For literacy over the last couple of weeks Room 7 has explored the clothing industry and how we can get clothes so cheap in our shops. It was a surprising and hard hitting inquiry into something most of us knew hardly anything about. The students got a glimpse of the human cost to our cheap clothes. However, we explored both sides and realized how it is such a tricky issue as the alternatives to the factories are often worse.
Over the next while we will be exploring a number of world and social issues with a focus on:
- Research skills - Note taking, compiling information, and appropriately selecting content.
- Persuasive writing structure
- Forming an opinion and backing up arguments with rational, moral and emotional arguments
The students are in the process of transferring their written pieces to their blogs so look out for them. A key video we watched was The True Cost, available for rent online or it is on Netflix too if you want to see it.
Our next issue is overpopulation so look out for some convincing articles on this too.
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