ASO1: Reading and responding to texts

Area of Study Description

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In this area of study, students apply reading and viewing strategies to critically engage with a text, considering its dynamics and complexities and reflecting on the motivations of its characters. They analyse the ways authors construct meaning through vocabulary, text structures, language features and conventions, and the presentation of ideas. They are provided with opportunities to understand and explore the historical context, and the social and cultural values of a text, and recognize how these elements influence the way a text is read or viewed, is understood by different audiences, and positions its readers in different ways.

Sustained analytical writing about a text provides students with opportunities to further develop skills to engage with and challenge ideas, to refine their application of appropriate metalanguage, to integrate evidence from a text to support key points, and to improve their use of organisational structures such as formal essays. Through participation in discussion, students test their thinking, clarify ideas and form views about a text that can be further developed in their writing.

On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse ideas, concerns and values presented in a text, informed by the vocabulary, text structures and language features and how they make meaning.

To achieve the outcome the student will draw on knowledge and related skills outlined in Area of Study 1.

Key Knowledge

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reading and viewing strategies to draw out meanings in a text

the dynamics of a text including characters’ motivations, the tensions in relationships, the function of settings, the complexities of plot and the role of point of view

ideas, concerns and conflicts in a text

vocabulary, text structures and language features in a text used to construct meaning

the historical context, and the social and cultural values in a text

the features of analytical writing in response to a text, including the use of appropriate metalanguage

the conventions of small group and whole class discussion, including ways of developing constructive interactions and building on ideas of others in discussion

comprehension strategies to develop fluent listening

the conventions of discussion and debate

the conventions of syntax, punctuation, and spelling of Standard Australian English.

Key Skills

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apply reading and viewing strategies to a text

read and engage with a text for meaning

engage in discussions to clarify, test and extend views about a text

employ appropriate metalanguage

explore and analyze:

the dynamics of a text including characters’ motivations, the tensions in relationships, the function of settings, the complexities of plot and the role of point of view

the ideas, concerns and conflicts in a text

the historical context, and the social and cultural values in a text

explore and analyze the impact of the vocabulary, text structures and language features on a text and how these elements shape meaning

plan, construct and edit analytical writing that:

responds explicitly to set topics

develops and sustains ideas

explores and refines the organizational structures of analytical writing

demonstrates knowledge of a text

uses key evidence from a text to support ideas and analysis

demonstrates understanding of purpose, audience and context

listen to a spoken text relevant to the wider study of a text

apply appropriate listening comprehension strategies to support understanding of a set text through engagement with a spoken, audio or audio visual source, such as:

using prominent textual cues, such as stressed words and discourse markers

drawing from existing knowledge structures to frame, infer and create meaning from spoken texts to develop understanding of the historical context, and the social and cultural values in a text

use the appropriate conventions of syntax, punctuation and spelling of Standard Australian English.

Areas I am weak at:

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Active Recall

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