SHS2 Literature In English · Semester 1 Week 6: Knowing Your Elements

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.2.1.LI.4 - Discuss authors’ use of theme and style in creating non-fictional texts.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the central theme and key stylistic features in a given non-fiction prose text, such as a memoir excerpt, biography, or interview transcript.
Explain, with textual evidence, how an author’s stylistic choices (diction, tone, sentence structure, point of view) work to develop the theme in a non-fiction text.
Compare how two different non-fiction authors, writing on related subjects, use style to present their themes.
Discuss, in small groups, the viewpoints various narrators present using first, second and third person pronouns, and how these viewpoints shape the reader’s understanding of theme.
Produce a short piece of reflective non-fiction writing where they consciously apply a chosen style to convey a theme of their own.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Prose (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Knowing Your Elements (2.1)
Content standard: 2.2.1.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of how authors apply style and themes in their creative works. 2.2.1.LO.1 Establish meaning by exploring a variety of non-fiction prose texts. 2.2.1.LO.2 Analyse the author's use of themes and style to create works.
Indicator: 2.2.1.LI.4 - Discuss authors' use of theme and style in creating non-fictional texts.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 6 (Week 6 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - p.83 the content standard code is printed 2.1.1.CS.2, which names strand 1 sub-strand 1, inside a table headed Strand 2 / Sub-Strand 1 whose learning indicators, assessments and learning outcomes all read 2.2.1; the row is filed by the printed section and the code is transcribed as printed
content standard text - p.79 the learning outcome code is printed 2.2.1.LO1; a separator is missing; normalised to 2.2.1.LO.1
content standard text - p.80 the learning outcome code is printed 2.2.1.LO2; a separator is missing; normalised to 2.2.1.LO.2
indicator text - p.84: the Content Standards column prints 2.1.1.CS.2, but this block's own indicators and assessments are 2.2.1.LI.1 to LI.4 and 2.2.1.AS.1 to AS.4, its sub-strand column reads 2.1, its sub-strand name is the same KNOWING YOUR ELEMENTS as the preceding block, and that block prints 2.2.1.CS.1 on printed p.82. Filed as 2.2.1.CS.2, which was free; the standard code is the only token in the block that says strand 1
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 84

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Teacher guides learners to go through selected texts and make records of five or more episodes which they consider important; as characters reveal themselves and others through actions and inactions, making room for confidence building and sensitivity in turn-taking.

Collaborative Learning: In groups, through the guidance of the teacher, learners identify the various viewpoints of different narrators using first, second and third person pronouns as they develop their personalities.

Assessment (2.2.1.AS.4). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Internet resources such as videos
- Podcast of interviews
- Tv interviews worksheets
- Writing templates or plans
- Comparison charts etc.