The essay one with the topic question or statement
Area of Study 1 - Cosi
Reading and responding involves
• Developing critical and supported responses.
• Examining the structures, features and conventions used by authors of a range of selected texts to construct meaning.
• Identifying, discuss and analyse these in order to explain how meaning is constructed through textual elements such as language and images.
• Examining the ways in which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers;
* for example, the ways inwhich a text can be read differently in a different time, place or culture;
• Describing and analysing the way in which social, historical and/or cultural values are embodied in texts;
• Developing written responses to a selected text, using appropriate metalanguage.
Outcome 1
On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, either orally or in writing, how a selected text constructs meaning, conveys ideas and values, and is open to a range of interpretations.To achieve this outcome the student will draw on knowledge and related skills outlined in area of study 1.
Key knowledge
This knowledge includes:
• An understanding of the ideas, characters and themes constructed by the author and presented in the selected text;
• The structures, features and conventions used by authors to construct meaning in a range of literary texts;
• Methods of analysing complex texts and the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in texts;
• The ways in which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers;
• Strategies and techniques for constructing a supported analysis of a text, including a knowledge of the metalanguage appropriate to the analysis and to the text type
• Key elements of oral language conventions and usage in a range of text types;
• Features of spoken texts which successfully engage audiences;
• Techniques for managing feedback and leading discussion;
• The conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.
Key skills
These skills include the ability to:
• Critically analyse texts and the ways in which authors construct meaning;
• Analyse the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in texts;
• Discuss and compare possible interpretations of texts using evidence from the text;
• Use appropriate metalanguage to construct a supported analysis of a text;
• Plan and revise written work for fluency and coherence;
• Apply oral language conventions in a chosen oral text type;
• Engage an audience through interested and varied language use;
• Respond to audience interest and engagement;
• Use the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.
• Developing critical and supported responses.
• Examining the structures, features and conventions used by authors of a range of selected texts to construct meaning.
• Identifying, discuss and analyse these in order to explain how meaning is constructed through textual elements such as language and images.
• Examining the ways in which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers;
* for example, the ways inwhich a text can be read differently in a different time, place or culture;
• Describing and analysing the way in which social, historical and/or cultural values are embodied in texts;
• Developing written responses to a selected text, using appropriate metalanguage.
Outcome 1
On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, either orally or in writing, how a selected text constructs meaning, conveys ideas and values, and is open to a range of interpretations.To achieve this outcome the student will draw on knowledge and related skills outlined in area of study 1.
Key knowledge
This knowledge includes:
• An understanding of the ideas, characters and themes constructed by the author and presented in the selected text;
• The structures, features and conventions used by authors to construct meaning in a range of literary texts;
• Methods of analysing complex texts and the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in texts;
• The ways in which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers;
• Strategies and techniques for constructing a supported analysis of a text, including a knowledge of the metalanguage appropriate to the analysis and to the text type
• Key elements of oral language conventions and usage in a range of text types;
• Features of spoken texts which successfully engage audiences;
• Techniques for managing feedback and leading discussion;
• The conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.
Key skills
These skills include the ability to:
• Critically analyse texts and the ways in which authors construct meaning;
• Analyse the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in texts;
• Discuss and compare possible interpretations of texts using evidence from the text;
• Use appropriate metalanguage to construct a supported analysis of a text;
• Plan and revise written work for fluency and coherence;
• Apply oral language conventions in a chosen oral text type;
• Engage an audience through interested and varied language use;
• Respond to audience interest and engagement;
• Use the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.