Discussion

Discussion sites (some on tale):

Migration Tale Migration 2 Tale Great explanation on group discussion. BBC funny group discussion

This video explains the difference between arguing, persuading and advising. Look at the Persuasive section in the middle. You will learn 7 tips to help you persuade people. BBC argue, persuade, advise

The Tale unit "Writing Digital Stories' has a link to a great section on language features of discussions. KAngaroo Culling This Tale unit is big Links to models work (a discussion on Kangaroo culling) as well as the scaffold but the pre-contextualising doesn't work. The unit asks Ss to go in the Adobe Acrobat Pro and annotate the model text (GOOD!) don't work. The Task 1 Captivate "identifying 1st person is good. The unit uses Freemind to build ideas, Word (exposted Freemind file), and Audacity to record the speech. Speech and a picture could be put on BlogEd.

Writing Fun Discussion and Exposition texts explained (primary look but actually the models range in complexity) Writing Fun
 * Enter the site then choose Discussion from the list of text types on the right side. Read
 * Click on the numbers below the scaffold to see some examples of discussion texts.
 * Choose either 4, 5 or 6 and copy the text in to your book.

Conjunctions (external website) Conjunctions (explanation only)

Other current topics: access to communication. News leaks (Julian Assaunge and wikileaks) interviews or articles to analyse. Can we trust the media? How should we get our information? Should we rely on the media for our information????


 * Cross Curricula: History/English about multiculturalism: Multiculturalism and Australian identity. **


 * Exposition text questions about animals **
 * sandiego zoo **
 * Opposing view: Vegan view **