- Grade: HSC
- Subject: English Advanced
- Resource type: Notes
- Written by: N/A
- Year uploaded: 2016
- Page length: 19
- Subject: English Advanced
Resource Description
THIS SCAFFOLD PROVIDES ONE APPROACH TO COMPOSING AN EFFECTIVE IMAGINATIVE RESPONSE FOR AREA OF STUDY: DISCOVERY REMEMBER – There are many different approaches and ideas, so do not feel limited by these ideas, use them as a guide to help you to develop the depth and complexity of your creative responses.
Compose a creative piece that portrays an individual’s discovery of an object of significance that has been lost, forgotten or concealed àn object could be a letter, a photograph, a necklace, a stone, a personal item from a hobby or key memory, etc.
You must use the discovery of this object as a stimulus for the persona’s reflection onto the past that facilitates shifts in their perceptions of a key relationship with another person and themselves. E.g. book, journal, letter, photograph, piece of jewelry, guitar pick, musical instrument, fishing rod, etc.
Choose a shared interest that connects and / or separates the two individuals – art, music, writing, fishing, etc. and create memories that involve this interest. This will add depth / dimension to the relationship between the individuals.
E.g. Mother / daughter relationship à daughter initially lacks understanding of the mother (lack of emotional understanding, insight into the mother’s decisions, daughter perceives mother in a limited way, different values and is only seeing the surface of who her mother really is/ was.
Choose a place of significance that the individual will return to for the first time in a long time. This place / setting will serve as a stimulus for discoveries through memory.
Sample Narrative Structure
Three sections in the present + two flashbacks Create snippets of imagery into your narrative to inject it with moments of ‘showing’ rather than ‘telling.’ Use page breaks in the form of hash tags, lines or dashes to signify a shift in time, place or perspective.
Scene 1à Orientation – Present
Individual returns to a place they haven’t visited in a long time. They observe differences in the place – how it has been developed or decayed through the passage of time. Use imagery to clearly establish the setting (appeal to a variety of senses).
E.g. childhood home, park, beach, river, school (a place that holds significance
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