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Teaching sustainability and literacy
Lisa Edwards – Bossley Park High School
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*Year 7 unit – Our World, Our Future -
class blogging and student digital
enviro campaigns
*Year 8 unit – The Art of Persuasion –
examining persuasive language
through enviro texts
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*7aqua.wordpress.com
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*improved literacy outcomes
*increased skills in reflection and peer feedback
*improved writing quality as students know it is in the public forum
*more highly developed understanding of audience, purpose and context
*increased engagement as a result of writing for a real audience, and through the autonomy of authoring posts
*collaborative discussion
*positive digital footprints
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*Poetry
*Newspaper articles
*Opinion pieces / blog posts
*Websites
*Advertisements
*Short film / ad – “The Majestic Plastic Bag”
*Lockie Leonard Scumbuster – Tim Winton
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*Responses to texts studied
*Student opinion pieces on enviro issues
*http://7aqua.wordpress.com/category/environment/
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*We have been reading and writing about a range of environmental issues in class, and on our blog. Now it’s time for YOU to create a campaign to communicate an environmental issue to the world.
*Choose the environmental issue that you feel most strongly about, find your like-minded classmates, and start something big!
*Your task is to create your own “organisation” dedicated to raising awareness about your issue, by creating a media campaign to urge individuals/corporations/governments to take steps to preserve our environment.
*Criteria Highly
developed
Well
developed
Sound Developing Basic
Identifies a clear target audience, appropriate
to the environmental issue
Establishes clear aims and goals for the
organisation
Creates a memorable organisation “brand”
across media – name, slogan, logo
Promotional materials demonstrate depth and
detail of research into the environmental
issue
Promotional materials are effective in
conveying the message of the organisation
Promotional materials use a range of media
and work together to create a cohesive and
persuasive campaign to encourage action
Campaign presentation is effective – speakers
are articulate and persuasive
**Weebly – create a website or blog site – available
on DEC - www.weebly.com
*Pixton – create comics – www.pixton.com
*Prezi – zooming presentation tool –
www.prezi.com
*Change.org - Online petitions – www.change.org
*Flickr – Creative Commons images –
www.flickr.com/creativecommons
*Powtoon – animated videos and presentations –
www.powtoon.com
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*Severn Suzuki’s speech @ UN Earth Summit
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*Television advertisements
*Print ads
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*Sustainability animation on Youtube
*Barack Obama speech – UN 2009
*Bruce Dawe poem “In the new landscape”
*Australian mining ad / website
*Memes / infographics
*Opposing editorials
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