This unit is aimed at students in Year 7, in their first six weeks at secondary school. It provides opportunities for students to research and evaluate advisory websites [which in this instance, focuses on bullying] and then develop the ideas and thinking behind the construction of their own site, and the writing and organisation of materials that will provide advice and guidance to other students.

After five weeks of preparation, the students are given the opportunity to present their website to their peers and to critique others'.

As part of the project and in order to meet Literacy objectives, students need to be sure that they also understand the differences between 'informing' and 'advising' and the conventions of each. They are asked to find an example of each from a bullying website and display their findings.

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