 1. Use your persuasive language techniques glossary or the online glossary found on our unit 1 Pride, U1English tab. 2. Locate and annotate (write notes on the actual article) two opinion newspaper articles on the same subject. Here are some suggestions: there should be a ban of social media sharks should be killed to protect people school uniforms are pointless the death penalty should be banished asylum seekers should be treated better 3. Record the URL of the website you found the article and the date you accessed it. Here is an example: Opinion article which supports the culling of sharks hermen-traditional-owners-call-for-shark-culling-in-gold-coast-canals-to-p revent-human-deaths/story-fnk744sw ; accessed 14/2/ 15. Opinion article which champions sharks accessed 15/2/ From your articles, choose ten persuasive language techniques. Make a table and write them in with accompanying examples. Comment on why the techniques are persuasive. Persuasive Tech Example Effect on Audience The reader will imagine a hat metaphor buttercup yellow hat the same yellow as the colour of buttercups. 4. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 1. I can annotate and create a glossary of persuasive language techniques with examples I can explain how they persuade the audience. 10

12 E3 - Know how STAGE 2 Learning intention I will use persuasive language to convince others. E3 - Stage 2 1. Using the two opinion articles you have found in Stage 1, comment on the tones of each. What kind of tone is written? Which is the most convincing? Why? 2. Describe in two paragraphs how persuasive language techniques creates the tone of each article. Example The opinion article,, written by on the (date), features a (describe) tone which positions the reader to side with their point of view. The author uses (persuasive language technique) (quotation) to (what is the effect on the reader?). This means that (explain it a bit more) which contributes to the overall tone of (describe the tone of the article). Use the TEES paragraph structure Topic sentence 3. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 2. Explain it a bit more Evidence or example Summary sentence showing the significance of your point. I have explained what persuasive language is in my paragraphs I can demonstrate how language can persuade an audience. 11

13 E3 - Know how STAGE 3 Learning Intention I can use knowledge that I have gained, apply and explain it Create two written pieces (first person or third person narrative, use persuasive language techniques please) 1. from the viewpoint of a local Aboriginal family and Stage 3 2. from the viewpoint of an English settler family Transform your written pieces into a multi-media presentation. How will you juxtapose the two groups of people? Examples Using the knowledge you have gained about persuasive language, imagine you are back in time: When?!! 1788 Where?!! State of New South Wales, Australia Who?!! You are an English settler!!! or existing Aboriginal/Indigenous people match images to your written piece to reinforce what you have written create a song tell a narrative (story) by recording or filming or animation Make sure whatever you create has persuasive language techniques in it! Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 3. FINAL TASK There is a large block of land that has a river flowing through a vast valley; it would be ideal for bringing up a family. Who should own it? The Aboriginal people already there or the newly arrived English settlers? Present this to your class explaining how language positions the viewer to I have created a multi-media presentation has persuasive language techniques in it I can communicate how language can persuade an audience. 12

14 E4 Wisdom Stages 1,2,3

15 E4 - Wisdom STAGE 1 Learning intention I will understand how language persuades us to see another point of view. Stage 1 1. Use your persuasive language techniques glossary or the online glossary found on our unit 1 Pride, U1English tab. 2. Locate and annotate (write notes on the actual article) an editorial, an opinion newspaper article, a letter on the same issue. Here are some suggestions: 3. Record the URL of the website you found the article and the date you accessed it. Here is an example: Opinion article which supports the culling of sharks n-traditional-owners-call-for-shark-culling-in-gold-coast-canals-to-prevent-huma n-deaths/story-fnk744sw ; accessed14/2/15. Opinion article which champions sharks accessed 15/2/ From your articles, choose ten persuasive language techniques. Make a table and write them in with accompanying examples. Comment on why the techniques are persuasive. 5. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 1. there should be a ban of social media sharks should be killed to protect people school uniforms are pointless the death penalty should be banished asylum seekers should be treated better I can annotate and create a glossary of persuasive language techniques with examples I can explain how they persuade the audience. 14

16 E4 - Wisdom STAGE 2 Learning intention I understand how persuasive language positions the audience. If you need a bit more help, look at E3 Know how, Stage Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage 2. Stage 2 1. Evaluate the editorial, opinion piece and letter to the editor from Stage 1 by analysing how each written text positions the audience to agree with them. Comment on the tones of each opinion piece. Think about which is the most convincing? Why? How is tone constructed? How does persuasive language position its audience? 2. Describe in two paragraphs how persuasive language techniques creates the tone of each article. Use the TEES paragraph structure Topic sentence Explain it a bit more Evidence or example Summary sentence showing the significance of your point. I have explained what persuasive language is in my paragraphs. I can demonstrate how language can persuade an audience. 15

17 E4 - Wisdom STAGE 3 Learning Intention I can use knowledge that I have gained, apply and explain it Stage 3 What would have happened if another world power colonised Australia instead of the English? The Dutch? Spanish? Portuguese? French? Russian? 2. Transform your written pieces into a multi-media presentation. How will you juxtapose the two groups of people? Examples match images to your written piece to reinforce what you have written create a song tell a narrative (story) by recording or filming or animation Make sure whatever you create has persuasive language techniques in it! 3. Post your completed work to StudyTurf-English-Stage Write a persuasive essay, promoting the benefits if another world power founded Australia. a. use first or third person narrative 4. Present this to your class explaining how language positions the viewer. b. use appropriate essay structure c. use TEEL paragraph structure d. use many persuasive language techniques in your essay I have created a multi-media presentation has persuasive language techniques in it I can communicate how language can persuade an audience. 16

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