Narratives That Shape Our World · Module A: Narratives that Shape our World In this module,...
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Narratives That Shape Our World
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Narratives That Shape Our World
Module A: Narratives that Shape our World
In this module, students explore a range of narratives from the past and the contemporary era that illuminate and convey ideas, attitudes and values. They consider the powerful role of stories and storytelling as a feature of narrative in past and present societies, as a way of: connecting people within and across cultures, communities and historical eras; inspiring change or consolidating stability; revealing, affirming or questioning cultural practices; sharing collective or individual experiences; or celebrating aesthetic achievement. Students deepen their understanding of how narrative shapes meaning in a range of modes, media and forms, and how it influences the way that individuals and communities understand and represent themselves. Students analyse and evaluate one or more print, digital and/or multimodal texts to explore how narratives are shaped by the context and values of composers (authors, poets, playwrights, directors, designers and so on) and responders alike. They may investigate how narratives can be appropriated, reimagined or reconceptualised for new audiences. By using narrative in their own compositions students increase their confidence and enjoyment to express personal and public worlds in creative ways. Students investigate how an author’s use of textual structures, language and stylistic features are crafted for particular purposes, audiences and effects. They examine conventions of narrative, for example setting, voice, point of view, imagery and characterisation and analyse how these are used to shape meaning. Students also explore how rhetorical devices enhance the power of narrative in other textual forms, including persuasive texts. They further develop and apply the conventions of syntax, spelling, punctuation and grammar for specific purposes and effect. Students work individually and collaboratively to evaluate and refine their own use of narrative devices to creatively express complex ideas about their world in a variety of modes for a range of purposes and critically evaluate the use of narrative devices by other composers.
ACTIVITY FROM THE ETA-2018
Understanding the Module
Complete the following table
Module Statements
Respond to the questions in each row
Students explore a range of
narratives from the past and
contemporary era
1. Write down a narrative text which you consider to be from the past
and one that could be from the contemporary era.
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These narratives illuminate
and convey: • Ideas •
Attitudes • Values
2. What ideas do narratives convey?
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3. What attitudes do narratives convey?
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4. What values do narratives convey?
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Students consider the
powerful role of stories and
storytelling as a feature of
narrative in past and present
societies
5. What is the role of stories?
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6. Why are they powerful?
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7. How might story and storytelling have changed from the past?
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Students consider how: •
Stories
connect people within and
across cultures, communities
and historical eras
8. How do stories connect people across time and place? Give examples.
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Students consider how: • Stories
inspire change or consolidate stability
9. How can stories inspire change? Change in what? Change in whom? ....................................................................................... ....................................................................................... .......................................................................................
10. How can stories reinforce stability?
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Students consider how: • Stories
reveal, affirm or question cultural practices
11. What cultural practices might stories reveal?
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12. What cultural practices might stories affirm?
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13. What cultural practices might they question?
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14. How do they do this?
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Students consider 15. What collective experiences might we share though story?
how: • Stories allow
us to share collective or individual experiences
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16. What individual experiences might we share though story? ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
17. Why is it important to communicate these experiences? ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
18. How do stories share experiences?
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Students consider how: • Stories
celebrate aesthetic achievement
19. What aesthetic achievement do stories celebrate? ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
20. What characteristics must a story have to be able to be valued aesthetically? ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Students deepen their understanding of how narrative shapes meaning in a range of modes, media and forms
21. Name different forms where we find narrative in different modes and media ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
22. How might narrative in a picture book, film or feature article differ from narrative in a novel? ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
23. How can narrative shape meaning?
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Students deepen their understanding of how narrative influences the way that individuals and communities understand and represent themselves.
24. How can narrative be used to represent individual or group identities?
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25. Why might a community want to use narrative as a form of
representation?
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Skills in the Module
Complete the following explanations
Students analyse and evaluate texts to explore how narratives are shaped by the context and values of the composers and responders alike
Context and values shape narratives by ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Responders shape values in texts when they ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Students investigate how narratives can be appropriated, reimagined or reconceptualised for new audiences
Narratives are appropriated, reimagined or
reconceptualised because ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ................................................................................................................ ...........................................................................................
Students express personal and public worlds in creative ways
I can express the difference between my personal
and public worlds creatively when I ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Statements about skills and goals
Explain what you need to do and know for the
following words
Students investigate how an author’s use of textual structures, language and stylistic features are crafted for particular purposes, audiences and effects.
Investigate ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Textual structures ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Students examine conventions of narratives - setting, voice, point of view, imagery and characterisation - and analyse how these are used to shape meaning.
Conventions of narratives ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Analyse ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Students also explore how rhetorical devices enhance the power of narrative in other textual forms, including persuasive texts.
Rhetorical devices ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Textual Forms ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Students critically evaluate the use of narrative devices by other composers
Critically evaluate ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Narrative devices ........................................................................................... ...........................................................................................
Task: Break the information above into a simple table in your English booklet. What I will learn… What I will do…
Text and Context Text 1: Othello by William Shakespeare
Context of the text
Social Values Content Meaning/Attitude Conveyed
Text and Context Text 1: Othello by William Shakespeare
Context of the Shakespeare
Social Values Content Meaning/Attitude Conveyed
Text and Context
Text 1: The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Context the film is set in
Social Values Content Meaning/Attitude Conveyed
Text and Context Text 1: The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Context of the director
Social Values Content Meaning/Attitude Conveyed
Role of Narratives in the Othello
Narratives Purpose Features Effect
Character perception
Recount events
Remembered experiences
Spread rumours
Report news
Provide evidence
Express Feelings
Human Experiences and Narratives in Othello
Storytelling
Identity
Stories The Listener
What does this chart reveal about narratives and how they shape our world? Write a sustained response and submit this to your teacher for targeted critical feedback.
Value of Stories/Literature Over Time in Othello Then Now
Othello’s Love Story – Initially Othello’s Love Story – End of the Play
The Handkerchief Farce - Initially The Handkerchief Farce – Post
reveal
Othello - Originally Othello – Contemporary
Perceptions
How does the value, represented in a narrative, change over time? Write a sustained response and submit this to your teacher for targeted critical feedback.
Characters Othello Compare and contrast the following characters and consider their roles within the narrative.
Iago Othello
Perceived as:
As a narrator:
Values:
Perceived as: As a narrator: As a listener of stories: Values:
