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Students must read the selected texts before each study begins. Classes consist mostly of modelled analysis , mini-lectures, and group discussion and analysis of key scenes and ideas. Students will complete most practice writing tasks for homework. Short tasks will be set after each class, with more homework required to practise extended tasks in preparation for SACs.
What contributes to my study score?
Five Six SACs and one end of year examUnit 3
SAC 1 - Comparison Close analysis of a selected text and an adaptation 's form, language and ideas based on a selected passage (800 -1200 words) 5%
SAC 2 - Discussion and comparison of how the text's meaning changes in adaptation (6-8 minute oral presentation) 12 7.5%
SAC 2 - Creative response to a selected text (800-1500 words) and explanation of authorial choices (oral 6-8 minutes) 12.5%
Unit 4
3a - An initial interpretation of a text’s views and values within its historical, social and cultural context (800 words)
SAC 3b - A revised or developed essay that compares/interweaves a subsequent interpretation (1000-1200 words) (SAC 3a and b combined) 12.5%
SAC 4 - Creative response to SAC 3 - Close analysis of selected passages of a selected text (800-1200 1500 words) 6.25% 10%
SAC 4 - Essay responding to two pieces of literary criticism on a selected text (1000-1200 words)5 - Close analysis of a key passage with critical discussion of connections to creative response (800 words) 5% 12.5%
SAC 5 6 - Close analysis of selected passages of a (second) text text (800-1200 1000 words) 6.25% 10%
Exam - 2 hours and 15 minutes to write two different types of essays (800-1000 words each) 50%
How do I satisfactorily complete the unit?
To pass any VCE unit you need to demonstrate that you have met the Outcomes. In Literature, to meet the outcomes you must demonstrate the ability to interpret ideas and meaning and support this analysis with close textual detail in extended, written responses. The interpretation must be plausible and convincing, and your written expression clear.
Outcome 1 (Unit 3) Adaptations and Transformations
On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse aspects of a text, drawing on close analysis of textual detail, and then discuss the extent to which meaning changes when a that text is adapted to a different form, for example, when a play is turned into a film.
Outcome 2 (Unit 3) Developing Interpretations
On completion of this unit the student should be able to respond creatively to a text and then comment on the connections between the text and the response. This creative response may involve adopting or rejecting elements of the author's style, rewriting a key scene in a different form or extending an image or character.develop interpretations of a set text informed by the ideas, views and values of the set text and a supplementary reading.
Outcome 1 (Unit 4) Creative Responses to Texts
On completion of this unit students the student should be able to produce an interpretation of a text using different literary perspectives to inform their view. Students will choose from selected pieces or extracts of literary criticism to inform, extend and compare with their own interpretation of the textrespond creatively to a text and comment critically on both the original text and the creative response.
Outcome 2 (Unit 4) Close Analysis
On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse features of two different texts, and develop and justify their interpretation of the texts. Students will show that they can identify interesting ideas and literary features within key passages and use them to support their interpretation of the literary forms, features and language to present a coherent view of a whole text.
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