Narrative

=Text Production Study= In the text production study students can examine a range of different written text types so that they recognise the influence of authors’ use of language on the ways in which readers make meaning of texts. Students should understand that authors observe various conventions of style, content, vocabulary, register, and format, and that some authors ignore or deliberately vary those conventions. They should be conscious of the linguistic features that characterise various forms, and should demonstrate some control over them in their own composition. The text production study involves an intensive focus on written expression. A workshop approach, based on shared classroom activity, is used for the creation of a range of different texts. Students are likely to benefit from modelling their own texts on examples of good practice in the same form. This study will allow students to develop their control over self-editing and drafting processes, as the time allocated is sufficient to allow planning, thinking, and redrafting to occur. Teachers may establish links with the communication study or the text study, in which a variety of textual forms are available for student consideration. Students may write in a variety of textual forms. The following categories are to be the focus for the production of a range of written texts: þ Narrative. þ Recount. þ Exposition. þ Free Choice Teachers will provide a range of opportunities for texts to be produced. In the 1-unit subject, one must be done as a supervised task. In the 2-unit subject, two must be done as supervised tasks. At Adelaide High School, the two supervised tasks are presented as the mid-year and end of year exams.

Assessment
Students will be required to produce texts from **each** of the following categories in this 2-unit subject. (2 per semester) þ Narrative. þ Recount. þ Exposition. þ Creative Imaginative In the 2-unit subject students must produce two written texts as supervised tasks. Supervised tasks are done under supervision, without teacher assistance (mid-year and end of year exams). Teachers will provide a choice of tasks. Students will be aware of the general requirements in advance but will not receive the tasks until the set time. Students may use a dictionary or spelling-check and grammar-check programs. The task may be word-processed or handwritten. The teacher will keep all materials such as notes and drafts. The teacher will authenticate the students’ work. The word-count for each of the written texts should be 500 to 1000 words.

Criteria for Judging Performance
Students’ performance in text production will be judged by the extent to which they demonstrate: þ skill in recognising the structural, conventional, and linguistic features of different text types by reproducing them in their own texts; þ imagination, versatility, and originality in the composition of their own texts; accuracy and fluency of expression in an approp