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Comparing Advertisements
4 5 6 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Texts in Context 8 Pages

Comparing Advertisements

Explore the evolution of advertising with your students using these worksheets! Designed to accompany 'Speedsters Advertisements: Old and New,' students analyse advertising scripts to understand how language, images, and techniques have changed over time, reflecting historical contexts.
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to identify, discuss and compare the language features of historical and contemporary texts with similar purposes and their portrayal of events.
  • We are learning to identify characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
  • We are learning to identify and explore news reports, discuss the language and points of view of the writers and analyse display advertising for the ways images and words are combined for deliberate effect.
  • We are learning to describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created.
  • We are learning to identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
  • We are learning to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text and to engage and influence audiences.
  • We are learning to identify, discuss and compare the language features of historical and contemporary texts.
  • We are learning to show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idioms, objective and subjective language, e.g. points of view.
  • We are learning to analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text.
  • We are learning to analyse strategies authors use to influence readers.

Curriculum alignment

AC9E4LY01 9 Compare texts from different times with similar purposes and audiences to identify similarities and differences in their depictions of events AC9E6LY03 9 Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text, and engage and influence audiences AC9E4LY03 9 Identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text AC9E5LY01 9 Describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created AC9E6LY01 9 Examine texts including media texts that represent ideas and events, and identify how they reflect the context in which they were created AC9E5LY03 9 Explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text ACELY1698 8.4 Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context ACELY1708 8.4 Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches ACELY1711 8.4 Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text ACELY1801 8.4 Analyse strategies authors use to influence readers ACELY1701 8.4 Identify and explain characteristic text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text ACELY1690 8.4 Identify characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text ACELY1686 8.4 Identify and explain language features of texts from earlier times and compare with the vocabulary, images, layout and content of contemporary texts
EN3-5B old Discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts EN2-4A old Uses an increasing range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on increasingly challenging topics in different media and technologies EN3-3A old Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies EN3-6B old Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies EN2-8B old Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN3-UARL-02 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-UARL-01 new Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts EN3-VOCAB-01 new Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts EN3-OLC-01 new Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
VCELY320 Analyse the text structures and language features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text VCELY317 Show how ideas and points of view in texts are conveyed through the use of vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, objective and subjective language, and that these can change according to context VCELY357 Compare texts including media texts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches VCELY286 Identify and explain language features of texts from earlier times and compare with the vocabulary, images, layout and content of contemporary texts VCELY345 Analyse strategies authors use to influence readers

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

Use the worksheet with 1 star in the top right-hand corner of the page to provide students with simplified questions.
 

Extensions

Use the worksheet with 3 stars in the top right-hand corner of the page to extend students.
 

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