Sample course outline Literature – ATAR Year 11 Unit 2 Semester 2 Week Syllabus content Assessment tasks Task 7 the ways in which texts are influenced by other texts and by contexts How does your understanding of historical and how the choice and combinations of mode and form transform texts cultural contexts enhance your reading/interpretation the ways in which texts resemble and/or refer to other texts, including through parody, imitation, of novel (Due Semester 2, Cloudstreet? Winton’s appropriation and transformation; and the ways in which adaptations of earlier texts allow new insights Week 5) into original texts 1–6 Task 8 the use of a combination of sound and visual devices in literary texts To what extent has the transformation of the novel the ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts into a play reinforced/challenged some of Cloudstreet the interpretations that reading the novel allowed? (Texts: Cloudstreet, the novel by Tim Winton; Cloudstreet, the play by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo) (Due Semester 2, Week 7, an in-class assessment) Task 9 the relationship between conventions of genre, audience expectations and interpretations of texts Describe the generic (dramatic) conventions evident the ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts in the play discuss the The Female of the Species; the ways in which different literary forms may evolve by blending and borrowing conventions from other expectations that the reader might therefore have; and texts and/or genres explain your reading of the important moments and the use of literary techniques key ideas in this play. (Due Semester 2, Week 9, an in-class assessment) (Texts: The Female of the Species; Box the Pony) 7–10 Task 10 How does differ from Box the Pony The Female of in its genre and use of dramatic the Species conventions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each style of play? How was your interpretation of affected by its use of Box the Pony conventions? (Due Semester 2, Week 11, in the form of a panel-of-three discussion)
Sample course outline Literature – ATAR Year 11 Unit 2 Semester 2 Week Syllabus content Assessment tasks 1–6 the ways in which texts are influenced by other texts and by contexts how the choice and combinations of mode and form transform texts the ways in which texts resemble and/or refer to other texts, including through parody, imitation, appropriation and transformation; and the ways in which adaptations of earlier texts allow new insights into original texts the use of a combination of sound and visual devices in literary texts the ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts (Texts: Cloudstreet, the novel by Tim Winton; Cloudstreet, the play by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo) Task 7 How does your understanding of historical and cultural contexts enhance your reading/interpretation of Winton’s novel Cloudstreet? (Due Semester 2, Week 5) Task 8 To what extent has the transformation of the novel Cloudstreet into a play reinforced/challenged some of the interpretations that reading the novel allowed? (Due Semester 2, Week 7, an in-class assessment) 7–10 the relationship between conventions of genre, audience expectations and interpretations of texts the ways in which informed reading influences interpretation of texts the ways in which different literary forms may evolve by blending and borrowing conventions from other texts and/or genres the use of literary techniques (Texts: The Female of the Species; Box the Pony) Task 9 Describe the generic (dramatic) conventions evident in the play The Female of the Species; discuss the expectations that the reader might therefore have; and explain your reading of the important moments and key ideas in this play. (Due Semester 2, Week 9, an in-class assessment) Task 10 How does Box the Pony differ from The Female of the Species in its genre and use of dramatic conventions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each style of play? How was your interpretation of Box the Pony affected by its use of conventions? (Due Semester 2, Week 11, in the form of a panel-of-three discussion)