Sequence+Explanation

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These five lessons have been designed and sequenced so as to progress the students’ knowledge of people’s relationship with place and the environment (HSIE, ENS2.6) whilst also teaching specific aspects of literacy which are relevant to this KLA. Lesson 1 introduces the debate over whether to ban climbing on Uluru and develops verbal discussion skills through a semi-structured debate. Consolidating students understanding of people’s interactions with place, specifically Uluru, lesson two uses a written discussion of the issues, and also progresses students to more specific grammar of the discussion text type including modality and use of modal verbs and phrases. Lesson 3 again builds on discussion, and demonstrates that points of view can also be expressed visually. Students gain a deeper understanding into people’s relationships with the environment through the four topics used for the rich task, and also learn about visual grammar and how it can be used to express meaning through images. Lesson 4 combines an analysis of multmodality with providing students with an opportunity to understand different perspectives on their environmental issues by creating their own images and varying modal content. Finally lesson 5 consolidates learning on multimodality through the analysis of a news report, and also builds on students understandings of responsible ways of interacting with the environment.