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The Rich Task

In order to create their Rich Task, students will draw on the deep understanding they have developed throughout the unit about the concept of healthy food choices to create an advertising campaign which advocates the consumption of fruit as part of a balanced diet. The task has been designed to allow students to demonstrate not only what they have learnt in the unit about the importance of making nutritional choices which will support their health and wellbeing, but moreover, their grasp of relevant aspects of literacy. In reflection of the need to provide students with explicit criteria for learning tasks and make the expectations of what they are to achieve clear, students will be told that their video must: - Attempt to convince viewers to eat at least 2 servings of fruit a day. - Incorporate the use of persuasive language - Draw on current factual information integrated throughout each lesson in the unit about the need to eat fruit as part of a balanced diet - Utilise appropriate visuals - Be 2-4 minutes in duration.

Students have the option of using either voice-overs to narrate the advertisement, or a ‘presenter’ who will lead the view through the the advertisement. Props and costumes may be used to enhance the production. For example, different kinds of fruit may be brought in as props in their advertisements. Students will be organised into small groups of 5, and will be given the opportunity to allocate themselves roles in the production of the advertisements: -The director -Scriptwriter -‘Star’/presenter -Extras -Video editor. Although all students will work collaboratively in the overall production of the advertisement, encouraging students to take roles of responsibility encourages students to be actively engaged in the learning experience, as they are recognised as being a valuable part of the production process. Students will film their advertising campaign using hand-held video cameras to capture their work, and will upload their video on the video-editing software program, //Jaycut//. Working collaboratively students will edit their advertisement using //Jaycut,// and will be encouraged to add audio, images and transitions where appropriate to enhance the effectiveness of the advertisement. // A screen capture of the Jaycut video editing software //