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UNIT 3 - Form & transformation
In this unit students consider how the form of a text affects meaning, and how writers construct their texts. They investigate ways writers adapt and transform texts and how meaning is affected as texts are adapted and transformed. They consider how the perspectives of those adapting texts may inform or influence the adaptations. Students draw on their study of adaptations and transformations to develop creative responses to texts. Students develop their skills in communicating ideas in both written and oral forms.
Learning Activities:
Students examine a range of texts including, but not limited to, plays, poetry, novels, films, short stories and essays. A variety of activities are undertaken such as thematic and character based questions, personal responses, analysis of literary, structural and linguistic features, interpretative activities, oral and multimodal responses, context (social, political, historical, cultural) questions, short answer responses, creative and critical responses, essay writing, passage analysis, theoretical perspectives reading, drawing connections, contrasts and parallels between texts, annotations and other relevant tasks.
Key Skills Achieved:
Interpretative and metalanguage skills from Units 1 and 2, analyse the construction of texts in terms of characterization, tone, style, structure and point of view, identify and analyse the similarities and differences between adapted/transformed texts and their original, ability to respond creatively on texts as well as reflecting critically on text construction.
Assessment:
UNIT 4 - Interpreting Texts
In this unit students develop critical and analytical responses to texts. They consider the context of their responses to texts as well as the ideas explored in the texts, the style of the language and points of view. They investigate literary criticism informing both the reading and writing of texts. Students develop an informed and sustained interpretation supported by close textual analysis. For the purposes of this unit, literary criticism is characterised by extended, informed and substantiated views on texts and may include reviews, peer-reviewed articles and transcripts of speeches. Specifically, for Unit 4 Outcome 1, the literary criticism selected must reflect different perspectives, assumptions and ideas about the views and values of the text/s studied.
Learning Activities:
Students examine a range of texts including, but not limited to, plays, poetry, novels, films, short stories and essays. A variety of activities are undertaken such as thematic and character based questions, personal responses, analysis of literary, structural and linguistic features, interpretative activities, context (social, political, historical, cultural) questions, short answer responses, critical responses, essay writing, passage analysis, theoretical perspectives reading, drawing connections, contrasts and parallels between passages, annotations and other relevant tasks.
Key Skills Achieved:
Interpretative, metalanguage and essay writing skills, identify and analyse views and values in texts, compare, analyse and evaluate different perspectives of texts presented in literary criticism, analyse how key passages and features in a text contribute to an interpretation and develop cohesive and coherent analytical responses.
Assessment:
Prerequisites:
N/A
Recommendations:
It is recommended that the student have satisfactory completion of Unit 1 and 2 Literature or Unit 1and 2 English Language.
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