Focus+outcome+&+Rich+Task

Our focus outcome for our HSIE integrated unit on the Great Barrier Reef is...

**ENS2.6** //Describes people’s interactions with environments and identifies responsible ways of interacting with environments.//

**__Rich Multimodal Task:__** Students will work in 'committee' groups to create a video proposal about why they should be elected to the Reef Guardian Council. Their proposal will need to be persuasive and address the four key focus areas of the council. They are:
 * Water management
 * Waste management
 * Land management
 * Community engagement

In order to create this proposal, students will jointly construct a exposition which details how they will address these four key areas and why they should be appointed according to what they will do to support the sustainability and ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. Students will be researching aspects of the Great Barrier Reef, including examing the effects of human impact on the Reef to support their knowledge for this multimodal task. Students will also be examining the influence of advertising and the use of visual grammar to create meaning and persuade veiwers. Students will also be involved with creating a storyboard which will encourage them to use visual grammar to its full potential. Using this storyboard they will use iMovie software to create their proposal video for the council. This allows them to use sound, images, videos and transitions to make their work look professional. The finished videos will then be viewed by the class, class teacher and the principal and one will be picked to show at the next school assembly and also sent off to the Reef Guardian Council.