This document provides instructions for students to create a visual text summarizing a given document. Students will design a film poster reflecting a theme from the text using visual and verbal elements. They will write a 250+ word blog post explaining their design choices and how it relates to the theme. The document outlines various visual and verbal techniques students can utilize and provides success criteria for sharing their work.

1. English 1.7
Create a visual text
3 credits
Static Image
For use with 1:1 devices 2014
Christine Wells

2. Discover
1. Identify & describe visual/verbal
features.
2. Select effective features to include
in a visual text.
Learning Intentions
3. Identify an important theme to
portray.
4. Explain why the visual and verbal
features are effective in
portraying the theme.
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3. Discover: Your Mission…
Design and create a film
poster. Your film poster
must reflect a theme
from the text.
Include a short
relevant quote
from the text to
reinforce the
theme.
A photo of your image
will be published on
your blog with the
commentary.
You will write a blog post of
The size of your at least 250 words to explain Your image will be
image will be A3 the choices you have made in produced on paper
and can be portrait constructing your image and and will be 2D.
or landscape.
how it relates to the text.
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4. Discover: Features of a Static Image
Purpose:
To inform,
entertain or
persuade the
audience.
Audience:
who the
image is
aimed at.
Techniques:
The methods
used to get your
message across.
Impact:
The effect the
image has on
the audience.
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Medium:
The way a
message
reaches its
audience.

5. Discover: Visual
Features
Gathering
Processing
Applying
In pairs, use Phoster,
PicCollage or a similar app
or website to create an
infographic to show this
information.
Post onto your blog.
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
5 Participating & contributing

6. In pairs, create a short
presentation to teach the
class about at least 3 of
these colours.
Use Prezi,
Educreations,
Videoscribe or a
similar app or
website.
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
Post to your
blog.
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Gathering
Processing
Applying

7. Discover: The Rule of
3rds
The rule of 3rds states that
an image can be divided
into 9 equal parts.
The 4 points formed by the
intersections of theses lines
can be used to align
features in the image.
This technique creates
tension, energy, and
interest.
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The horizon sits at the horizontal line dividing the lower third of the photo from the upper
two-thirds.
The tree sits at the intersection of two lines, sometimes called a power point.
Points of interest in the photo don't have to actually touch one of these lines to take
advantage of the rule of thirds. For example, the brightest part of the sky near the horizon
where the sun recently set does not fall directly on one of the lines, but does fall near the
intersection of two of the lines, close enough to take advantage of the rule.
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8. Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
As a class discuss the
questions.
Discover: Close
reading
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Gathering
Processing

9. Discover: Verbal Features
Rhetorical Question
Gathering
Processing
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
In pairs, choose 5 verbal
features from the list and
create a meme for each one.
Simile
Personification
Repetition
Imperative
Use Mematic
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
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Include the name of
the technique, a
definition and an
example.

10. Gathering
Processing
Create: Plan your static
image
Brainstorm some possible elements for your own
design. You might like to consider the following:
Images, colours,
fonts, symbols
etc.
Quotes
Medium:
Collage,
photos, paint.
Thinking
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
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11. Create: Drafting your image
Processing
Applying
Draft the rough layout
of your image.
Move stuff around.
Remove or
change elements
that don’t work.
When you are
satisfied, get your
teacher’s opinion.
Thinking
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
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12. Create: Assemble your static
image
Complete each element
and apply each
technique with care
and precision.
Produce your static
image to A3 size.
Processing
Applying
Check out the
exemplars on the
Ultranet.
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Thinking
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing

13. Processing
Applying
Create: Write your commentary.
Record answers
to the questions.
Thinking
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing
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14. Commentary
sentence starters
My static image portrays the idea that….
I have shown this by….
You might like to
use the sentence
starters to help.
The visual elements I have used include….
I have used the colours …
I have combined visual and verbal features such as… They work together
to show….
The quotation or words I have chosen are relevant because…
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15. Processing
Applying
Share
1. A copy of your static image on your
blog.
Success Criteria
2. A commentary explaining the choices
made for the construction of the static
image is written and posted on a blog.
3. Read and comment on one of your
friends blogs. Tell them one thing that
they have done well and identify an area
that needs improvement.
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Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
Participating & contributing

16. Processing
Applying
Answer the
following
questions.
Reflect
Post your
responses on
your blog.
Remember to
make your blog
scannable.
1. Did I get my static image and commentary finished by the due date? If not, why not?
2. Did my commentary explain the use of visual and verbal features well and include
appropriate reasons?
3. Have I completed work like this in other subjects? If yes, in what ways was this
helpful?
4. Do I see any patterns in how I approached my work - such as following an outline,
keeping to deadlines? Was this efficient?
5. How can I use what I have learnt to make a difference in my life?
Thinking
Using language, text & symbols
Managing self
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17. Bibliography
Adapted from NZQA task
http://www.slideshare.net/Kazmania/stati