Sequence+Explanation

**Sequence Explanation:**

These five lessons have been designed and sequenced in order to progress students' knowledge and understanding of Cultural Identities, in particular influences on the Australian Cultural Identity (HSIE, CU2.3). This learning is taught in conjunction with the teaching and learning of specific aspects of literacy relevant to this KLA.

Lesson 2 introduces students to the different cultural groups present in Australia and the debate over the positive and negative views of these groups. Building upon this knowledge, Lesson 4 introduces students to written grammar techniques used in writing to present a particular point of view eg. expository writing. This is particular important when focusing on cultural identities as students develop an awareness of how language is used to portray different views of cultures. This lesson is the second of the two lessons on written grammar and focuses specifically on the use of modal verbs in persuasive writing and how to use these techniques effectively in students' own writing. Lesson 5 again builds on the use of grammatical techniques, with a focus on how views can be portrayed visually. Through exploring the visual mode students look into how images can portray different cultures both positively and negatively, and how the media uses visual images to present a message. Moving from these lessons, Lesson 6 builds upon students learning in both the written and the visual field, and allows students to explore how modes are combined to create overall meaning. Students analyse multimodality and the effect this has on presenting messages. Students are provided with the opportunity to create their own multimodal text and play with the way visual, audio and written language combine to evoke a response from the target audience. Finally, through Lesson 7, students learning about multimodality is consolidated through the analysis of an advertisement campaign and also builds upon students knowledge of Cultural Identity within Australia. This lesson provides clear scaffolding for students to create their own multimodal task and builds upon students knowledge base learnt through the previous lessons in the unit.