:It’s Cool to Read
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Approach:  One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus:  Identifying persuasive images.
Resources: 9 pictures.
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Questions/instructions:

Give student the set of 9 pictures

Imagine that you are making a poster to try to get young children more interested in reading books for fun.


% responses
2002 '98
y4
y8
1. From this collection of 9 photographs I want you to choose two that you think would be specially good for your poster. Which two pictures would you choose?
Allow time
2. Now I would like you to explain to me why you chose these two pictures for your poster.
Justification, first picture:

strong
11 (7)
27 (20)
moderate
73 (73)
67 (72)
weak
16 (20)
6 (8)
Justification, second picture:

strong
11 (9)
24 (16)
moderate
72 (69)
68 (74)
weak
17 (22)
8 (10)
Look at the other pictures and decide on one that you wouldn’t use for your poster.
3. Which one would you choose?
4. Explain to me why you wouldn’t use that picture?
Justification:
 
strong
8 (5)
19 (11)
moderate
73 (70)
71 (73)
weak
19 (25)
10 (16)
 
Total score:
 
5–6
8 (5)
20 (11)
4
10 (6)
17 (15)
3
51 (45)
49 (51)
2
17 (25)
9 (17)
0–1
14 (19)
5 (6)

Commentary:
The pictures nominated most for Question 1 were pictures 1, 4 and 9. The pictures nominated as least suitable (Question 3) were pictures 8 (at both year levels) and 6 (year 8 only). About 15 percent more year 8 than year 4 students gave justifications for their choices that were judged to be ‘strong’ justifications.

 
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