A lesson designed for use over 2 x 70 minute lessons of Essential English (Australian curriculum). Students are preparing to sit a response to stimulus exam with one seen source and one unseen source (1 x written and 1 x visual). The focus for the year was Science, Space and Technology – so this source may also be of use to teachers from other countries teaching about these topics. This lesson focused on texts about space exploration – a transcript of John F Kennedy’s “Why go to the moon?” speech & a contemporary article about billionaires exploring space Included in this resource is 1 x Worksheet for students (containing the 2 sources and some scaffolding) 1 x annotated worksheet (teacher answers) 1 x PPT used to sequence the lesson The content of the lesson was around teaching students how to analyse stimulus text and locate: Language Features Text Structures Values, Attitudes, Beliefs or Cultural Assumptions Representations

A resource designed for use with Year 12 Essential English students (Australian curriculum). Students are preparing to sit a response to stimulus exam with one seen source and one unseen source (1 x written and 1 x visual). The document includes a list of language features and text structures commonly found in written stimulus texts (along with definitions and examples). How I used this in my teaching: I printed a class set of the LF on one colour and the TS on another colour and had them laminated. I hand them out in each lesson when students are analysing texts. I also printed one set in A3 and put them up as posters in the classroom.

A worksheet for students to complete when watching the 2009 film Mao’s Last Dancer. It includes contextual information about how ballet became popular in China. A ClickView link to the film is provided (for absent students / at home learning). There are 8 questions for students to respond to during / after watching the film. There is also some information about some areas where the film differs from the actual events. Resources designed for the new senior Modern History syllabus (implemented in QLD in 2019). The end of term assessment for this unit was an Independent Source Investigation. The content would also be useful more broadly for students in other states and countries with an interest in the China (1931-1976). The other resources are also available in my store – Aussie_Resources.

This PowerPoint includes images of storyboards, an explanation of when in the production a storyboard is drawn. Information about what the storyboard convey and why you make one. It has a video The Killers Mr. Brightside for the children to watch and then an example of how you would storyboard this (using screen captures from the actual video). That way students will see the level of detail required for the written description. Following this, the PowerPoint also explains the rule of thirds and some things to keep in mind when planning your music video with pictures of what to do and what not to do.

A useful resource for an introduction to Science Fiction and key terms. In addition to definitions taken from a cinema subject I completed at university, there are a series of viewing activities (trailers for various films which illustrate the key features of these subgenres of science-fiction.) Most of these slides also come with questions designed to get students to think about our focus: TECHNOLOGY and the role of technology in these imagined worlds. These questions challenge students to consider how filmmakers position and influence their viewers regarding the discourse of technology in texts and whether these representations work to naturalise, reinforce or challenge prevailing beliefs and attitudes about the role of technology in society.

Document 1: A table scaffolding for students how to write an effective introduction, two body paragraphs analyzing, one comparative body paragraph and a conclusion. It also includes how to reference a print advertisement. This scaffold was created for the following task but can be adapted for other advertisement analysis tasks. GENRE: Expository Multi-modal Oral ROLE/RELATIONSHIP: This is an individual task where each student will prepare and present a speech and PowerPoint to an audience of their peers. PURPOSE: To understand how advertisers use specific techniques in order to influence and shape consumer attitudes and behaviour. TASK: Compare and contrast the following print advertisement to a visual print advertising campaign of your choice. (An advertising campaign can be a single advertisement). Using your knowledge of AIDA, you will analyse and evaluate the various techniques used in both advertisements and draw conclusions about how the advertisers have attempted to persuade and appeal to their demographic/target audience. • Write a 500 word speech that compares and contrasts the advertising techniques used in the different advertisements. You must draw conclusions and provide both opinions and reasons as to why each advertisement succeeds or fails in motivating the target audience. • Create a PowerPoint presentation that discusses your findings. • Present your PowerPoint and explain your findings to the class. LENGTH: Use a minimum of 6 slides and 500 words, and a maximum of 10 slides and 650 words. Document 2: Key terms including definitions of the AIDA method of analysing advertisements.

Miseenscene definition and music videos to exemplify (one Coldplay and one Brittney spears). Talking about genre and target audience and the importance of branding your artist. Viewing Pink's music video 'Just Give Me A Reason' and completing a quiz about lighting and shot sizes. Introducing new term - cinematography and what it means.

