Multi-Literacy

WALT: understand how we can use audio codes and conventions to support making meaning of a text.

WALH: my ideas can be shaped through critical engagement with a text.

metalanguage: Pitch, modulation, projection, articulation, timbre, intonation and stress, phrasing, pause, volume and silence.

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Who is the author of the text, and why did they write it?

What values or worldview does the author of the text hold?

What do they assume the reader knows?

What choices has the illustrator made to represent different characters?

How has this text informed your thinking on colonisation in New Zealand?


 * Meta-Language  ||
 * Pitch  ||   How high or low a sound is.   ||
 * Modulation  ||   The way the volume or tone varies.   ||
 * Projection  ||   How well the speaker projects their voice.   ||
 * Articulation  ||   How clearly the speaker enunciates words.   ||
 * Timbre  ||   How the voice or instrument sounds. How is it unique?   ||
 * Intonation and stress  ||   The pattern in pitch or emphasised sounds.   ||
 * Phrasing  ||   The way the whole audio track can be broken up into smaller pieces.   ||
 * Pause  ||   A brief ‘stop’ in the audio track.   ||
 * Volume  ||   The loudness or quietness of the audio.   ||
 * Silence  ||   No sound.   ||

[|We are learning how an author uses sound to convey a message.]

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I can take note of the sound and identify how silence can tell you more than words. I can look at the pitch and tempo to know what is happening and identify the message from the author.