purposes and effects unfamiliar concepts. For example: EN12-8 explains and assesses I don’t know what happened in Saigon that caused bloodshed. cultural assumptions in texts and I need to look up what are. ‘rickshaws’ their effects on meaning Who is ‘Wordsworth’? Students: What does and mean? ‘diaspora’ ‘cerulean’ analyse literary texts created What is a ‘halcyon-time’? by and about a diverse range of Australian people, Questioning: Generating questions about the text at a literal, inferential and including Aboriginal and/or evaluative level. Torres Strait Islander For example: Peoples and people with Was the mother a factory worker? Why do I think this? Asian heritage, and assess I wonder why the line know now, as I did in my childhood wonder’ is ‘I the different ways these texts repeated four times in the poem. represent people, places and Do you think the mother’s grey hair has a symbolic meaning? issues The lines and stanzas are all different in length. What impact does analyse and assess cultural this have? assumptions in I wonder if the flowers and vegetation mentioned throughout the including texts by and about poem are connected? Aboriginal and/or Torres Could the inside’ reference to a womb in the last line, ‘growing Strait Islander Peoples and connect with the garden imagery earlier? people with Asian heritage I am wondering how the mother actually feels about her past. Do you think she feels or ? … … EN12-9 reflects on, assesses and monitors own learning and refines Summarising: Identifying and summarising the meaning of the text at individual and collaborative line/sentence, stanza/paragraph and whole poem/text level. processes as an independent For example: learner The keywords that capture the meaning of the poem are … Students: Pham wants us to consider … use critical and constructive The three main ideas I can identify in the poem are … feedback from others to I think the poem is about motives of refugees and why they flee their improve learning, including homelands. I think this because … their composing and It is clear that dispersion from the homeland due to war creates responding painful memories. The mother has difficulty sharing this with her son assess the strengths and evident in … weaknesses of their own The poem focuses on hopes and aspirations as seen by Pham’s use compositional style and of … improve compositions as a The mother is a symbol for connecting the present/future with the
purposes and effects EN12-8 explains and assesses cultural assumptions in texts and their effects on meaning Students: analyse literary texts created by and about a diverse range of Australian people, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people with Asian heritage, and assess the different ways these texts represent people, places and issues analyse and assess cultural assumptions in including texts by and about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people with Asian heritage EN12-9 reflects on, assesses and monitors own learning and refines individual and collaborative processes as an independent learner Students: use critical and constructive feedback from others to improve learning, including their composing and responding assess the strengths and weaknesses of their own compositional style and improve compositions as a unfamiliar concepts. For example: I don’t know what happened in Saigon that caused bloodshed. I need to look up what ‘rickshaws’ are. Who is ‘Wordsworth’? What does ‘diaspora’ and ‘cerulean’ mean? What is a ‘halcyon-time’? Questioning: Generating questions about the text at a literal, inferential and evaluative level. For example: Was the mother a factory worker? Why do I think this? I wonder why the line ‘I know now, as I did in my childhood wonder’ is repeated four times in the poem. Do you think the mother’s grey hair has a symbolic meaning? The lines and stanzas are all different in length. What impact does this have? I wonder if the flowers and vegetation mentioned throughout the poem are connected? Could the ‘growing inside’ reference to a womb in the last line, connect with the garden imagery earlier? I am wondering how the mother actually feels about her past. Do you think she feels … or … ? Summarising: Identifying and summarising the meaning of the text at line/sentence, stanza/paragraph and whole poem/text level. For example: The keywords that capture the meaning of the poem are … Pham wants us to consider … The three main ideas I can identify in the poem are … I think the poem is about motives of refugees and why they flee their homelands. I think this because … It is clear that dispersion from the homeland due to war creates painful memories. The mother has difficulty sharing this with her son evident in … The poem focuses on hopes and aspirations as seen by Pham’s use of … The mother is a symbol for connecting the present/future with the
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