Exploring Multimodal Texts

Stages

1. Building the Field: The Purpose and Features of Multimodal Texts

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Suggested Learning Intentions

  • To identify the modes of communication in multimodal texts
  • To explore how each mode creates meaning

Sample Success Criteria

  • I can identify the modes of communication used in a range of texts
  • I can explain how each mode enhances meaning
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2. Text Deconstruction: The Lost Thing

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Suggested Learning Intentions

  • To investigate the techniques used to make meaning in multimodal texts

Sample Success Criteria

  • I can identify techniques used by authors to highlight key information and link ideas
  • I can interpret gestures, images and sounds in texts
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3. Short Films: Modelled and Collaborative Analysis and Creation

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Suggested Learning Intentions

  • To analyse the visual, audio and gestural features used in multimodal texts
  • To use writing and design processes to plan and create a multimodal digital text
  • To effectively use modal features to enhance the meaning of a text
  • To explain the meaning of modal features

Sample Success Criteria

  • I can explain how visual, audio and gestural conventions are commonly interpreted
  • I can compose texts using visual, audio and gestural features
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