[English] Context

[Cheryl&David]

Gail
 
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.
 
Cheryl

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[mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Reynolds, Gail G
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 12:09 PM
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Subject: [English] Context



Hi everyone I need some opinions.

 

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.

 

>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?

 

As an aside, I think it is a real pity 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.

 

Gail

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