Part of a set of resources created for a year 10 English class in Australia (ACARA syllabus). The other resources are also available in my store – Aussie_Resources. Assessment scaffolding resources A list of key terms, language features and text structures that students can use to assist them with their planning A writing booklet which includes a suggested structure for the speech along with sentence starters to prompt student responses A PowerPoint template which has been pre-filled with appropriate headings for the assessment A handout outlining how to reference the following text types in APA formatting: websites, newspaper articles, magazine articles, televised news segments

A table I made containing quotes from key characters in the film which students can come back to when writing their review for evidence of character VABs (Values, Attitudes and Beliefs). To save on printing, I put one copy on the word wall in the classroom and one copy on the class One Note for students to access digitally. Context: A resource designed for use in a 12 Essential English classroom in Queensland, Australia as part of Unit 4: “Representations and popular culture texts.” During this unit students learned about Hero and Villain films and how filmmakers use cinematic techniques to portray them and create an intended message. Their assessment at the end of this unit was to write a 4-6 minute multimodal (speech) to be delivered live or pre-recorded reviewing one of the three films shown within the unit. Films focused on in this particular year: Wonder Woman & Into the Spiderverse

A PPT designed to teach students about the purpose of a film review and where you might hear/see them. There is a sound bite from SBS’s ‘The Movie Guy’ and a video clip from the now discontinued ABC show ‘At The Movies.’ There are some viewing questions for students to complete as they watch David and Margaret review The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1. Then I provided information about the language of a film review. I then unpacked the structure which their spoken review would follow. We went through an example written by a student in 2023 about Batman Forever (1995). We then looked at the PowerPoint slides that this student used to support her speech while she presented to see a high-level example. Context: A lesson designed for use in a 12 Essential English classroom in Queensland, Australia as part of Unit 4: “Representations and popular culture texts.” During this unit students learned about Hero and Villain films and how filmmakers use cinematic techniques to portray them and create an intended message. Their assessment at the end of this unit was to write a 4-6 minute multimodal (speech) to be delivered live or pre-recorded reviewing one of the three films shown within the unit. Films focused on in this particular year: Wonder Woman & Into the Spiderverse