Learning Outcomes | Teaching and Learning | Assessment and Evaluation | Printing Version
| Writer | Marie Stribling |
| Year level | 11 |
| Suggested duration | Ongoing over two or three terms |
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| Overview | This activity focuses on teaching students about how and why authors use different narrative perspectives in their texts. It also models how they can explain the narrative perspective connection across texts. |
| Learning area(s) | English |
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| Curriculum achievement objectives for: Level 6 |
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Teaching and Learning(What do I need to know and do?) |
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| Professional readings | "Making connections across texts" by Susan Davis Lenski (accessible through doing a search for the above title on the Masterfile Premier database of TKI Epic databases- see your school librarian for your school’s logon and password) |
| Learning task 1 - Making text to text connections | |
| Learning task 2 - Identifying different types of narrative perspective | |
| Learning task 3 - Analysing the effect of using an innocent narrator | |
| Learning task 4 - Identifying a narrative perspective connection across texts | |
| Learning task 5 - Explaining a significant connection across texts | |
Assessment and Evaluation(What is the impact of my teaching and learning?) |
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| Summative assessment task(s), including how will feedback be provided | This assessment activity focuses on the narrative perspective connection. Students will use up to three of the texts which they have ‘read’ in class, and one text that they have chosen independently, to present a report (of at least 350 -400 words) which explains the narrative perspective connection across the four texts. Their explanation will be supported with at least one specific detail from each text. See exemplars (Word 48KB) . Students will need guidance in their choice of independent text to ensure that their text is at an appropriate level. |
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Students could be encouraged keep a log of different types of connections so that they have the opportunity for further learning and assessment opportunities As an extension exercise students could explore some texts which are connected through having a contrasting narrative perspective |
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Introductory table – identifying and recording text to text connections The focus of this unit is to help students progress from an overall understanding of the concept of text- to-text connections to an understanding of one particular way that texts can be connected (through using a similar narrative perspective). Teachers may choose to encourage individual students to identify and explain another type of text- to -text connection (as discussed in learning task 1). |
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Published on: 25 Dec 2010
