Year 7: Literacy Tasks

• Have someone older teach you how to do a cryptic crossword.
• Talk to someone who has been overseas recently. Talk about one of the countries they visited. Find out the capital city, the type of government, the currency, the climate, the time difference compared to Australia.
• Discuss your opinion of an overseas current news issue with an adult. Research your topic first in the newspapers, on TV or radio. Watch how the issue develops over time.
• Talk with an adult to identify a local environmental issue. Think of four key points you could make in a speech or a letter to the local city council about this issue.
• Over a week, watch the news on three different TV channels. Discuss with an adult how their formats vary. Conduct a quick survey in your house…. Which news service is preferred and why?
• Listen to ads on the radio. Identify persuasive words and techniques that you would think would influence audiences. Listen to a different type of radio station. Identify the influential language in their ads. Discuss with an adult your opinion of how and why this differs from the initial radio station.
• Have a family game of Scrabble.
  Consider three movies you have seen recently. What was the key message in each? Discuss with an adult the key message in 2 movies they have seen recently.