This is a media lesson designed for a year 9 class (however a lot of the content could also be used for an English lesson). Narrative music videos and their key components: plot, theme and structure Defining narrative. Visual display of the narrative structure. Defining the key terms plot, structure, and theme and watching a film clip to identify these (teacher answers provided on slides). Links to other narrative music videos Also included: a music video report card for analysing music videos

This lesson uses Tenacious D's video 'Tribute' to teach students about various editing / special effects, types of lighting and other elements including shot sizes and angles. After defining these terms, students watch the video and fill in a music video report card (also included) which is a scaffolded way of learning to review a music video.

Posters for media showing shot sizes, camera angles and other items for decorating a classroom. 3 different templates for story boards.

A PowerPoint. Revision activity - Viewing an example calendar with images taken by a year 9 student in 2015 and discussing the various elements of photography used. Introducing key photography terms (aperture, depth of field, shutter speed, ISO and sharpness). Looking at example photographs which demonstrate each of these.

A student workbook for watching the film including; a synopsis, a list of characters, viewing questions, themes in the film, key quotes & what others have said about the film. The second is annotated notes taken from Cateforis, T. (2009). Rebel girls and singing boys: Performing music and gender in the teen movie. Current Musicology, (87), 161-190,247. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/224870683?accountid=16285

The various factors that make a story newsworthy. Definitions, written examples and film examples. Topical issues from the past e.g. Tsunami, Beaconsfield Mining, Brisbane Floods.

Defining each theme and posing questions for students to consider e.g. Why do human beings have a basic need and desire to be in a group? What are the consequences of being an outcast from main groups? (both physically and mentally). Can groups affect your behavior and encourage you to engage in behaviors you might not otherwise? A list of texts which feature this theme. Clips from various teen films (mostly trailers) with questions for students to respond to post-viewing. It also explains how popular teens and unpopular teens are commonly shown.

In order to create convincing crime fiction, students need to be able to analyse the portrayal of crime, criminals and the criminal justice system in various modern and canonical texts. This powerpoint goes through some theories of crime and includes some clips from crime films (e.g. Kindergarten Cop, A Time to Kill etc.) that help students understand these. The powerpoint covers info such as the Role of the law in society, the image of the criminal and how these can reflect their theories of human nature, beliefs about the causes of crime and information about how crime is dealt with by society.

This powerpoint introduces students to key terms which are necessary for a study of documentaries e.g. intertitle, masked interview etc. After these terms the lesson introduces students to audio and visual devices which are used to position audiences in documentaries e.g. narration / voice over, music, sound effects, slow motion and other visual editing effects. After copying these notes students view a small clip about climate change from a biased documentary and have to practice identifying these features.

A PowerPoint explaining the parts of a digital camera (using snapshots from the manual -- also attached). Also a few images of what settings to put your camera on to get the best photos.

Task sheet for an assessment requiring the following things: Treatment, Making the magazine in photoshop, Reflecting on your final product, Responding to someone else’s magazine cover (critiquing) The PowerPoint includes an example student magazine cover (annotated), the requirements for a treatment, an example treatment. Additional resource: A scaffolding table for planning their magazine cover

Prior to students learning about moral issues in The Hunger Games, they must first learn what morals are and have a chance to identify them in other texts. This PowerPoint teaches students what terms including moral, morality and immoral mean. Students are also introduced to the news genre and its purpose. They learn about how regular news stories are structured and their common language before reading a news story with a moral issue in it. After reading the article there are a series of comprehension questions which could be answered individually or as a class depending on the abilities of your learners. These questions increase in difficulty and were written using verbs from Bloom's taxonomy. Resource 2: A copy of the newspaper article students explored in this lesson (taken from an Australian newspaper in 2017).

PowerPoint one: appropriate for senior classes (years 10-12) - includes tips to help students improve their verbal and nonverbal presentation skills - includes clips of famous speeches to help students identify the techniques PowerPoint two: appropriate for junior classes (years 7-9) - includes public speaking tips - includes tips for Power Points including visual pictures of what not to do - includes an example PowerPoint presentation created by a student that presents the information effectively - includes a list of topics for 30 seconds speeches (to get students to practice the skills they've learned