External influences in the business environment

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Textbook pp 50-71

A pretty fast look through most of these (diagram on p.51), although will spend some time on the economic cycle.

Remember to keep an eye on the ‘BizWORD’ sections for what might be in Friday’s Glossary Quiz.

external influences on business

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Assessment task draft feedback

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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A due date is a due date…
Email etiquette – I’m doing you a favour, it’s pretty simple to ask nicely rather than just attach the document to a blank email.
How email works: don’t hit send then slam your lid … it won’t send, and you will miss the deadline. Better to learn the lesson on this than a final deadline or a job application.
Keep focused on the question – Australian economy. Lots of irrelevant examples given from USA in particular.
Structure! The scaffold suggests you have 3 key contributions. Use a topic sentence to outline what it is. Use specific data, whether from ABS or from within article/s you’ve found, rather than ‘lots of employees’ etc.
Referencing: any information you’ve gotten from elsewhere. All stats need to be referenced.
Use quality sources! blah.blogspot.com not necessarily a great source. Use the company website, or newspapers, or financial blogs from a company with an author credited.
Conclusion: here’s you last chance to convince me. Take 5-10% of the word count and recap your main points, referring to an example or two you used. Possibly finish with a sentence that answers the question.

‘Radio’

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Due to technical issues, we can’t project the video to big screen…

Click on this link to view from a shared Dropbox (need to save to your Dropbox or download) and this link from Google Drive

Task sheet is here

Due Wednesday 30 March at start of lesson (it is a Monday swap day)

Immanuel History Project

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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This is your major research project for this semester.

There is a major booklet to help you, but essentially you need to:

choose a topic of interest in Australia since 1918
come up with a question that asks you to analyse or judge, not just describe (‘why’ or ‘to what extent’ rather than ‘What happened…’)
1200 word (max) essay with referencing

Handed out: Tuesday 15 March (Term 1, Week 7), due Thursday 2 June (Term 2, Week 5)

Major Project Task Sheet

Assessment Task: Social Justice

01 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Social Justice Issue Study S1 2016

Due Date: 8.20am, Friday 18 March 2016 (Week 7) – Year 9 Office

There are many social justice issues in our world today. A few examples are:

Asylum seekers, war and peace, globalisation, world debt, slavery, human rights, women’s rights crime and punishment, reconciliation, land rights and Indigenous issues, child abuse, politics and power, civil rights, religious freedom, environment and sustainable futures, racism, domestic violence, homelessness, poverty, child labour, bullying, harassment etc.

Part 1. Research (50% of the marks)

Choose a topic of Social Justice and confirm it with your teacher and research it by means of books, magazines and the Internet and write answers to the following:

Describe the issue and the effects it has – physical, emotional and/or financial. (100 words min)
Why is it unfair or unjust, and why do people get away with it? (in other words explain the power issue and how that power is abused). (100 words min)
What is currently being done to address this issue/problem? How effective is this in helping to solve the problem? (150 words min)
Find a Biblical Story OR Reference that relates to the issue/problem. Explain the connection between the
1. Biblical Story OR Reference and your issue/problem and
2. The message that Jesus is outlining in this story (200 words min)
What is your personal reflection on this issue, and on the religious or spiritual response you found? (100 words min)

A Bibliography MUST be provided.

(Your responses for Part 1 should total 650 words minimum and some may be appropriate to be done in a dot point format)

Part 2 Presentation (50% of the marks)

Take your research from Part 1 and present it as one of the following.

Be aware that Part 2 will be presented to the class or another appropriate forum in negotiation with your teacher.

A Children’s Story Book (May be done as a pair)
A Chapel Devotion (including Music, Bible Verse(s) and Prayer) (May be done as a group – confirm with your teacher)
A letter to the Prime Minister making a case for his Government to do something about the issue. The content of your letter will set the theme for an Internet Page that will help to promote and raise awareness of the issue.