All HSC modules come with a description on what you, the student, should gain from the course. It's also a pretty good indicator of what you're expected to be able to prove by the end of the unit as well. The teachers who help create this site don't write the rubric - but we will help you translate it! In the left column you'll see the rubric and in the right is our break down of what it means with a specific focus on the texts we're covering. You're welcome!
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What does it mean? |
In Module A, students explore the uses of a particular aspect of language in illustrating the distinctively visual.
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How does the text communicate experiences through language and the distinctively visual?
Starting with your set text, the play 'The Shoe-Horn Sonata' explore the ways the images we see and/or visualise in texts are created by composers. You will also study related texts that explore the distinctively visual through powerful language. |
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Decide how the distinctively visual is represented. You will consider how the forms, features and language of different texts create these images, affect interpretation and shape meaning.
The reason HSC markers want to know about your life (even though that sounds creepy), is because they want you to demonstrate your personal appreciation of texts and the evocative nature of language. Language: spoken, written and visual Remember that language can be spoken, written or visual. So in a play, you need to consider the visual aspects of set design, stage directions, costuming and props, dialogue and dramatic techniques. High performing students within this module have also selected a related text that specifically utilises language in a visual manner. |
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Putting it all together
There's that word 'how' again. That means we are straight into analysis and pulling apart how and why language is used to provoke the reader/viewer/audience's imagination. An ALARM scaffold will help you to organise your thoughts. |
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