Reading and Creating / Reading and Comparing - Student Book + obook/assess (Print & Digital)

Part of the series Reading and Creating/Reading and Comparing.

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Written specifically for the new 2016 Study Design, Reading and Creating | Reading and Comparing comprehensively covers Area of Study 1 of the new Study Design in a write-in textbook format, using student-friendly language. Ideally used at Year 11 and carried into Year 12, Reading and Creating | Reading and Comparing will prepare students for VCE English success.

Using a broad selection of text extracts (including text pairings in the ‘Comparing’ section), the book covers topics including: textual features, understanding texts, analytical writing, creative writing, reading for comparison, making connections and contrasts, and comparative writing. Additionally a helpful toolkit provides templates, annotated sample responses, practice SAC and examination tasks, and a glossary.

Written by a team of four exceptional English educators – Kellie Heintz, Michael Horne, Timothy Nolan and Rachel Williams – several of whom have been involved in shaping the Study Design, Reading and Creating | Reading and Comparing will ensure easy implementation of the new course.

The text is supplemented digitally with obook and assess, including further support for EAL students.

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Contents

1. Introduction

• What is this book about?
• Information for VCE students
• Entering the world of text
• Productive reading practises

2. Reading and creating

2.1 Understanding texts

• Textual conventions
• How Form Influences Reading
• Understanding texts

2.2 Analytical writing

• The craft of writing
• What does ‘analysis? mean?
• Mechanics and techniques of analytical writing
• Engaging with the world of the text
• Developing an interpretation / reading of the text
• Using textual evidence and quotations
• Sample analytical responses
• Understanding texts

2.3 Creative writing

• The craft of creative writing
• Mechanics and techniques of creative writing
• How to use the text to inform a creative response

3. Reading and comparing

3.1 Reading for comparison

• Reading to identify ideas, issues and themes
• Understanding the author’s perspective
• Constructing perspective through plot, character and setting
• Identifying points of comparison
• Note-taking (including note-taking sheets)

3.2 Making connections and contrasts

• Texts with related issues and ideas
• Comparing setting and context
• Comparing elements of plot
• Comparing characters
• Comparing different forms of texts
• Written and multimodal texts
• Fiction and non-fiction texts
• Comparing perspective and meaning
• Considering contrasts
• Evaluating differing personal interpretations

3.3 Comparative writing

• Comparative essay topics
• Planning for comparison
• Identifying points of comparison
• Topic terminology
• Deconstructing essay topics
• Steps/stages of planning
• Constructing a response
• Introductions
• Body paragraphs
• Conclusions
• The mechanics of writing
• Using the language of comparison
• Using evidence
• Putting it together

4. Toolkit

• Templates
• Sample SACs
• Exam preparation