Slides from our first transition class.

1. Unit 3/4 English
Mr McDonald

2. “The greatest danger for most of
us lies not in setting our aim too
high and falling short, but in
setting our aim too low, and
achieving our mark.”
– Michelangelo

3. Year 12 is a CHALLENGE.
It is designed to TEST you.
It takes CONSISTENT work.
You WILL get OUT what you put IN.
Do you want to
SUCCEED?

4. Year 12 English
Persuasive
Oral
Presentation
READING AND
RESPONDING:
All About
Eve
READING AND
RESPONDING:
Stasiland
CREATING AND
PRESENTING:
Every Man in
this Village is
a Liar
CREATING AND
PRESENTING:
Life of
Galileo
Using
Language
to
Persuade

5. Unit 3
25%
Exam
50%
Unit 4
25%
The Assessment
4 SACS
Oral Presentation: 20%
All About Eve: 30%
Language Analysis: 20%
Life of Galileo: 30%
2 SACS
Every Man in this
Village is a Liar: 50%
Stasiland: 50%
Wednesday 26th
October 2016

6. Each area of study lasts for approximately 6 weeks
(except for Life of Galileo, which is a bit shorter).
Each study is immediately followed by a SAC.
This is a short period of time. You need to come
with an understanding of the text.
Reading a text before we begin study it is NOT
optional. It MUST be done.
Reading a text only once before studying it is a
VERY bad idea.
Your aim is to produce one piece of writing per
week in addition to any set homework.
The Study

7. All About Eve
Written and Directed by
Joseph Mankiewicz
This 1950 American
drama film is a witty,
biting script that is a
“deliciously bitchy story
about backstage
betrayal” and the clash
of ambition and talent.
Reading and Responding

8. All About Eve
This is our first text study.
It begins term 1 week 1.
Get a copy!
Watch it!
Reading and Responding

9. Encountering Conflict
Creating and Presenting

10. Term 1
1
All About Eve English SAC – Unit 3 Outcome 3.2 Oral Presentation
Presenting from Wednesday 27 January
2
All About Eve
3
All About Eve
4
All About Eve
5
All About Eve
6
All About Eve ALL ABOUT EVE MOCK SAC
7
All About Eve
8
Language Analysis English SAC Unit 3 Outcome 1 All About Eve Text Response
Tuesday 15 March (KWC)
9
Language Analysis
What’s coming up?

11. PERSUASIVE ORAL
PRESENTATION

12. Housekeeping
 Everyone must be prepared to present on
January 27 – the first week of term 1
 Topic and plans must be complete before
the end of transition.
 Your holiday homework is to research, write
and rehearse your speech. It must be
ready by the start of term 1.

13. What is the Persuasive Oral?
 A 5 to 7 minute speech
 Must be on an issue that has been in the
Australian media since September 2015
 It must be persuasive and researched
 No technology or props may be used

14. What are you aiming for?
 The ability to present complex ideas in a
sustained, coherent and logical argument.
 Skilful use of highly appropriate oral
language conventions to engage an
audience.
 Accurate and detailed acknowledgement
of sources where appropriate.

15. Remember the
structure...
Remember your
purpose...

16. Step 3: STATE YOUR FIRST ARGUMENT
Explain and substantiate your argument, and use persuasive techniques…
Step 1: OPEN WITH A HOOK
This could be an anecdote, interesting fact or rhetorical questions that grab our attention…
Step 2: MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT YOUR TOPIC AND POSITION
You should also provide a summary of what your three arguments will be…
Step 4: STATE YOUR SECOND ARGUMENT
Explain and substantiate your argument, and use persuasive techniques…
Step 5: STATE YOUR THIRD ARGUMENT
Explain and substantiate your argument, and use persuasive techniques…
Step 7: CONCLUDE YOUR SPEECH WITH A CALL-TO-ACTION
This should be the ‘message’ of your speech. Have a powerful ending…
Step 6: STATE AT LEAST ONE COUNTER-ARGUMENT
Rebut this argument by identifying any flaws in logic, relevance, evidence or proportionality…

17. What is an
ISSUE?
What is a _
CONTENTION?

18. Remember:
 Your issue must have been debated in the
Australian media since September 2015.
 This is a relatively short speech, so don’t
pick a broad topic. Focus your argument.
 Don’t become descriptive: you need to
advocate for something. Focus on the
issue, not the event.

19. • Hyper-masculinity and ‘lad culture’
• Domestic violence*
• Violence against women
• Gender equality*
• Representation of women in corporations
• Legalisation/availability of alcohol
• Base-line sentencing
• Availability of parole for violent offenders
• University fees, funding and/or regulation
• Anti-bike gang laws
• Pornography and body image
• Gender pay gap
• Drugs in sport*
• Racism in sport
Some examples of topics...
• Australia’s foreign military intervention*
• Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers
• Fertility treatments and egg-freezing
• Racism in Australia*
• Euthanasia and the ‘right to die’
• Medicinal marijuana
• Shark culling
• Puppy farms
• Dredging of the Great Barrier Reef
• Climate Change and drought*
• Restricting elderly drivers
• Gambling advertisements in sports
• Counter-terrorism laws in Australia
• Fracking in rural areas

20. For next class:
1. Bring in a copy of your end-of-year
English exam and feedback
(photocopies are fine).
2. Decide upon a topic for your oral.
3. Re-familiarise yourself with all materials
from this year’s oral presentation (these
can be found on STL Link).

21. “Problems remain as problems because people are
busy defending them rather than finding solutions.
Stop wasting time defending your problems and
work on addressing them instead.” (Celestine Chua)
“The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim
too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and
achieving our mark.” (Michelangelo)
“To be successful you don’t need to do
extraordinary things, you just need to do
ordinary things extraordinarily well.” (Jim Rohn)
“The greatest
success comes
just one step
beyond the
point at which
defeat
overtakes
you.”
(Unknown)
“Success is not built on success. It’s built on
failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built
on catastrophe.” (Sumner Redstone Chairman)
“A year
from now
you’ll wish
you had
started
today.”
(Karen
Lamb)
“Give yourself an even
greater challenge than
the one you are trying to
master and you will
develop the powers
necessary to overcome
the original difficulty.”
(William J. Bennett)
“High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer
blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers
than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to
the pinch, human beings are heroic.” (George Orwell)
“The big secret in
life is that there is
no big secret.
Whatever your
goal, you can
get there if
you’re willing to
work.” (Oprah
Winfrey)
What will your mantra be?
“Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy.” (Dr. Kelso)

22. Don’t forget the 40,000.
The race has begun.
Have you left the starting line yet?
Because plenty have...