Part A Analysis (20%)

Part A Analysis (20%)

Theme and Social Purpose

Please watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2XutYb919U&t=112s1. Whats the theme of the picture book?

2. What is the social purpose of the genre (e.g., inform, entertain or persuade)?

Language Features

Use probe questions and the colour coding scheme shown in the table to identify the types of participants, processes and circumstances in the sentences from the text.

Processes Participants Circumstances

I hate this old tub.

The animals run to the old red barn.

Moo the cow cries.

I have been scrubbed from my nose to my heels.

Fast down the highway they run side by side.

The unhappy cow and the pig and the duck hear the chug-chug-chug of the old farm truck.

1) In the clause, I hate this old tub., highlight the process and identify its type _____________________________________________________

2) In the clause, I have got soap in my eyes, highlight the participants.

3) In the clause, The animals run to the old red barn, the participant The animals is realized/expressed by a proper, common or compound noun? _______________________________

4) Please provide 2 examples of saying verbs: a)____________________________________ b)________________________________

5) What types of speech functions are used throughout the picture book (e.g., question, command, statement)? Please provide 2 examples.

a)

b)

6) Please identify the number of syllables in the following examples: a) truck ____ b) Wishy ____ c) animals ____ d) highway ____

7) Please provide some words (X2) which rhyme.

a)

b)

9) Please highlight a simple sentence from the following excerpt.

Wishy-washy. Wishy-washy. Moo! the cow cries. I hate this old tub! Ive got soap in my eyes.

10. Please highlight a compound sentence from the following excerpt.

This is Mrs. Wishy-Washy, and this is her farm. Here is her barn. Here by the barn is the old tin tub where all the animals go for a scrub.

11. Please make some comments about the images. Are they mainly static or dynamic? Why?

Part B Analysis (20%)

Field and Social Purpose

1. Whats the topic of the text?

2. What is the social purpose of the genre?

3. Is the image static or dynamic? Why?

Language Features

What types of speech functions are used throughout the text?

Please identify the tense (e.g., present, past, future)?

Use probe questions to identify the types of participants, processes and circumstances in the sentences from the text.

Processes Participants Circumstances

Geckos are small lizards.

The geckos skin is soft, dry and flexible.

Their secret is the special pads on their toes.

The geckos skin is highly waterproof.

Each of the geckos toe pads has up to half a million microscopic hair.

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Part C Discussion

Pick aspects of your picture book analysis that are relevant and discuss them, with examples to justify how the picture book could be used to develop students oral language (800 - 1000 words 30%).

Compare and contrast the two texts (500 words 20%). You might want to focus on the following.

What are the differences in terms of genre/text type?

Mode (e.g., Which text is closer to the spoken-like end of the Mode continuum?)

Field (e.g., Which text sounds more technical? How can you tell?)

Tenor (e.g., Which text sounds more formal?)

Tense

Participant, processes, and circumstances

Images

Noun groups (e.g., Which text has extended noun groups?)

Reflection: Did you find this unit helpful? Do you think the knowledge you have gained in this unit will be useful for you as a teacher? (100 words 10%)

Tips:

1. Please remember to start with an overview statement.

e.g., This section aims to compare and contrast

2. Please remember to use conjunctions such as firstly, secondly

e.g., There are a number of differences between text 1 and text 2 Firstly, Secondly, Another difference

3. Please remember to use the language of compare and contrast.

e.g., While text 2 includes many .. verbs, text 1 mainly uses . verbs to move the plot and saying verbs for dialogues.

4. Please use APA 7 referencing conventions.