THE GARRET: Hannie Rayson
General Capabilities evident throughout the unit include Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Capability and Intercultural Understanding.
The cross-curriculum priority explored in this unit is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.
The content in this unit of work links to the Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum: Literature (Year 12, Unit 3)
| Evaluate the ways in which literary texts represent culture and identity including: |
how readers are influenced to respond to their own and others’ cultural experiences (ACELR037) the power of language to represent ideas, events and people in particular ways (ACELR038) how cultural perceptions are challenged or supported (ACELR039) the ways in which authors represent Australian culture, place and identity both to Australians and the wider world. (ACELR040) |
| Evaluate and reflect on how representations of culture and identity vary in different texts and forms of texts including: |
the relationship between significant historical and cultural events and figures, and their representations in literary texts (ACELR041) the impact of the use of literary conventions and stylistic techniques (ACELR042) the ways in which language, structural and stylistic choices communicate values and attitudes and shed new light on familiar ideas. (ACELR044) |
| Create analytical texts: |
evaluating their own and others’ ideas and points of view using logic and evidence (ACELR047) experimenting with different modes, mediums and forms. (ACELR048) |
| Create imaginative texts: |
experimenting with content, form, style, language and medium (ACELR049) drawing on knowledge and experience of genre, literary devices and the interplay of the visual and verbal in creating new texts (ACELR050) reflecting on the different ways in which form, personal style, language and content engage and position the audience. (ACELR052) |