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 AREA OF STUDY 1: ** **Reading and Responding ** This is the study of a text, “__Peeling The Onion__”by Wendy Orr.
 * VCE ESL UNIT 2

 Students create a project which explore the essential question, "How do people cope in a crisis?" The project analyses what helps people to cope when things go wrong in life and what is unhelpful in a crisis. Students will be able to show an understanding of the way the novel presents its story and themes.
 * __Outcome 1__ **

**Creating and Presenting ** This is the study of a range of texts on a theme, or chosen __Context__. The context in 2010 is **COPING WITH A CRISIS. **The main text is “__Peeling The Onion__” by Wendy Orr. 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,
 * AREA OF STUDY 2: **

After exploring the context of Coping With A Crisis 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.
 * __Outcome__ **

**Using Language to Persuade ** 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.
 * AREA OF STUDY 3: **

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.
 * __Outcome 3__ **