Resource Info: Communicating Energy Efficiency Messages (Level 5 - 6)

Communicating Energy Efficiency Messages

Intended Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to:

identify and analyse the purposes of texts that communicate energy efficiency messages and the strategies used
identify the language features and effectiveness of the text
apply their understanding to develop their own texts to effectively communicate energy efficiency messages.

Teaching Rationales

Through analysing and creating energy-efficiency messages, the students understand that different types of texts are created for specific audiences, and that different language features are used for different purposes.

Learning Areas, Strands, Achievement Objectives

5 -6	Science	Nature of Science Communicating in science Students will apply their understanding of science to evaluate both popular and scientific texts (including visual and numerical literacy).
5	English	Listening, Reading, and Viewing and Speaking, Writing, and Presenting Purpose and audiences Students will show an understanding of how texts are shaped for different audiences and purposes. Language features Students will show an understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts. Students will select and use a range of language features appropriately, showing an understanding of their effects.
5	Social Sciences	Social Sciences Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to understand how people's management of energy resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.

Activity-specific Achievement Objectives

5 - 6	Science	Nature of Science Communicating in science Students will apply their understandings of science to evaluate energy-efficiency texts and messages.
5	English	Listening, Reading, and Viewing and Speaking, Writing, and Presenting Purpose and audiences Students will show an understanding of how different energy-efficiency texts are shaped for different purposes, audiences and situations. Students will recognise points of view within some energy-efficiency texts, and identify how and when energy-efficiency texts are used to position the reader. Language features Students will show an understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across energy-efficiency texts; and will select and use a range of language features appropriately, showing an understanding of their effects when writing energy-efficiency messages.
5	Social Sciences	Social Sciences Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to understand how people's management of energy resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.