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Unpack the question…

Unpack the question…. A critical and personal response?. Critical response?. critical thinking = The ability to think using hypothesis and deduction as a way to question, interpret and draw conclusions (NSW Board of Studies) Critical response = analytical / diagnostic / detailed / .

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Unpack the question…

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  1. Unpack the question… A critical and personal response?

  2. Critical response? • critical thinking = The ability to think using hypothesis and deduction as a way to question, interpret and draw conclusions (NSW Board of Studies) • Critical response = analytical / diagnostic / detailed / Explore and explain (in detail) the textual form (poems) + the language forms and features used by Wilfred Owen

  3. Personal context / response? The personal context (world) of the responder (you) compared to the personal context (world) of the composer (Owen) – through Module B lenses (from English syllabus – Close Study of Text)) Time and place (history) lens Culture lens Social lens

  4. Historical (time AND place) “context” • Shown by images and ideas of: • Language style • Fashion • Technology • Laws • Family structure • Women’s roles • Men’s roles • Education institutions • “religious” expectations

  5. Cultural “context”… • Shown by: • Language style • Gender roles • Food • Clothing • Music • Art • Architecture • Religion • Family structure • Laws

  6. Social “context” • Shown by ideas and images of: • rich : poor • Educated :un-educated • Profession : unemployed • Hobbies – interests – • “demographic” (NOT age-group) • Language style • Leisure activities • Class division • Gender roles

  7. Personal response? • Explain the values / ideas / beliefs shown in the poems… in relation to the time and place (technology etc) and structure of society in 1914 – 1918 • Make points about the context by using: • rhetorical questions and comments about the • religious beliefs • Gender divisions • Structure of social classes • Family values • Discipline of laws and social expectations

  8. Personal response? • Comment on how (LFFs) Owen positions the responder to feel and react with: • Anger • Despair • Grief • Contempt • Cynical • Sympathy • Responsible for the suffering

  9. Students engage with the text to respond imaginatively, affectively and critically*. * from Module B – BOS syllabus rubric • imaginatively, affectively = personally • critically – analytically / in detail

  10. More from the rubric • This module requires students to engage in detailed analysis of a text… critical! • It develops students’ understanding of how the ideas, forms and language of a text interact within the text and may affect those responding to it…  personal!

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