[English] Help, It's Issues Time !!

[Nirvana Rose Watkins]

Hi Max,

Some thoughts...
Climate change/Earth Hour is current
Legal drinking age?
I'm in a regional school also, so Bay Dredging, while a hot topic, is a 
little remote.
The Apology is worth considering.

Kind Regards,
Nirvana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Duthie" <mduthie at ncable.net.au>
To: "VCE English Teachers' Mailing List" <english at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:24 PM
Subject: [English] Help, It's Issues Time !!


> Hi Colleagues,
>
> I think I have just about got my head around the Context work
> (although if anyone else out there is teaching Identity and Belonging,
> I'd love to hear from you).
>
> But, I've been doing some planning over the break and have just
> realised that "Using Language to Persuade" is coming up fast on the radar 
> !!
>
> Have people given any thought as to the issue they might be using.
> I've looked at the apology (a bit too political perhaps, esp. in a
> Christian school) and the Bay Dredging. Also a local issue of fluoride
> in drinking water; but none of them really grab me at this stage.
>
> Does anyone out there have any bright ideas or resources ?
>
>
> Max Duthie
> Ballarat Christian College
>
>  mailto:mduthie at ncable.net.au
>
>
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