New for Old - Level 6 Sample Unit

Introduction

In New for old students analyse an existing packaging for a product according to its target audience. As part of a team, they conduct a survey, analyse their findings and develop a proposal to modify or design a new packaging for their product to meet the needs of a new target audience. They write a business letter using appropriate tone, structure and language for a workplace text.

They also reflect on how successfully they worked as a team.

Suggested duration: 10–15 hours

For further information see the Teaching, learning and assessment activities section.

Assessment

This unit provides opportunities for students to demonstrate achievement of elements of Level 6 standards in:

Interpersonal Development
English

It will also help teachers identify ways in which the Level 6 standards support students to develop facets of employability skills.

For further information see the VELS and employability skills section.

Students are assessed on their ability to:

analyse the packaging of a product according to its purpose and target audience
modify or design new packaging to appeal to a specific audience
write a business letter using appropriate tone, structure and language for a workplace text
reflect on the success of their team.

For further information see the Assessment section.

Acknowledgements

The VCAA acknowledges teachers from Ballarat High School, Bayside College and Sebastopol College who contributed ideas or materials that helped shape this unit.

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