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size=2 face=Verdana>Gail</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Verdana>Reading your message makes me wish I WAS a VCE English
Teacher. What a great topic to write on; no matter where the landscape is
located. Wish we had had Imagination in my days.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Verdana>Cheryl</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> english-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Reynolds, Gail
G<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 30 July 2012 12:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> VCE English
Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [English] Context<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P>Hi everyone I need some opinions.</P>
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<P>Our students are doing Imaginative Landscape as their Context. The set
texts have a strong bias toward the rural Australian landscape but we have
a sizable Asian population, many of whom are writing not about the
Australian landscape but the landscapes of their homelands. Much of their
writing is rich and engaging.</P>
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<P>From my perspective this should be allowable as they are using the set texts
as their jumping off points, but I am getting cold feet wondering if it is
acceptable in the exam. I haven't marked Imaginative Landscape.. Any
comments?</P>
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<P>As an aside, I think it is<A></A> a real pity<A></A> that this
Context has such a narrow range of texts; there are any number of
non-rural reflections on landscape which would meet the text setting
criteria and make this more accessible to city dwellers.</P>
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<P>Gail</P></DIV>
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