Thursday - Period 1

Here is the brainstorm completed in class following our viewing of 'Men of Ore'.  Any of these could become the  topic of your editorial for your assessment task.  Today you will receive some exemplars of editorials to guide you in terms of structure, language features and persuasive techniques.

In our lesson today we will begin to deconstruct the documentary in terms of filmic techniques and the effect they achieve on the responder.  Take note of the how a film sequence is deconstructed - you will be doing a sequence deconstruction on your own in the next few weeks.

Wednesday - Period 4

Today we will begin our viewing of an Australian Story documentary - 'Men of Ore'.  This is the story of the rescue team responsible for the retrieval of the trapped miners at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in 2006.  Following our initial viewing we will consider the issues that arise in this documentary and brainstorm possible topics for the editoral assessment task.

If you wish to view the documentary at home, visit the Australian Story page on the ABC website.

Wednesday - Period 1 & Monday - Period 5

Today we will look at the DIY Doco website that is designed to assist your understanding of how to:

• identify the filmic techniques employed and their effect
• under the style and genres of documentary film texts
• respond to and analyse documentary texts.

In your exercise books you are to record key ideas under the headings:

1. Style & Genre
2. Elements of Documentary Storytelling

(Remember - when recording key ideas you need to record and summarise them concisely using words and phrases that will make sense to you later on.)

Assessment Task # 1 issued - Editorial composition (exposition).

Monday - Period 2 & Tuesday - Period 4

Today we will revise non-fiction by considering the following questions:

• What is non-fiction?
• What forms does non-fiction take?
• What is the purpose of non-fiction?
• Whose point of view is presented?
• What is the difference between fact and opinion?
• How do the following shape how we see things: one's attitude/perspective/outlook, knowledge, societal context, cultural background?

Using the information from your group discussion summarise your responses to these questions on your non-fiction Weebly page. 

Homework:  Create 2 QR codes using the QR code generator to the right.  One is for the URL of your Weebly, the other is the URL of your non-fiction Weebly page.  Glue in your English book.

Thursday - Period 1

Today we will set up individual Weebly accounts for your online work.

Subject Specific Terminology & Report Criteria issued and examined.

Wednesday - Period 4

This year you will use both an exercise book and a personal website to complete your work.  Your exercise book will contain handouts and things you need to refer back to at a later date.  Other work (written, visual, etc) will be composed and maintained on your own website.  This site will be an electronic portfolio of your best work.

So today's activities will include:

1. Expositional journalling (in preparation for NAPLAN later this year)
2. Establishing your exercise book
3. Establishing your website using Weebly. (Insufficient time - transferred to Thursday's lesson).

We will begin looking at Non fiction: Documentaries in our next lesson.

Monday - Period 5 (7/2/11)

In our first lesson we will attend to a few preliminary activities:

1. Spelling Assessment
2. Reading Comprehensions Assessment
3. Technology Survey

Please have your exercise book with you for our next lesson.