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Year 10 English Unit Plan

Advertising
Content
Key ideas:
-As consumers people can be
manipulated/ positioned by
advertisers using a number of
techniques
-as a group we are already
skilled at persuading
-stereotypes are used as a
means to convey information
quickly
-bias within a text can include or
exclude
-truth is not absolute but
influenced by perspective
-a variety of appeals can
influence behaviour

Teaching and Learning Activities

Introduction to Advertising
- Discuss the medium of advertising and the different forms it takes. What are
the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of advertising?
- Go through Techniques in Advertising PowerPoint. Students to take notes
from PowerPoint (*Modified: Print and hand out PowerPoint presentation*)

Moving Forward
- Discuss persuasive language. Use the persuasive language task to get
students thinking about the types of language used in advertising.

Discuss bias in advertising. Hand out Bias in Advertising sheet and discuss
how different aspects can influence the bias of an advertisement.

Curriculum Links
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1566 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1572 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELA1571 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELY1749 Texts in
Context

ACELA1563 Language
Variation and Change
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1566 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1567 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1571 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELY1750 Interacting
with Others
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language

As a class, look at some examples of magazine advertisements. Deconstruct


these advertisements considering all advertising techniques, persuasive
language and bias.

for Interaction
ACELA1572 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELA1571 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELT1639 Literature
and Context
ACELT1641 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1812 Responding
to Literature
ACELY1750 Interacting
with Others
ACELY1752 Interpreting,
Analysing, Evaluating
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1566 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1567 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1572 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELT1640 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1641 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1812 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1774 Examining
Literature
ACELY1749 Texts in
Context
ACELY1750 Interacting

Task 1 Advertisement Deconstruction

Task 2 Advertise a Brand of Chip

with Others
ACELY1752 Interpreting,
Analysing, Evaluating
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1566 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1567 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1572 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELA1573 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELT1640 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1641 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1812 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1774 Examining
Literature
ACELY1749 Texts in
Context
ACELY1750 Interacting
with Others
ACELY1752 Interpreting,
Analysing, Evaluating
ACELY1757 Creating
Texts
ACELY1776 Creating
Texts

ACELA1564 Language

Extension Tasks
- Analysing Language: Persuasive Strategies (from Oxford Senior English Skills
Builder)
- Aussie Slang: hand out list of Aussie Slang words and identify their meaning
- Advertising: True or False task

for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1566 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1567 Text
structure and
Organisation
ACELA1572 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELA1573 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELT1640 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1641 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1812 Responding
to Literature
ACELT1774 Examining
Literature
ACELT1815 Creating
Literature
ACELT1644 Creating
Literature
ACELY1749 Texts in
Context
ACELY1750 Interacting
with Others
ACELY1752 Interpreting,
Analysing, Evaluating
ACELY1756 Creating
Texts
ACELY1757 Creating
Texts
ACELY1776 Creating
Texts

ACELA1563 Language
Variation and Change
ACELA1564 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1565 Language
for Interaction
ACELA1571 Expressing
and Developing Ideas
ACELY1752 Interpreting,
Analysing, Evaluating

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