English Essential

Context

In this unit, you have continued to investigate representations and the way they are constructed within texts to suit specific contexts and purposes. You have examined popular culture texts and the varying ways that icons have been represented throughout history.The Ipswich City Council Library is impressed by your expertise and knowledge in popular culture texts, and has approached you to construct and present a multimodal presentation for an upcoming series entitled ‘Changing Icons’.

Task;Construct and present a multimodal presentation that provides a commentary explaining, in detail, the representation of a popular culture icon with reference to a popular culture text/s.Your commentary must explain how historically relevant attitudes, values, beliefs, and cultural assumptions evident in the text/s have informed, shaped, and underpinned how your chosen popular culture icon has been represented. Your commentary will also include how language features, and text structures have positioned the audience of the text to view your chosen popular culture icon.

Role: Expert delegate at Ipswich City Council Library’s conference series: ‘Changing Icons’

Audience: Interested members of the public; those enthusiastic about popular culture texts

Genre: Multimodal

Mode: Spoken + one other chosen multimodal mode

Purpose: to identify, consider, and explain ideas and information in texts.

Checkpoints

Week 1: Consultation with teacher on topic choice and preparation of multimodal presentation.

Week 2: Submit all elements of draft to teacher for feedback, in the same mode as the final multimodal presentation.

Week 3: Finalise and prepare for submission of multimodal presentation.

Authentication strategies

Your teacher will collect and annotate a draft.

You must acknowledge all sources.

You will be provided class time for task completion.

Your teacher will observe you completing work in class.

You must submit a declaration of authenticity.

Your teacher will ensure class cross-marking occurs.

You will use Schoolbox and PlagScan to submit your response.

Scaffolding

To complete this task you must:

Identify a popular culture icon;

Select a text (film, comic strip, song etc) that showcases your popular culture icon;

Research how your chosen popular culture icon has been represented throughout history, and at the time of the text’s construction;

Identify, and explain the attitudes, values, beliefs, and cultural assumptions that have shaped the representation of your popular culture icon (Essentially answering the question: why is your pop culture icon the way they are?);

Identify, and explain how language features and text structures have helped shape the representation of your chosen popular culture icon in the chosen text;

Explain how the audience of the text is invite to view, or take up positions, about your chosen popular culture icon;

Use vocabulary appropriate to your icon, text, and audience;

Use spoken and non-spoken features (eg eye contact, stance, gestures etc);

Ensure that your multimodal presentation includes a combination of at least two modes; one of which must be spoken;

Practise and rehearse your presentation;

Record, or present your presentation to a live audience.