What is Creating and Presenting?
Creating and Presenting is a VCE English Area of Study.
In this area of study students’ writing is informed by their reading of a range of texts relevant to the set context. They are encouraged to read widely and to study at least one set text or a collection of shorter set texts in order to examine the effects of form, purpose, audience and context on the authors’ choice of structure and language. They draw on the knowledge gained from this study to create their own written and/or multimodal texts in a process which includes planning, reviewing and editing.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to create and present texts taking account of audience, purpose and context. Students may respond in imaginative, expository and persuasive ways to set prompts.
To achieve this outcome the student will draw on the listed knowledge and related skills:
Key knowledge
This knowledge includes:
Key skills
These skills include the ability to:
In this area of study students’ writing is informed by their reading of a range of texts relevant to the set context. They are encouraged to read widely and to study at least one set text or a collection of shorter set texts in order to examine the effects of form, purpose, audience and context on the authors’ choice of structure and language. They draw on the knowledge gained from this study to create their own written and/or multimodal texts in a process which includes planning, reviewing and editing.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to create and present texts taking account of audience, purpose and context. Students may respond in imaginative, expository and persuasive ways to set prompts.
To achieve this outcome the student will draw on the listed knowledge and related skills:
Key knowledge
This knowledge includes:
- the structures, features and conventions of a range of print, non-print and multimodal texts created for different purposes;
- the effects of form, context, audience and purpose on the author’s choice of structure and language;
- the visual, auditory and digital features used by authors to make meaning;
- strategies for planning and revising text responses for coherence of form, language, structure, audience and context;
- the metalanguage necessary to be able to discuss structures, features and forms of their own and others’ texts;
- the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.
Key skills
These skills include the ability to:
- use accurately the structures, features and conventions of a range of print, non-print and multimodal texts;
- select text type, subject matter and language to suit a specific audience, purpose and context;
- draw on content suggested by set texts to develop and support ideas and arguments;
- experiment with visual, auditory and digital features, where relevant, to make meaning;
- plan and revise for coherence of form, language, structure, audience and context;
- use appropriate metalanguage to discuss structures, features and forms of their own and others’ texts;
- use the conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English.