THE GARRET: The Natural Way of Things
General Capabilities evident across the unit include Personal and social capability, Literacy, Critical and creative thinking, and Intercultural understanding.
Cross-curriculum priorities include Sustainability.
Content links to the Australian Curriculum Literature: Senior Secondary (Unit 2) and (Unit 3).
| Unit 2 Analyse and reflect on the relationships between authors, texts and contexts including: | the ways in which texts are influenced by other texts and by contexts (ACELR019) the relationship between conventions of genre, audience expectations, and interpretations of texts (ACELR020) how the choice and combinations of mode, medium and form transform texts (ACELR021) the ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts. (ACELR022) |
| Compare and evaluate the form. Language and content of literary texts including: | the ways in which text structures, language features and stylistic choices provide a framework for audiences’ expectations, responses and interpretations (ACELR023) how aspects of literary texts have been appropriated into popular culture, for example, through the use of iconic literary situations, symbols or characters (ACELR025) the use of literary techniques, for example, poetic, dramatic and narrative structure and devices (ACELR027) the use of a combination of sound and visual devices in literary texts, for example, soundtracks, cinematography, iconography. (ACELR028) |
| Create analytical texts | organising points of view and arguments in different ways, for example, in essays, reviews and visual presentations (ACELR029) selecting appropriate argument and evidence to support points of view (ACELR031) experimenting with different modes, mediums and forms. (ACELR032) |
| Create imaginative texts | integrating real and imagined experiences by selecting and adapting particular aspects of texts to create new texts (ACELR033) using analysis of literary texts to inform imaginative response (ACELR034) |
| 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 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 | developing independent interpretations of texts supported by informed observation and close textual analysis (ACELR045) using appropriate linguistic, stylistic and critical terminology to analyse and evaluate texts (ACELR046) 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) reflecting on the different ways in which form, personal style, language and content engage and position the audience. (ACELR052) |