Taken from BOSTES (2014) English Stage 6 Prescriptions: Area of Study, Electives and Texts, Higher School Certificate 2015-20
The rubric is an important thing to understand in English. It tells you what is required of you, what you should be looking out for when analysing texts but it is confusing to understand. The Area of Study will require you to explore the ways in which the concept of discovery is represented in and through texts.
This section has been adapted from Cambridge Checkpoints 2015 Advanced and Standard English study guide by Mel Dixon, Kate Murphy and Amy Alrawi.
This section has been adapted from Cambridge Checkpoints 2015 Advanced and Standard English study guide by Mel Dixon, Kate Murphy and Amy Alrawi.
When does discovery happen?
"experience of discovering something for the first time" "rediscovering something that has been lost or forgotten or concealed" "sudden and unexpected" "curiosity, necessity or wonder" What is the importance of discovery? "fresh and intensely meaningful" "emotional" "creative" "intellectual" "physical" "spiritual" "confronting and provocative" "new understandings" What factors affect discovery? "personal, cultural, historical, and social contexts and values" What are the results of discovery? "far-reaching and transformative" "questioned or challenged" "viewed from different perspectives" "their worth may be reassessed over time" "ramifications of particular discoveries may differ for individual and their worlds" |
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