Year 10 – Term 2 Weekly Focus 2013
Weekly Focus
Learning and Assessment
Tasks
Homework
Prepare for Expository
SAC –revising this
essay style & writing a
cheat sheet
Research a topic for
Oral Presentation
Write up arguments
for or against the topic
chosen, as well as
rebuttal
1
Finish off Expository SAC
(Final) (double lesson)
Introduce Oral
Presentation
To write the Expository SAC
under test conditions in class
To introduce students to
appropriate material for the oral
presentation & give research time
2
Finish researching topic (a
double or single lesson)
Researching oral and writing the
oral depending on the stance
chosen
To be presented in the rest of the
week’s lessons.
Introduce this by teaching the
metalanguage (Issue, contention,
supp. argts. , p.o.v . logical vs
emotional argts. tone.
Identify these techniques in an
opinionated article on
bikies/cults/gangs/powerful grps.
Teach other persuasive tools such
as positioning the reader,
repetition, alliteration/assonance,
emotive language, appeals to
emotion, use of evidence,
experts, attack, rebuttal, biasRefer to text and/or newspaper
article. Students to write a PRAC
SAC on an article studied in class.
3-4
5
6
Presentations of orals (final
double of the week)
Introduce Persuasive
Language Analysis
Continue to teach
persuasive language
analysis by referring to the
new text as well
PRAC SAC (written during a
class double)
Continue to study
persuasive language
devices.
Giving feedback on Prac
Sac task
Reading & analysing the
opinionated piece (double
lesson). This will be an
opinionated piece on bikies, cults
or other powerful individuals or
groups influencing members of
society.
Revise article & vocab
studied in class
Refer to the new text
for further info & egs
on persuasive language
devices
Revise definitions &
complete class
exercises eg. On
emotive language or
other set tasks
Refer to text & reading
and/or exercises set
Rereading the article,
identifying & revising
persuasive lang. tools
used
Writing up cheat sheet
(if allowed)
WRITE PRAC SAC ON PERSUASIVE
LANGUAGE ANALYSIS (2nd double
lesson)
7
*Begin Exam Preparation
8
9
EXAMS
EXAMS
Go over the exam; the essay
requirements-expository & per.
Lang. Analysis. Revise these essay
styles.
Teach strategies for time
management in an exam.
EXAMS
EXAMS
Refer to previous Prac
Sac to improve for the
SAC
Refer to text &
definitions of
persuasive lang.
Techniques
Write cheat sheet
EXAMS
EXAMS
Year 10 – Term 2 Weekly Focus 2013
10.
Introduce ‘I’m not Scared”
11
Begin reading “I’m not
Scared”
-Predicition, Activities on
Curriculum Drive on Italy’s history
and the south of Italy in
comparison to the North
Comprehension and character
profiles
Research a kidnapping
Read pages 1-30