Activity Introduction
Quick summary: In this lesson, students will be exploring the STOP the Coward Punch Campaign VIFM Research Update 2019 to determine the elements of data they find most interesting. Students will choose a form, audience, contention and purpose, and plan and craft a text seeking to communicate the dangers of the coward punch to their communities.
The STOP the Coward Punch education package aims to spread awareness about the devastating effects of the coward punch on our community. This education package was developed by a team of experts, including a youth worker, education specialist and specialist teachers and references the latest research and laws on coward punches.
Learning intentions:
- Students understand the key findings from the data about coward punches
- Students understand their role in making change in their community.
21st century skills:
Australian Curriculum Mapping
Content descriptions:
Year 9 English:
- Understand how punctuation is used along with layout and font variations in constructing texts for different audiences and purposes (ACELA1556)
- Use interaction skills to present and discuss an idea and to influence and engage an audience by selecting persuasive language, varying voice tone, pitch, and pace, and using elements such as music and sound effects (ACELY1811)
- Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts, comparing and evaluating representations of an event, issue, situation or character in different texts (ACELY1744)
- Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments, including texts that integrate visual, print and/or audio features (ACELY1746)
Year 10 English:
- Understand how paragraphs and images can be arranged for different purposes, audiences, perspectives and stylistic effects (ACELA1567)
- Use organisation patterns, voice and language conventions to present a point of view on a subject, speaking clearly, coherently and with effect, using logic, imagery and rhetorical devices to engage audiences (ACELY1813)
- Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence (ACELY1754)
- Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756)
Syllabus outcomes: EN5-1A, EN5-2A, EN5-3B
General capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy
Relevant parts of Year 9 achievement standards:
Students evaluate and integrate ideas and information from texts to form their own interpretations. Students create texts that respond to issues, interpreting and integrating ideas from other texts.
Relevant parts of Year 10 achievement standards:
Students develop and justify their own interpretations of texts. They evaluate other interpretations, analysing the evidence used to support them. Students create a wide range of texts to articulate complex ideas.
Topic: Social Issues
This lesson is part of the wider unit of work STOP the Coward Punch: English – Years 7 to 10.
Time required: 120+ mins.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion, support students in the production of their text, set up the text walk.
Resources required:
- VIFM Research Update 2019
- Student Worksheets – one copy per student.
Related professional development: Strategies for Dealing with Aggressive and Violent Behaviours
Keywords: coward punch, research, podcast, poster, commercial, letter to the editor, text walk, gallery walk
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.
