1. Journal articles
Lesson One

2. What is the purpose of a journal article?
Where do we find journal articles?
Who is the audience of journal articles?
What is the purpose of a journal article?

3.
Persuasive texts

4. You have a friend living overseas and they want to come and visit you and this wonderful country.
Compose an to send to this friend about why they should travel to Australia.
Include a photo or two about what you are talking about.
Travel to Australia

5. Journal Articles
Lesson Two

6. What do you know? What is a cane toad?
Why are cane toads considered an environmental problem?
How do you feel about the cane toad?
Introduce the idea of cane toads – prior knowledge
Discuss understanding of the environmental sustainability issue presented by the journal article.
What do you know?

7. At a glance What do the Say? Title Blurb Images Captions
Read the title, blurb, images and captions to make predictions about the journal article.
At a glance

8. At a glance – what does this tell us?
What is the text about?
What is the text type?
Who is the audience?
What is the purpose?
Teacher Prompts
What is the text about? (cane toads)
What is the text type? (informative persuasive journal article)
Who is the audience? (readers of Australian Geographic)
What is the purpose? - prediction (to persuade readers that cane toads cannot be stopped from spreading across Australia, however, the environment is adapting to them)
At a glance – what does this tell us?

9. Images What are the images showing us? What is the first one you see?
How does the main image make you feel?
How does placement of the main image affect the reader?
How would the reader’s response change if the main image were a long shot?
Teacher Prompts
How does placement of image 1 affect the reader? (attracts attention)
How would the reader’s response change if image 1 were a long shot? (cane toad would not appear as imposing, therefore more secure
Images

10. Images – looking further
What message do you get from looking at the image of the professor and two cane toads?
How does the Toad Sightings Map make the reader feel?
Images – looking further

11. Point of view, perspective
What is the point of view in the article?
Has the article achieved it’s purpose?
Were you ‘At a glance’ predictions correct after reading further?
What helped you make your predictions?
Point of view, perspective

12. Language used Is the language formal or informal?
What is the pun used in the headline?
Why has it been used?
informal formal
toxic has a literal and implied meaning: the cane toad is poisonous and it is poisonous for the environment
Read paragraphs 1-3 of the journal article.
Noun groups
Read paragraph 4
Read 5 and 6
Language used

13. how persuasive was the article and the point of view?
What is the point of view presented?
How effective is the journal article at persuading an audience to believe the point of view presented?
How did the author persuade the audience to believe the point of view?
How did the author manipulate the interpretation of information that supports an opposing point of view?
What is the point of view presented? (cane toads are a part of the Australian environment and the native system is adapting to them)
How effective is the journal article at persuading an audience to believe the point of view presented? (very effective)
How did the author persuade the audience to believe the point of view? (images to position the audience to view the cane toad negatively, wide range of evidence from credible sources to show multiple groups involved in fight against cane toads, map to evoke emotional response of concern at the extent of the cane toad invasion, use of language to influence the audience, including puns, noun groups, verbs and subjective language, use of omission to silence opposing viewpoints)
How did the author manipulate the interpretation of information that supports an opposing point of view? (provided further evidence to override the credibility of the opposing point of view)
how persuasive was the article and the point of view?

14. Structure of the article
What do you need to consider when choosing images to persuade an audience to believe a particular point of view?
What language features enable the author to persuade the audience to believe the point of view presented?
How was information sequenced in the article?
How has the article changed your opinion of the cane toad and whether they should be regarded as a sustainability problem?
What do you need to consider when choosing images to persuade an audience to believe a particular point of view?
What language features enable the author to persuade the audience to believe the point of view presented? (use of puns, nouns groups and verbs to influence the audience to feel insecure)
How was information sequenced in the article? (headline, blurb, orientation outlining general facts, evidence from three sources to support point of view beginning with most credible source, conclusion summarising point of view)
How has the article changed your opinion of the cane toad and whether they should be regarded as a sustainability problem?
Structure of the article

15. Journal articles
Lesson Three

16. Structure of a journal article
Where is the orientation found in the article?
What is the purpose of the orientation?
Where are the body paragraphs found in the article?
What is the purpose of the body paragraphs?
Where is the concluding paragraph found in the article?
What is the purpose of the concluding paragraph?
Review the following before beginning on the slide.
What is the point of view presented by the journal article? (cane toads have invaded the natural environment and the native system is adapting)
How was information sequenced in the article? (headline, blurb, orientation outlining general facts, evidence from three sources to support point of view beginning with most credible source, conclusion summarising point of view)
Structure of a journal article

17. Topic sentence What is the purpose of the topic sentence?
Why is the topic sentence of the orientation especially important?
What have you noticed about the type of information provided in the topic sentences?
Topic sentence

18. Concluding sentences Where do you find a concluding sentence?
What is the purpose of the concluding sentence?
Why is the concluding sentence of the concluding paragraph especially important?
Discuss how the topic sentence and the concluding sentence help achieve cohesion in the text because the ideas are linked and clearly and succinctly work together to present the point of view.
Concluding sentences

19. Structure and cohesion
What does cohesion mean?
What features of writing ensure that a text is cohesive?
What does cohesion mean? (links in texts to make it logical and clear for the audience to understand and make connections between ideas)
What features of writing ensure that a text is cohesive? (appropriate structure for text type, audience and purpose, use of words and phrases that create links between ideas, sentences and paragraphs)
Structure and cohesion

20. Journal Articles
Lesson Four

21. Think back What point of view did you present?
What language features will you use to persuade your audience to believe your point of view?
How will structure your arguments and ideas and have you thought about how you will introduce and conclude you paragraphs and article.
This slide is purely for planning and to provide students with a checklist. Students have access to this slide for the last few minutes of planning.
Think back

22. Lesson Five (assessment)
Journal articles
Lesson Five (assessment)

23. Adopt the role of a reporter to write a journal article that presents a positive point of view about cane toads.
Assessment
create a point of view