Unit 4: Representations and popular culture texts

4 dot points across 2 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

Responding to popular culture texts

What popular culture texts and representations are, how films, TV, music videos, games and social media represent identities, places, events and concepts (including Australian ones), how stereotypes work, and how to explain the language, visual and audio techniques that shape a representation.

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Creating representations of Australian identities, places, events and concepts

Make language choices according to register informed by purpose, audience and context, use mode-appropriate language features across spoken, written and multimodal texts, and sequence subject matter with cohesive devices to construct coherent texts

The language objectives assessed in every Essential English task: choosing register (formal to informal) for purpose, audience and context, using language features that suit spoken, written and multimodal modes, and sequencing ideas with cohesive devices so texts are clear and coherent.

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Create a multimodal response that represents an Australian identity, place, event or concept, combining spoken, written, visual and audio modes and mode-appropriate language features to achieve a purpose for a particular audience

How to plan and create a multimodal response for IA3: choosing a representation and audience, storyboarding, combining spoken, written, visual and audio modes so they work together, mode-appropriate language features, and rehearsing delivery.

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Create a written response for a particular purpose and audience that represents identities, places, events and/or concepts, using the patterns and conventions of the chosen genre, sequenced subject matter, cohesive devices and deliberate language choices

How to plan and write the Unit 4 written response: understanding the genre your school sets (such as an imaginative story, feature article or review), building a representation, structuring and sequencing ideas, using cohesive devices and precise language, and drafting and editing.

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