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Day 3 — Symbols and size shape meaningYear 9 English · T1 W1–2 · Day 3 lesson

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Year 9 / English / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

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Goal/materials: analyse visual choices using text alternative; SVG post, Card A description.

  1. Notice, 3: Ask what is largest and what is smallest in the designed post. Key: ALWAYS/headline large; fiction/no-evidence detail small.
  2. Model, 5: “A speech bubble marks a voiced assertion. The empty evidence box asks a question. Size can make a claim memorable; it cannot verify it.” Read the complete text/layout aloud for everyone.
  3. Guide, 7: Learners compare visual with equal-size plain text. Identify what changes (attention and emphasis) and what stays (unsupported claim, proposal status). Do not make colour recognition necessary.
  4. Try, 7: Student describes an alternative fair layout in words, tactile blocks or sketch: equal prominence for source label, evidence question and claim. Explain one expected effect; grade analysis, not drawing.
  5. Check, 3: “Does a question-mark icon prove a study was done?” Key: no; this original graphic signals missing evidence. Next: attach a source-status label to each visual element.