YR 12 ADVANCED ENGLISH GROUP PROJECT

MISREPRESENTATIONS OF TEXTS

Telling the Truth Index Page

This module, Representation and Text, focuses on how meaning is represented and how the medium, form, perspective and language devices of different texts affect the meaning they carry. The central focus is an understanding of the relationships between representation and meaning, the processes that construct and colour the text in the choices the composers have made. In Telling the Truth you are asked to look more specifically at the processes by which statements come to be presented and accepted as true.

This module, Representation and Text, requires the study of one prescribed text FRONTLINE, plus a selection of additional texts of your own choosing. These additional texts should provide a variety of representations of the idea and should be drawn from a variety of sources, in a range of audiences and media.

So for this reason you are to work online in a collaborative

The Assesment Task

Examples of "Messing" With The Truth

Examples of Headline Articles

YOUR GROUPS:

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GROUP TWO

GROUP THREE

GROUP FOUR

FOR THE PARENTS:

Module C: Representation of Texts

Relevant Syllabus Dot Points 

Parental Involvement

Introduction to Representation and Text

Introduction to FRONTLINE

Marking Rubric

TEACHERS NOTES

"Telling the Truth" Group Project needs to cater to a variety of learning styles and scaffold learning requirements. Teachers notes provides all the infomation regarding the learning styles and requirements for student assessment.

Related Research

"Telling the Truth" Group Project also needs to build upon the research of fellow academics, in regards to constructivist learning and the use of web 2.0 in the classroom