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Year 8 English, 2022, ALG
LEARNING INTENTION:
To research the contexts of your texts

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
I can make connections between my context & those of famous
writers
I have conducted research into the authors of my texts
I have engaged with all discussion & set activities

Take notes as we go through the Slides

Your texts are important; they’re a big deal.
 But they are small in
comparison to the
context that surrounds
them.

We’re more interested in this

stuff in Transforming Texts.
Researching Context
 3. Compares how 3. Explains
● Today you begin the bulky part of this unit; different contexts similarities &
figuring out what contextual elements behind influence texts in differences using
different ways examples from each
your texts you’re going to be comparing & version
contrasting (we’ll do that next) in your
2. Explains how the 2. Identifies
podcasts. context has shaped similarities &
● One person from each team must make a copy each version of the differences
story
of ‘T4W2.2 Researching Context’ from
Google Classroom, & share myself & their
1. Identifies context 1. Briefly
teammates into it. of each version summarises a text
● In this document, you will work
collaboratively to build a bank of knowledge 0. Insufficient 0. Insufficient
about your texts’ contexts. evidence evidence

● As things stand, this knowledge contributes to Connects versions Compares versions

to their contexts of a story
over a quarter of the marks on the (historical, social,
Transforming Texts rubric, so treat this with the cultural)
seriousness it requires, & go in-depth. Reading & Viewing
 Where to Start
● Start broad;
○ Look for broad biographies of your authors on mainstream
sites like wikipedia.org & britannica.com.
● Go deeper with some more concentrated searching;
○ For example, if you want to find out about your author’s
religious background, search ‘Brothers Grimm religion’, or if
you want to know about their broader societal context,
search ‘German society 1800s’.
○ This may seem super obvious to you, but to do this well &
create a podcast that isn’t boring & that doesn’t just
regurgitate basic facts you need to go below surface level.