Writing About Issues - Water

Students investigate the issue of a sustainable fresh water supply. They examine some of the issues and compare different views about managing water resources. Students then write an essay about a water issue of their choice. They use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources. Students analyse and evaluate the ways that text structures and language features vary according to the purpose of the text and the ways that referenced sources add authority to a text. Students will be able to research an issue using a variety of reliable sources. Students can analyse a range of resource management issues around water and can articulate the complexities of a single water issue, giving at least two opposing perspectives.