IDENTITIES

Topic: FIFA World Cup

Language aims:

Develop comprehension and vocabulary skills through reading core text, short story extract' informational leaflet.

Enable students to communicate in the language they have studied in a range of text types (poster; pamphlet; blog post), contexts and for a variety of purposes. Students should create a report based on their research of a football marketing campaign and its many elements.

Students develop critical and creative thinking skills through language learning and the process of inquiry.

Learner profile: Reflective: students should reflect on their own relationship with football culture and how it impacts their lives. Balanced: how can students create a sense of balance between sport and work in their busy lives?Communicators: how can students communicate an awareness of the effects of football to their peers in the school community? (Text type and language usage: register/diction/syntax etc)

Conceptual understandings:
Audience: Who is the core text aimed at, as well as the production text types created.
Purpose: What does the author of the core text want to communicate to the reader, as well as the production text types created

Meaning: Is the language in the core text accessible, and how should it be adapted to meet the production texts' target audience/s?

Links to CAS: What can students do to help encourage younger students to take more on an active role in sport?  What awareness campaign could be effective in their school?

Links to TOK: What kind of experience is mentioned in the text? How can a student know this?

Are there any ethical concerns with footbal that should be addressed? E.g equality? Racism? Gang culture? Domestic violence - alchohol and drug abuse. Are any of these issues glamorised in any way? Materialism

Production:Create an informational poster to be distributed around a school utilizing the information gleaned from the ‘Teen Stress’ leaflet (see PDF upload ‘Healthy Lifestyle: Stress Management’). Students can select either a primary or secondary school student audience.  Adapt language use to suit text type and audience.

Create an informational pamphlet to be made available to students at school in the counselling office (target audience = high school), utilizing the information gleaned from the ‘Teen Stress’ leaflet (see PDF upload ‘Healthy Lifestyle: Stress Management’). Adapt language use to suit text type and audience.

Write a blog post to raise awareness about teen stress and how to manage it, utilizing information gleaned from the ‘Teen Stress’ leaflet (see PDF upload ‘Healthy Lifestyle: Stress Management’). Adapt language use to suit text type and audience. Adapt language use to suit text type and audience (which is broader).