Written Text

Written texts are portals that can take you anywhere. Through reading you can try on different skins, go to different places, be placed in situations that you never thought possible.

Level Two written text analysis asks you to think about how a text is put together

Level Three Written Text asks you to debate a statement based on the example of ONE studied text from class and evaluate how well the author has done in challenging the audience (YOU) to consider their themes. Refer to the subpages for extra information on your specific text.

Overarching ideas

Each text will have:

• Protagonist and antagonist - you have to keep watch out for how they change and adapt under the pressure of the events that the author puts in their way.

• A theme - this is the message, idea, lesson that the author wants you to think about. For a refresher on what theme is, check out this YouTube clip

• Audience positioning - this is how the author manipulates the story in order to make the audience feel something

• Language features - these include the narrative structures, language features, narrative voice. Check out this YouTube clip for a brief refresher

Literary Lenses

In Senior English, we begin to look at things from different points of view. These are called literary lenses and they put us into other people's shoes. They make clear that there are always different ways to read and interpret (make sense) of a text and they stretch our thinking. Learn about literary lenses by clicking here.

Texts that you could study

Work with your teacher to choose a text that will interest, inspire and stretch your thinking over the period that you study it.