This assignment requires students to choose a current global issue, collect related news articles with different perspectives, and write a poetry anthology expressing the topic and views. The anthology must include five poems in specific styles and students will present their process and perform one poem. The goal is for students to better understand global issues and expressing information through poetry to engage audiences.

1. Year 9 Assignment
Global Texts
Imaginative: Literary Transformation
Due Week 7/8 Term 3
This assignment is to be completed individually, however you are
strongly encouraged to discuss and edit your work in class. Read
Around opportunities will be given to support you. In order to
complete this task, you will need to use your understanding of the
global citizen and poetic techniques.
1. You are to choose a global issue currently in the news. You need to collect three articles from at
least two points of view, published in the news media.
- These articles are to be referenced, and included in the appendix of your anthology
2. You are to write a series of 5 poems that express the topic, events and points of view found in your
news articles. These poems should reflect work done in class and illustrate the following styles
- A “For My People” poem
- An Age poem
- A letter poem
- A mirror poem
- A “Write that I…” poem
3. You will present an oral rationale of the task for the class, and as part of this will need to perform 1
poem from the anthology you have written. Your rationale should
- Outline the task and how you have interpreted the requirements
- Give a brief explanation of the issue you chose and how it was written about in
the news media
- Discuss how you incorporated this into your anthology (ie, how your anthology
deals with the issue and points of view)
- Discuss what you are proud of and what worked well
- Discuss what you would like to change or do differently next time
- Perform a poem from the anthology
- Outline what you learnt from this task
What will I learn?You will gain a greater understanding of global issues, and how to express information in a
poetic way to engage and audience. You will gain a greater understanding of how poetry is used to express
ideas. You will be better able to express the creative process.
Why does it matter?Global issues can be presented in various ways. It is important to understand how different
formats can present the same information, and the impact they can have on readers and listeners. While it is
important to create, it is also important to be able to express the reasons for creating and the process of
creation.
What is the task?You are to find news articles that relate to a global issue, and transform these into a poetry
anthology. You will need to discuss the process you went through and perform one poem.
What will I produce?You will produce a poetry anthology consisting of five poems, with an appendix for your
news articles. You will present an oral rationale including the performance of one poem.

2. Year 9 Rubric – “” Assignment
Name:__________________________________________________ Assignment Grade: _________
By the end of Year 9, students explain chemical processes and natural radioactivity in terms of atoms and energy transfers and
describe examples of important chemical reactions. They describe models of energy transfer and apply these to explain phenomena.
They explain global features and events in terms of geological processes and timescales. They analyse how biological systems
function and respond to external changes with reference to interdependencies, energy transfers and flows of matter. They describe
social and technological factors that have influenced scientific developments and predict how future applications of science and
technology may affect people’s lives.
Students design questions that can be investigated using a range of inquiry skills.They design methods that include the control and
accurate measurement of variables and systematic collection of data and describe how they considered ethics and safety. They
analyse trends in data, identify relationships between variables and reveal inconsistencies in results. They analyse their methods and
the quality of their data, and explain specific actions to improve the quality of their evidence. They evaluate others’ methods and
explanations from a scientific perspective and use appropriate language and representations when communicating their findings and
ideas to specific audiences.
A B C
Achieving at year level
D E
Describe examples of important chemical reactions
Addressed additional understanding in:
identifying reactants and products in
chemical reactions
modelling chemical reactions in terms
of rearrangement of atoms
describing observed reactions using
word equations
considering the role of energy in
chemical reactions
recognising that the conservation of
mass in a chemical reaction can be
demonstrated by simple chemical
equationsinvestigating how chemistry
identifying reactants and products in chemical
reactions
modelling chemical reactions in terms of
rearrangement of atoms
describing observed reactions using word
equations
considering the role of energy in chemical
reactions
recognising that the conservation of mass in a
chemical reaction can be demonstrated by simple
chemical equations
did not:
identifying reactants and products
in chemical reactions
modelling chemical reactions in
terms of rearrangement of atoms
describing observed reactions
using word equations
considering the role of energy in
chemical reactions
recognising that the conservation
of mass in a chemical reaction can
be demonstrated by simple
chemical equations

3. can be used to produce a range of
useful substances such as fuels,
metals and pharmaceuticals
using word or symbol equations to
represent chemical reactions
Design questions that can be investigated using a range of inquiry skills
Design methods that include the control and accurate measurement of variables
Systematically collect data
Analyse their methods and the quality of their data
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