The persuasive essay is based on climate change and how the Australian media portrays their own agenda towards it. The essay must incorporate research that backs my thesis. Any help is much appreciated :)
Task Construct, script and deliver a persuasive speech on a social issue to: - Your teenage peers, at a Mental Health and Personal Wellbeing Seminar or - The School's Naidoc Parade or - A Local Community Group who are attending an information evening presented by Teen Community Leaders or - A Special Interest Group in which you may be involved: eg Human Rights and Freedoms or - A specific Australian Audience of your choice, negotiated with your teacher. Your speech will shape a perspective about a social issue that has been raised in the media in recent times. This could focus on: * A Social Issue related to Power [Examples of these could include issues related to Religious Freedom, Bikie Laws, Facial Recognition Securities, for instance] or * A Social Issue related to Identity. [Examples of these could include a Racial issue, a Gender Issue, a Mental Health issue or an issue related to Sexuality, for instance]. or * A Social Issue related to Loss [Examples of these could include an issue related to Refugees, Immigration, or Euthanasia, for instance] Therefore, you need to select a contentious social issue that has appeared in media texts in the last year, which may be drawn from broader topics such as power, identity or loss. Construct a persuasive argument of your own that adds to the public conversation about the issue. ● In your speech, identify your audience / your role / and your purpose, invite listeners to reconsider their own position on the issue, persuade them to accept your stance, and influence them to take action. ● Establish a thesis in relation to the chosen issue ● Develop your argument to persuade others on this issue, making use of the ways cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs underpin perspectives and representations on the issue ● Select and synthesise subject matter to support your argument English — IA2 Page 4 ● Select and synthesise subject matter to support your argument ● Use rhetorical and persuasive strategies to position your chosen audience to accept your thesis. Stimulus: Current (within last 12 months) multi-media articles and sources Scaffolding Your persuasive speech should show an understanding of the relationship between language, argument and speaker presence. Your script and delivery should show clear awareness of the audience, purpose and context of the speech. It should include the following characteristics: ● A clear thesis or contention on the issue that is developed in the script ● A series of points to support the contention, employing logical reasoning ● Engagement with an ongoing public conversation about the issue ● Reference to (or critique of) other perspectives proposed in media texts (if appropriate to the development of your argument) ● Incorporation of a range of rhetorical strategies to influence your audience, e.g. emotive language and appeals, figurative language, rhetorical questions, repetition, anaphora, antistrophe, antithesis, identifying with the audience, statistics, evidence, case studies ● Verbal and nonverbal features appropriate to the context that complement what you are saying and influence your audience to take action ● A call to action appropriate to the audience and context. Criteria: Climate Change - Power Thesis: The media influences the public to believe their own agenda around climate change Melting icecaps, inhabitable land, unpredictable weather and natural disasters are all repercussions of climate change. So why hasn’t the government done anything about this inevitable crisis? And why does our media constantly make us doubt whether climate change is real? Good Morning, my name is Jessica and I’m here today as a current year 12 student who is worried about the future of our planet. The media is a crucial part of informing the public about what is happening in the world, so it is extremely important we can trust their sources. However it has become very evident over the past decade that the information the media releases to the public is suited to their own agenda and in doing so fake news has arose. The government is in a constant debate over climate change; however, the facts are apparent. Science has proven that the worlds climate is changing and has slowly began exposing the negative effects the changing climate is having on the planet. However to our expense, the media has chosen to influence the public to believe their own agenda instead of helping to promote solutions to the \ English 2019 v1.5 Instrument-specific marking guide (IA2) Page 1English — IA2 - 2019 2020 Pacific Pines State High School English IA2 Student name Student number Teacher Issued 04/03/2020 Due date 01/04/2020 Marking summary Criterion Marks allocated Provisional marks Knowledge application 8 Organisation and development 8 Textual features 9 Overall 25 Page 2English — IA2 - 2019 2020 Access to IT via school's BYOD program.Resources IndividualIndividual / group Spoken/signed: 5–8 minutesMode / length 4 weeks notification and preparationDuration Topic 2: Conversations about issues in textsTopic/s Unit : 3 Textual connectionsUnit Extended response — persuasive spoken responseTechnique Conditions Page 3English — IA2 - 2019 2020 Context In this unit, you have examined representations of a number of contemporary social issues in the media, as well as exploring strategies for persuasive argument. You have also analysed the ways different texts construct perspectives of the same issue. Task Construct, script and deliver a