Workshop – Synthesise Key idea
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These tables help students to organise the main ideas across the texts and help them select relevant evidence. These tables function as a scaffold for the essay paragraphs.
Therefore, there should be multiple perspectives presented about the key ideas. 3 key ideas would be great.
The three how’s should build on each other
Write the concept statements in full sentences. Treat these like topic sentences.You should be able to manipulate the ideas in these tables to answer any unseen question. Test your concept statements by checking that you can answer the sample questions provided.
Your concept statements should be along the lines of:
[what] through [how] and thus [effect on audience, if relevant]
You can have multiple tables for one idea.
Use a variety of techniques (rhythm/rhyme, dialogue, mis-en-scene, language features, narration, stichomythia, antitheses, intertextuality/authorial intrusion, point of view, significance of the title)
Example ideas and concept statements:
Idea 1: Rediscovery of/Reconnection to cultural identity OR lost cultural identity
Therefore, there should be multiple perspectives presented about the key ideas. 3 key ideas would be great.
The three how’s should build on each other
- Select varied evidence from throughout the text
- Beginning (orientation, exposition, outset)
- Middle (Complication, conflicts, crisis, interstices
- End (revelations, epiphanies, resolution, catharsis)
Write the concept statements in full sentences. Treat these like topic sentences.You should be able to manipulate the ideas in these tables to answer any unseen question. Test your concept statements by checking that you can answer the sample questions provided.
Your concept statements should be along the lines of:
[what] through [how] and thus [effect on audience, if relevant]
You can have multiple tables for one idea.
Use a variety of techniques (rhythm/rhyme, dialogue, mis-en-scene, language features, narration, stichomythia, antitheses, intertextuality/authorial intrusion, point of view, significance of the title)
Idea 1: [Direct link to the rubric]
Concept statement (Perspective 1): [Does text 1 and text 2 say something different about this general idea 1?]
Link to text:
Context:
How 1?
Scene/context
Evidence
Technique
Effect
Impact on the audience:
Concept statement (Perspective 2): [Does text 1 and text 2 say something different about this general idea 1?]
Link to text:
Context:
How 1?
Scene/context
Evidence
Technique
Effect
Impact on the audience:
Idea 1: Rediscovery of/Reconnection to cultural identity OR lost cultural identity
- Storytelling can be a means for the future generations to rediscover their unique cultural identity
- Visiting another country can become a trigger for rediscovering appreciation for our own culture
- Disconnection to cultural identity can result in a conflicted sense of cultural identity
- Individuals may experience conflict between religious and ethinic beliefs
- Language can become a means to develop a share a collective cultural experience and a shared identity
- Language can become a barrier to feeling a sense of belonging