Teaching notes for a Year 7 English video- Literacy Teaching Toolkit Levels 7-10

These teaching notes support the video that shows a class participating in an opinion line debate. This is a transition lesson from persuasive speaking to visual literacy. The aim of this lesson was to consider the proposition that a picture is worth a thousand words. Students were provided the opportunity to voice their opinions and consider other perspectives through the process of exchanging ideas to gain a collective understanding of the topic.