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 **Reading and Responding **  This is the study of a text, “__Balibo__”.   Students write an essay (a SAC) analysing the text, and showing an understanding of the way the film presents its story and themes.  **Creating and Presenting ** This is the study of a range of texts on a theme, or chosen __Context__. The context in 2010 is **ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT. **The main text is “__The Divine Wind__” by Garry Disher. Students will also read several other pieces of writing which explore the context. There will be newspaper articles, poems and a short story. The theme is discussed, and students develop their ideas about the theme. Then students write on the theme,  After exploring the context of Encountering Conflict in a range of texts, students write 3 pieces of writing adding up to 1200-1500 words. Students’ writing is informed by their reading of a range of texts relevant to a chosen Context. The writing will show an understanding of how to use audience, purpose and context in their writing. <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Italic','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif';"> **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Using Language to Persuade **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif';"> The focus of this area of study is on the use of language in the presentation of a point of view. Students read texts the main purpose of which is to persuade readers and viewers to share a particular point of view. Students identify and discuss how language, verbal and non-verbal (including visual), is used in the chosen texts to position readers and viewers in particular ways. For example, students identify the use in these texts of persuasive techniques such as use of repetition, colour, symbols, gestures, emotive appeals, logical appeals, active and passive voice, omission and vocabulary choice, and discuss their intended effect on the reader or viewer. <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif';"> On completion of this unit the student should be able to identify and discuss, in writing and in a signed presentation, how language can be used to persuade readers and/or viewers.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> VCE ESL UNIT 1 **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> AREA OF STUDY 1:  **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> __Outcome 1__ **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> AREA OF STUDY 2:  **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> __Outcome__ **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> AREA OF STUDY 3:  **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> __Outcome 3__ **