Lesson Five: English, Yr 7/9

Write Here, Write Now!

Curriculum links: Year 7 – ACELY1726 Year 9 – ACELT1771

Resources you will need

Lesson structure

  1. Provide copies of the three factsheets to each student.
  2. Put up on the screen the Lesson 5 Persuasive Writing PowerPoint slides. These slides contain the stimulus options.
  3. Distribute the Persuasive Writing Prompts.
  4. Ask them to use the information in the fact sheets to create a persuasive response either for or against the following statements in the Persuasive Writing Prompts:
    • Non-human animals should count as ‘persons’ under the law, not just as ‘things’.
    • It is acceptable to keep dolphins in captivity for the purpose of educating and entertaining people.
    • Housing chickens permanently indoors is not acceptable.

They may find it useful to consult further resources (including videos) for each topic.

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AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT

Learning Area: English
Year Level: Year 7/Year 9
General Capabilities: CCT, L, PSC, EU, IU
Strands: Creating Texts/Responding to Literature
Content Descriptions: 

Year 7 (English Literacy)

Edit for meaning by removing repetition, refining ideas, reordering sentences and adding or substituting words for impact (ACELY1726)

Year 9 (English Literature) 

Present an argument about a literary text based on initial impressions and subsequent analysis of the whole text (ACELT1771)
Elaborations:

Year 7

Using collaborative technologies to jointly construct and edit texts.

Year 9

Interrogating and making judgments about a text, comparing others’ ideas against the student’s own and reaching an independent decision or shared consensus about the interpretations and ideas expressed.
Cross-Curricular Priority:

Sustainability
Acknowledgments

This Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials, which are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The material has been modified from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed April 2019).

All activities have been created by educators for educators and are linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4). We advise teachers to consult the ACARA website for the most up-to-date curriculum outcomes.

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