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11–15 Your West Weekend Students work cooperatively and collaboratively to create a magazine similar in format to West Weekend, targeting a specified audience to communicate a range of relevant information using different types of texts (see Glossary) and including original photographs and advertising. Students have the opportunity to create a wide range of text types and forms in a range of language modes. A focus of this activity is fostering effective group work practices. The project encourages individual initiative, independence and interdependence and provides opportunities for students to learn from each other. consider how attitudes and assumptions are presented in texts, including the use of media, types of texts, text structures and language features employ ethical research practices such as acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism and collusion integrate text structures, language features and visual techniques to engage and persuade audiences use editing processes and appropriate referencing. use and adapt text structures and language features to communicate ideas in a range of media recognise when to work with others and when to work independently use the language of negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution Task 9: 15% Creating: (In class and at home) Working cooperatively and collaboratively in groups, students create and publish a magazine similar in format to the West Weekend, targeting a specified audience. Communicate to this audience a range of relevant information using different types of texts and including original photographs and advertising.
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