Student Worksheet

Watch the video titled Start your Journey with Hydro Tasmania

Start your Journey with Hydro Tasmania (https://youtu.be/y5HNZubZYTA)

After you have watched the program, write full sentences to answer these comprehension questions about your viewing. A sample question has been completed for you to demonstrate the style in which you should write your responses.

Sample question: What is the effect of the onscreen text at the very start of the program?

Sample answer: The onscreen text presents a question designed to engage a viewer’s attention, encouraging them to form a personal response.

Your turn! Complete responses to these questions in your book:

1. The value of freedom is mentioned by Nyssa in the video. What does she specify say freedom involves?

2. Kate states that she learns what in her job?

3. What apprenticeship is Charles undertaking?

4. What do the interviewees believe about the potential for advancement within the company?

5. What is Tung’s trade?

6. Which employee started straight from school and first worked as a labourer with the company?

7. What are two adjectives used to describe the work offered by Hydro Tasmania?

8. Some of the interviewees discuss the company’s willingness to invest in developing the careers of their employees. What are three initiatives (programs) through which this commitment is put into practice?

9. Is Hydro Tasmania’s reach and influence limited to the state of Tasmania? Explain your answer.

10. In what ways is the company providing programs and facilities that support individuals to achieve a healthy, balanced lifestyle?

11. How does the company support working mothers and their families?

12. Which interviewee is a specialist dam engineer?

13. Toward the program’s conclusion we are presented with a key message from multiple interviewees that this is a forward-looking company. How is this message reinforced by the onscreen text at the end of the program?

14. How is the environmentally sustainable nature of the operation emphasised by the voice over at the end of the program?

15. Analyse the style of music that accompanies the imagery on the video. What features of its style highlight the key message of the program?

16. What are the more memorable aspects of the visual imagery presented and how is symbolism used to reinforce the central messages?

Language skills revision

Read the following text, then answer the persuasive language revision questions by adding a * next to your selected answers.

a) Which of the following best describes the first line?

a statement

a question

a command

b) The word ‘exciting’ is

an adjective

a verb

an advertisement

c) The words ‘abroad’ and ‘overseas’ can be described as

antonyms

metonyms

synonyms

d) The words ‘provide’ and ‘deliver’ are

verbs

adverbs

verses

e) Which of these correctly syllabifies the word?

exc/ell/ent

ex/cel/lent

excel/lent

f) Which of the following is a nominalisation?

competition

compete

competing

g) The word ‘hours’ is used to mean

work schedules

ages

belonging to us

h) Which punctuation mark is used in ‘family-friendly’?

hyphen

colon

ellipsis

i) How is the word ‘benefits’ used in this text?

as a plural noun

as a verb

as a contraction

j) Which pronoun is used to add a sense of inclusiveness to the text?

they

we

I

Persuasive visual text analysis task

Select a television advertisement you have watched that had a strong impact on your emotions. Describe the advertisement in some detail. As you describe the features, write an analysis of the impact of each one.

Cover the following features:

Purpose and key message
Target audience
Use of voice over or narration, characters in dialogue or other mode of audio delivery
Use of visual imagery
Interplay of visual imagery, onscreen text and audio

Complete your analysis by discussing the ways in which visual images are used to persuade viewers to consider the perspective of the composer/s.

Aim to write one A4 page in total. Plan, draft, edit and proofread your work before submitting it for marking.

Hydro Tasmania - Working With Us - NAPLAN-style Language Practice

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