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Sometimes Gladness

Sometimes Gladness. Section B: Writing in Context Identity and Belonging Tuesday October 26, 2010. Exam Requirements. Read and digest the prompt VERY carefully Answer this section last Possibly an image Definitely NOT under 2 pages, aim for 3-4. How to score a 9 or 10.

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Sometimes Gladness

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  1. Sometimes Gladness Section B: Writing in Context Identity and Belonging Tuesday October 26, 2010

  2. Exam Requirements Read and digest the prompt VERY carefully Answer this section last Possibly an image Definitely NOT under 2 pages, aim for 3-4.

  3. How to score a 9 or 10 Demonstrates an insightful grasp of the implications of the prompt, and perceptively explores its conceptual complexity using an appropriate strategy for dealing with it. Achieves an assured, cohesively structured piece of writing in an appropriate form, successfully integrating, in a sophisticated way, ideas suggested by the selected text/s. Makes fluent and effective use of language appropriate to the purpose and audience specified in the task.

  4. The Prompt Is the overall message of your piece, what the piece is REALLY about. Is worth approx 1/3 of your mark Should determine what happens in your piece – should control the action, dialogue, discussion topic, investigation, etc. Should be examined closely for opportunities – cannot all be pre-planned content You may be given an image alongside your prompt. Use it as an example of interpretation.

  5. What can I pre-plan? You might have a pre-considered tone, voice, character or setting Your form and expression is worth approx 1/3 of your mark Develop a sophisticated vocabulary list that compliments any of the above that you have pre-planned Practise your chosen form – pay close attention to specific conventions

  6. What do I need to know? Conventions of your chosen form How to pull apart a prompt and address it in full The IDEAS regarding Identity and Belonging that are evident in ‘Sometimes Gladness’

  7. Form Be as clear as possible. Make it as easy for the assessor to see your form as possible. Eg. essay of any description – give it a title and tell us where it’s published Use language appropriate to your form. Always show don’t tell. Make it clear you know how to write in your chosen form Keep it real. Dawe writes about real life.

  8. Complexity Your piece needs to show complex ideas. Try to reduce your connection to I & B to one or 2 sentences. Are you saying something interesting? Can I take your message home and think about it/apply it to my life? It can be helpful to think about your piece in terms of change. If imaginative: where do your characters start? What journey do they go on? What do they explore?If essay – what point are you making at the beginning? How is it explored/changed from the start to the end of your essay

  9. The Poetry: Children Identity is shaped by childhood Children have a special world view Children need to be exposed to beauty in the world Children need to be protected from corruption of a materialistic society.

  10. The Poetry: Old age As people grow older they are corrupted by consumerism Old people are defined by losses, wisdom, disenchantment and resignation The cycle of life – the promise of birth, the rituals of adulthood, the vagaries of old age, the impact of death

  11. The Poetry: Humankind Corruption and the abandonment of self (and simple human dignity The pain generated by the social and economic betrayal of the individual and of the family (Drifters) Powerless against time, war, passion There is value in solitude and pain in loneliness

  12. The Poetry: Humankind cont’d There is value in ordinary lives There is comedy in how we attempt to give our lives meaning The power of human imagination We all have common bonds. We all share moments

  13. The Poetry: City/Suburbs/Nature The anonymity and stress of urban life Embracing the suburbs and everyday ‘Australianisms’ Belonging to sights/sounds/smells, particularly in the suburbs Belonging to a particular place/land The nobility in a life lived simply

  14. The poetry: Families, teams, religions The value of belonging to a group and the need to have something to believe in The negative impact of not knowing one’s identity making it difficult to belong. The value and the emptiness of patriotism

  15. Putting it all together Planning should take 5 minutes and involve: FORM – what it looks like PROMPT – what will happen/ the message IDEAS – about Identity and Belonging that are evident in the text

  16. Extra literary connections These should not be used as your primary references to the text but can function as extra connections Repetition Personification of emotions eg. ‘gladness crooks me like an arm’ Use of domestic objects to symbolise an idea. Eg. ‘the silver web of glass in the left-hand pane’ to reflect a broken man - SHOW your ideas. Present a rich picture of life

  17. Practice Prompts CRISIS – A single event can change who a person is PLACE – Everyone is a product of their environment RELATIONSHIPS – The people around you define who you are BELIEFS – We are categorised by our actions rather than our words

  18. Bibliography VCE OXFORD ENGLISH 3 & 4 Bruce Dawe: Francis Russell Matthews: Phoenix Senior English Guides

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