persuasive speech on a social issue to: 1. Your teenage peers, at a Mental Health and Personal Wellbeing Seminar or 2. The School's Naidoc Parade or 3. A Local Community Group who are attending an information evening presented by Teen Community Leaders or 4. A Special Interest Group in which you may be involved: eg Human Rights and Freedoms or 5. A specific Australian Audience of your choice, negotiated with your teacher. Your speech will shape a perspective about a social issue that has been raised in the media in recent times. This could focus on: * A Social Issue related to Power [Examples of these could include issues related to orReligious Freedom, Bikie Laws, Facial Recognition Securities, for instance] * A Social Issue related to Identity. [Examples of these could include a Racial issue, a orGender Issue, a Mental Health issue or an issue related to Sexuality, for instance]. * A Social Issue related to Loss [Examples of these could include an issue related to Refugees, Immigration, or Euthanasia, for instance] Therefore, you need to select a contentious social issue that has appeared in media texts in the last year, which may be drawn from broader topics such as power, identity or loss. Construct a persuasive argument of your own that adds to the public conversation about the issue. ● In your speech, identify your audience / your role / and your purpose, invite listeners to reconsider their own position on the issue, persuade them to accept your stance, and influence them to take action. ● Establish a thesis in relation to the chosen issue ● Develop your argument to persuade others on this issue, making use of the ways cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs underpin perspectives and representations on the issue ● Select and synthesise subject matter to support your argument Page 4English — IA2 - 2019 2020 Week 8 of Topic: Submit final written script (and multi-modal resources if applicable) using Daymap with plagiarism check, + submit hard copy to teacher /Student Services. Present Spoken Presentation Component in scheduled presentation session - under video-recorded conditions which adhere to QCAA Endorsement requirements. Week 7 of Topic: Rehearse speeches in teacher-nominated pairs and provide feedback to one another focusing on use of spoken and non-verbal features. Respond to feedback. Week 6 of Topic: Draft submitted for feedback. Prepare multimodal resources. Week 5 of Topic: Summary and Identification of current social issues; location of relevant media text. Consult with teacher about speech topic and thesis. Consult with teacher to monitor drafting progress. ● Select and synthesise subject matter to support your argument ● Use rhetorical and persuasive strategies to position your chosen audience to accept your thesis. Stimulus Current (within last 12 months) multi-media articles and sources. Checkpoints Authentication strategies ● You will be provided class time for task completion. ● Your teacher will observe you completing work in class. ● Your teacher will collect copies of your response and monitor at key junctures. ● Your teacher will collect and annotate a draft. ● You must acknowledge all sources. ● You must submit a declaration of authenticity. ● You will produce summaries during your response preparation. ● Your teacher will conduct interviews or consultations as you develop the response. ● Your teacher will conduct interviews after submission to clarify or explore aspects of your response. ● Your teacher will ensure class cross-marking occurs. ● You will use plagiarism-detection software via school's Daymap to submit your Page 5English — IA2 - 2019 2020 ● You will use plagiarism-detection software via school's Daymap to submit your response. ● You will provide documentation of your progress at checkpoints. Scaffolding Your persuasive speech should show an understanding of the relationship between language, argument and speaker presence. Your script and delivery should show clear awareness of the audience, purpose and context of the speech. It should include the following characteristics: ● A clear thesis or contention on the issue that is developed in the script ● A series of points to support the contention, employing logical reasoning ● Engagement with an ongoing public conversation about the issue ● Reference to (or critique of) other perspectives proposed in media texts (if appropriate to the development of your argument) ● Incorporation of a range of rhetorical strategies to influence your audience, e.g. emotive language and appeals, figurative language, rhetorical questions, repetition, anaphora, antistrophe, antithesis, identifying with the audience, statistics, evidence, case studies ● Verbal and nonverbal features appropriate to the context that complement what you are saying and influence your audience to take action ● A call to action appropriate to the audience and context. Instrument-specific marking guide (IA2): Extended response — persuasive spoken response (25%) Criterion: Knowledge application Assessment objectives 3. create perspectives and representations of concepts, identities, times and places 4. make use of the ways cultural assumptions , attitudes, values and beliefs underpin texts and invite audiences to take up positions 5. use aesthetic features and stylistic devices to achieve persuasive purposes The student work has the following characteristics: Marks • discerning creation of perspectives and representations of concepts, identities, times and places in a persuasive text • discerning use of the ways cultural assumptions , attitudes, values and beliefs underpin texts and invite audiences to take up positions • discerning use