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<p>Janny is absolutely right, but I'd also add that your interpretation may not be the same as my interpretation but both could be valid if properly supported through reference to the text. Students should be encouraged to develop their own 'reading' of both
text and questions ... and firmly disuaded from formulaic answers like those that a rouge tutor (and bane of my teaching life) is 'teaching' far too many of our students! (grrrrrrr!!!)</p>
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<p>Back to SAC marking</p>
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<p>Gail </p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 9 September 2012 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] Study Design and Expected Qualities<br>
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<div>I assume that the proposition in the topic represents an interpretation. The range of possible topics suggests a range of possible interpretations, giving more or less weight to different aspects of the text. I would not assume that, in a given response,
the student is necessarily required to 'provide a range of interpretations' but to show the ability to discuss a specific claim about a text. These ideas are picked up again in the specifications to Section A of the exam in the material that prefaces the
2009 sample exam- the famous four dot points. .
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<div>Cheers, Janny<br>
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[English] Study Design and Expected Qualities<br>
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<div>People may remember my discussion on Expected Qualities a while back. Well looking at the current study design I wonder why a key element in the flagship statement:
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<div>On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, either orally or in writing, how a selected</div>
<div>text constructs meaning, conveys ideas and values, and<strong><em> is open to a range of interpretations</em></strong>. (My italics.)</div>
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<div>Is not being represented in the Expected qualities at all? Namely, question of students providing a range of interpretations.
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<div>The idea of interpretation being a key element in the course is mentioned again in the skills list:
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<div> discuss and compare possible interpretations of texts using evidence from the text;</div>
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<div>Any thoughts?</div>
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<div>(extract from current study design below)</div>
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<div>Reading and responding</div>
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<div>This area of study focuses on the reading of a range of literary texts to develop critical and supported</div>
<div>responses.</div>
<div>Students examine the structures, features and conventions used by authors of a range of selected texts</div>
<div>to construct meaning They identify, discuss and analyse these in order to explain how meaning is</div>
<div>constructed through textual elements such as language and images. They also examine the ways in</div>
<div>which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers; for example, the ways in</div>
<div>which a text can be read differently in a different time, place or culture. They describe and analyse</div>
<div>the way in which social, historical and/or cultural values are embodied in texts, and develop oral and</div>
<div>written responses to a selected text, using appropriate metalanguage. The term selected text refers to a</div>
<div>text chosen from the list of prescribed texts in Text List 1 published annually in the VCAA Bulletin.</div>
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<div>Outcome 1</div>
<div>On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, either orally or in writing, how a selected</div>
<div>text constructs meaning, conveys ideas and values, and is open to a range of interpretations.</div>
<div>To achieve this outcome the student will draw on knowledge and related skills outlined in area of</div>
<div>study 1.</div>
<div>Key knowledge</div>
<div>This knowledge includes</div>
<div> an understanding of the ideas, characters and themes constructed by the author and presented in</div>
<div>the selected text;</div>
<div> the structures, features and conventions used by authors to construct meaning in a range of literary</div>
<div>texts;</div>
<div> methods of analysing complex texts and the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in</div>
<div>texts;</div>
<div> the ways in which the same text is open to different interpretations by different readers;</div>
<div> strategies and techniques for constructing a supported analysis of a text, including a knowledge of</div>
<div>the metalanguage appropriate to the analysis and to the text type;</div>
<div> key elements of oral language conventions and usage in a range of text types;</div>
<div> features of spoken texts which successfully engage audiences;</div>
<div> techniques for managing feedback and leading discussion;</div>
<div> the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.</div>
<div>Key skills</div>
<div>These skills include the ability to</div>
<div> critically analyse texts and the ways in which authors construct meaning;</div>
<div> analyse the social, historical and/or cultural values embodied in texts;</div>
<div> discuss and compare possible interpretations of texts using evidence from the text;</div>
<div> use appropriate metalanguage to construct a supported analysis of a text;</div>
<div> plan and revise written work for fluency and coherence;</div>
<div> apply oral language conventions in a chosen oral text type;</div>
<div> engage an audience through interested and varied language use;</div>
<div> respond to audience interest and engagement;</div>
<div> use the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.</div>
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