Year 8 BLUE Project

Unit: Poetry

BRIEF
DRIVING QUESTION:
There has been a decrease of empathy on sensitive issues in our community,
Fairfield. Who is responsible and how can we raise empathy in our community?
 Bullying
 racism
 ethnic conflict
 crime
 neglect
 poverty

Hand in
# What Score
1 Project proposal 20
2 Reflection 1 10
3 Reflection 2 20
4 Final product 50
Total:
Website
# What Score
1 Reading 20
2 Upload target audience 10
3 Discussion board 20
Total:
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 TIMELINE
Week What? How?
7 Introduction to the project - Watch slam poets
- Slam poets - Youtube
- Empathy - Tedtalks
- Important issues?
8 Investigation: Research into issues in - Internet investigation
Fairfield - Using the proposal
- Driving question ‘template’
- Choose an issue

HAND IN 1: Your group’s proposal

9 How do poets convey meaning and stir - Read poetry from
empathy? poets who have raise
How can we do it too? awareness in different
societal issues
- Do I know my
techniques? How have
HAND IN 2: Reflection #1 the poets used poetic
techniques?
- Some resources to be
uploaded onto website
10 Inquire, plan and create - If you require
- How can I connect to my audience? materials, ask Miss
- Who is my target audience? Who Lee!
do I want to appeal to? - Website access (home
- How do I go about creating my and at school)
chosen project?

Upload onto the discussion board: your

group’s target audience.
11 Create
- Make and finish your chosen
project

HAND IN 3: Reflection #2
HAND IN 4: Final Product

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 EXPECTATIONS
Expectation of students:
 Explorers
 Curious Investigators – ask questions and find the answers
 Work fairly with your partner
 Always research together (not up to one person)
 If you are stuck always ask the teacher
 Refer to the project brief for information
 Stick to the timeline – if you and your partner are falling behind then you may
need to take some work home.
 Submit work on due dates

PROPOSAL TEMPLATE
*Uploaded onto the website

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
*All reflection questions are individually handed in

#1 Reflection Question:
After reading different poems form a variety of poets, have do you think they
portrayed sympathy and evoked emotion in their responder? (150-200 words)

#2 Reflection question:
a) How has the process of investigating and addressing an issue in society,
helped your understanding of Australia and the world? (100 words)

b) Reflect on your teamwork. How did you work as an effective team? (50
words)

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 END PRODUCT

End product: Stir empathy in your audience by getting your audience to care about
your chosen societal issue.
 Engaging, relevant and meaningful
 Real world experience

Final product:
You will present your final product at the Year 8 Showcase in Term 2, week 2.
- The audience members will be the Fairfield
community, your teachers and fellow peers.
- The duration of your project will be up to your
choosing.
- How you present your project will be up to your
choosing.

Possible outputs and products students will develop

 Poem
 vlog with poem
 Presentation
 PowerPoint
 display canvas – of their poem
 quotes around the school – from their poem
 song
 rap
 slam poetry
 advertisement – including their poem
 their own ___________________