Year+11+Extension


 * Course Overview**

Students explore the ways in which aspects of texts from the past have been appropriated into popular culture. The module develops students’ understanding of how and why cultural values are maintained and changed.
 * Module: Texts, Culture and Value**

Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in one or more popular cultures. Through close study they: •consider the relationships between the text and its culture •explore the language of the texts and examine the ways in which language shapes and reflects values •consider the effects of different ways of responding to texts •consider the ways and reasons the original and later manifestations of the text are valued. Students also explore, analyse and critically evaluate different examples of such appropriations in a range of contexts and media, including some appropriations of their own choosing.

Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the relationships between key texts from the past and texts in popular culture. These compositions may be realised in various forms and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities and develop skills in sustained composition.


 * Essential Questions**
 * How and why do we value texts?
 * How do texts embody cultural values and attitudes?
 * What is the role of language in shaping and reflecting values?
 * Why and how do composers appropriate texts?

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Unit TWO



3/ Academic articles

UNIT THREE: Independent Project Students will compose a sustained composition in the form of a short story, suite of poems, critical response or speech. Students research their chosen form, write a proposal and maintain a journal documenting their process.

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