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Whose Reality?

Whose Reality?. AOS 2 – Creating & Presenting. Text Based. Unit 3 – Spies Unit 4 – Death of a Salesman Exam – can refer to one or both texts. What is Reality?. Reality is a fact, most see it as ‘ the truth ’ if speaking objectively

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Whose Reality?

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  1. Whose Reality? AOS 2 – Creating & Presenting

  2. Text Based • Unit 3 – Spies • Unit 4 – Death of a Salesman • Exam – can refer to one or both texts.

  3. What is Reality? • Reality is a fact, most see it as ‘the truth’ if speaking objectively • However, the context is called “Whose Reality?”, leading us to question the concept of personal realities and multiple realities. • A question is posed by the context: whose truth is it? How do we justify our truths? Why do we interpret them in this way?

  4. What is Reality to You? • Activity: Define reality. • At this moment what does it mean to you? What makes up your world?

  5. What does Freud tell us? “Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it we cannot dispense with palliative measures... There are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflections, which cause us to make light of our misery; substitutive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxicating substances, which make us insensible to it.”Sigmund Freud

  6. Freud and the Iceberg • Freud compares our conscious mind to an iceberg • Only the smallest aspect of our minds is perceivable on the surface – so much more is going on underneath • You will see this clearly reflected in your texts

  7. The Prompt • When you do this outcome, you will be asked to respond to a prompt – a statement about reality that you will be asked to explore (agree or disagree). • The prompt is usually quite generic (broad/general) so students can explore ideas from either text. • It may or may not contain the word reality • You are required to deal with the CONCEPTS it raises.

  8. Previous Exam Prompts • 2012 Exam – ‘Our fantasies can be more powerful than our reality’. • 2011 Exam - ‘Shared experience does not mean that people see things the same way.’ • 2010 Exam - ‘Sometimes people find themselves living in a world created by other people.’ • 2009 Exam - ‘We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.’ • 2008 Exam - ‘We can evade “reality” but we cannot avoid the consequences of doing so.’

  9. The prompt • Your piece should clearly address the prompt but does not have to provide a definite ‘answer’ or stick rigidly to the prompt. • Shape your ideas around the prompt, using it as a starting point for wider discussion on the context . • DO NOT write a generic or pre-prepared piece that is unrelated to the prompt.

  10. Assessing key ideas in prompts • Highlight/underline the key words • Look up any words in the dictionary you’re uncertain of • Rephrase the prompt • Consider the context ideas that are relevant to it • How does this link to your chosen text? • What’s your opinion on it? • What texts, images, songs, quotes, theories spring to mind?

  11. Writing Requirements • Expository • Persuasive • Creative/imaginative • ‘Hybrid’ or combined form

  12. Texts • Draw upon the ideas related to Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller or Spies by Michael Frayn. In Unit 3 we will do Spies, in Unit 4 we will do Death of a Salesman. • In the exam you can draw on both if you want! • DO NOT focus only on your selected text/s – these pieces tend to resemble text response essays and can only result in a mid-range mark of 4-7 out of a possible 10.

  13. Written Explanation • You will have an opportunity to write a written explanation for your SACs • This allows you to make the link between your piece and the prompt concrete • You can be creative whilst you have this, experimental even • You will NOT have an opportunity to write one in the exam

  14. Good writing? • Dependent on the quality of your writing, the quality of your ideas and your ability to deal with the prompt. • ‘There can be no good writing without good ideas.’ Sophisticated understanding of the context; sophisticated and clear expression. • Be accurate and specific not general and vague. Assessors have found that the weakest responses are those that are too general and only ‘superficially’ explore key ideas.

  15. Context Notebooks • Your context notebook will be a valuable resource for gathering ideas for writing. • You will complete short writing tasks in this, both in and out of class. • You will need to gather ideas for writing in your own time • You should use this notebook to plan your Outcomes and refine ideas for writing • This will be used as a tool to determine satisfactory results in this outcome.

  16. Whose Reality? • Yours • Someone else’s • Michael Frayn • Stephen Wheatley • Keith – mother, father • Arthur Miller • Willy Loman • Linda, Biff, Happy • What is reality? • Multiple realities? • Constructed realities • Emotional realities? • Subjective reality? • Objective reality? • Real? Truth? • Unreal? Fake?

  17. First Context Notebook Activity… What is the message of this cartoon?

  18. Context ideas & statements • Reality is hard to define. Reality can be harsh. We all (consciously/subconsciously) seek to avoid reality at times. • There can be multiple realities/versions – sometimes these clash. • We can consciously shape our reality – writing is reflective and involves revising reality • There are universal truths • We all perceive reality differently – why? • Our past experiences impact on our perceptions • Significant people/events compel change

  19. Sample prompts • 'The line between illusion and madness is a fine one.' • 'When we attempt to make order out of chaos then we risk distorting reality.' • 'Believing is seeing. The reality that we perceive is the reality that we want to perceive.' • 'An experience becomes real when others feel what it felt like for you.' • 'People's memories shape their understanding of themselves, their world and others.'

  20. Sample prompts cont… • 'We can never attain a fully objective view of reality because we remain trapped in the prison of our subjectivity.' • 'When competing realities clash the result can be only tragedy.' • 'Our sanity depends on a clear understanding of what is and isn't real.' • 'A person's self-image can interfere with their ability to perceive reality clearly.'

  21. Sample prompts cont… • ‘There are no facts, only interpretations.’ • ‘The truth means different things to different people.’ • ‘People re-create their memories to suit their current reality.’

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