Resourcing the New Area of Study - Discovery

Resourcing the New Area of Study - DiscoveryCampbelltown/Liverpool School Library Network ConferenceThursday 5th June 2014Mount Pritchard Public School

Welcome My name is Katie Cripps and I am hoping to outline today how I am going to help my teachers and students at my school get ready for the new Stage 6 Prescriptions for the HSC and in particular the Area of Study Discovery.1

I am the teacher librarian at Elizabeth Macarthur High School which is at Narellan Vale between Campbelltown and Camden. Our school has approximately 950 students and is partially selective. 2015 will be the first of our selective cohort to sit the HSC.2

In my previous life before I saw the light and became a teacher librarian I was a History and English teacher.HSC Marking experience I have been lucky enough to have marked the HSC from the previous Syllabus with the old related English paper through to the new syllabus in both the modules and the Area of Study. 3

First Area of Study was CHANGE which was split intoCHANGING WORLDSCHAINGING PERSPECTIVECHANGING SELFSecond Area of Study was JOURNEYS which was split up intoINNER JOURNEYSIMAGINATIVE JOURNEYSPHYSICAL JOURNEYS

Third Area of Study was BELGONING4AREA OF STUDY - DISCOVERY

The Area of Study Discovery is the new concept or thematic concern that the Board of Studies have designed for students to examine through the prescribed texts which are set out in the Prescriptions list.

5BOS Stage 6 Prescriptions Document

Related material needs to be matched to the prescribed texts Related material needs to be of QUALITY AND SUSBTANCEOften the texts that have previously been the HSC list is a good start6PRESCRIBED TEXTS Prose fiction

James Bradley Wrack7PRESCRIBED TEXTS-Prose fiction

Kate ChopinThe Awakening8PRESCRIBED TEXTS Prose fiction

Tara June Winch Swallow the AirHas been kept from the previous prescriptions list from the AOS of Belonging9PRESCRIBED TEXTS Non-fiction

Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything10PRESCRIBED TEXTS Non-fiction

Che GuevaraThe Motorcycle Diaries11PRESCRIBED TEXTS Drama

Michael Gow Away12PRESCRIBED TEXTS Drama

Jane Harrison Rainbows EndHas been kept on the prescriptions list from the AOS Belonging13PRESCRIBED TEXTS Film

Ang Lee Life of Pi14PRESCRIBED TEXTS Shakespeare

William Shakespeare The Tempest15PRESCRIBED TEXTS Poetry

Rosemary DobsonYoung Girl at a WindowWonderPainter of AntwerpTravellers TaleThe TigerCock CrowGhost Town: New England

16PRESCRIBED TEXTS Poetry

Robert FrostThe Tuft of FlowersMending Wall Home BurialAfter Apple-PickingFire and IceStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

17PRESCRIBED TEXTS Poetry

Robert GrayJourney: the North CoastThe MeatworksNorth Coast TownLate FerryFlames and Dangling WireDiptych

18PRESCRIBED TEXTS Media

Simon NashtFrank Hurley The man who made history19PRESCRIBED TEXTS Media

Ivan OMahoneyGo Back to where you came from Series 1, episodes 1, 2 and 3 and The ResponseMany schools have used this to explore the concept of belonging and hence many English departments will already have a copy of this and will be well resourced20The Area of Study Concept - Breaking Open the Rubric

The Board of Studies has recommended that the following phases for teaching of the Area of Study The Concept - for 2015-2020 is going to be Discovery needs to be examined through the rubric.21RUBRIC FOR THE AOSDISCOVERYBoard of Studies website contains pdf and word versions of the syllabus and the English Prescriptions for 2015-2010http://ww.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf/doc/english-prescriptions-2015-2020.pdf

RUBRIC FOR THE AOS - DISCOVERYStudents consider the ways composers may invite them to experience discovery through their texts and explore how the process of discovering is represented using a variety of language modes, forms and features.RURBIC FOR THE AOS DISCOVERY Students need to show their understanding through the discussion of their PRESCRIBED texts and a judicious selection of a text of their own choosing (RELATED MATERIAL)By choosing good related material students can then clearly demonstrate a sound or even complex understanding of how the concept of DISCOVERY is represented IN AND THROUGH TEXTS.What kinds of discovery?Initial discovery

WHAT KINDS OF DISCOVERY?REDISCOVERYWHAT KINDS OF DISCOVERY?SUDDEN

UNEXPECTED

DELIBERATE

CAREFULLY PLANNEDWHAT KINDS OF DISCOVERY?MOTIVATIONWHAT KINDS OF DISCOVERY?WHAT KINDS OF DISCOVERY?Students also need to examine the underlying assumptions about DISCOVERY in and through the textsThe texts exploring the notion of DISCOVERY can be :ConfrontingProvocative

RESULTS OR EFFECTS OF DISCOVERYNEW WORLDSNEW OR CHANGED VALUESSTIMULATE NEW IDEASSPECULATE ABOUT FUTURE POSSIBILITIESNEW PERSPECTIVESNEW UNDERSTANDINGSRENEWED PERCEPTIONSRELATED MATERIAL SELECTIONRelated is often the discriminating factor between a students response really doing well or notRelated material needs to be of quality and substanceTexts which were previously on the HSC list are always a good place to start and point students towards if they request some help with related materialArea of Study Changing Worlds

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions List33Area of Study Changing Perspective

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions List34Area of Study Changing Self

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions List35Area of Study Physical Journeys

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions List36Area of Study Imaginative Journeys

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions List37Area of Study Inner Journeys

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions ListArea of Study - Belonging

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions ListArea of Study Belonging

These texts have previously been on the HSC list but are not on the current 2015-2020 Prescriptions ListSOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR RELATED MATERIALTexts of the students own choosing CANNOT be on the current HSC list (anywhere).They should be showing that they are widely read in a variety of text types: therefore if their prescribed texts is a film, DONT do a film for their related materialIf they are doing a text from a book series, television series or film franchise then they can ONLY do ONE of the books, episodes or films. No Harry Potter in general or Lord of the Rings. WHAT WORKS???PICTURE BOOKSSHORT STORIESSONG LYRICSFILMS (WITH A CAVEAT) NOVELSYOU TUBE CLIPSNEWSPAPER ARTICLESPAINTINGS

WHERE TO SEND STUDENTS TO LOOK?Newspapers Good Weekend, Spectrum, The Saturday Paper, Weekend AustralianQuality Magazines The Monthly, The Spectator, The New PhilosopherAustralian StoryFour CornersABC2 Sunday night documentariesPodcasts like Self-Improvement Wednesday, Conversation Hour, BBC World ServiceOTHER PLACES TO FIND RELATED MATERIAL

Inside a Break NSW Libraries supporting HSC Students

45ETA English Teachers Association

46VISUAL ARTS DRAWINGS / PAINTING

PHOTOGRAPHS

Short film / video clips

NON-FICTION

PODCASTS

PICTURE BOOKS

PROSE FICTION

SHORT STORIES

ANY QUESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS? COMMENTSTHANK YOU