Sample AC linked HYP Mission

Make water the main drinkFor best health and wellbeing, young people need to drink plenty of water and limit intake of drinks containing added sugars, including soft drinks, cordial, fruit drinks, vitamin waters, energy and sports drinks.For young people aged 12–18 years, just under half of what they drink every day is water (ABS 1999).

Learning Area:English

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Focus:Literacy – Creating Texts

Content Descriptor:Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance options, using deliberate language and textual choices, and including digital elements as appropriate.

Achievement Standard:Through combining ideas, images and language features from other texts, students show how ideas can be expressed in new ways.

General Capabilities:LiteracyCritical and creative thinkingPersonal and Social Capability

Cross Curriculum Priorities:Sustainability

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Know:The health benefits of making water the main drinkUnderstand:The power of media and advertising in influencing choice and decision makingDo:Select vocabulary to influence meaning and position and persuade the audience

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Springboards for learning:Water, water everywhere but not enough to drink….

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