Common Module Module
Common Module Module
Common Module Module
In this common module students deepen their understanding of how texts represent
individual and collective human experiences. They examine how texts represent
human qualities and emotions associated with, or arising from, these experiences.
Students appreciate, explore, interpret, analyse and evaluate the ways language is
used to shape these representations in a range of texts in a variety of forms, modes
and media.
Students explore how texts may give insight into the anomalies, paradoxes and
inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations, inviting the responder to see
the world differently, to challenge assumptions, ignite new ideas or reflect personally.
They may also consider the role of storytelling throughout time to express and reflect
particular lives and cultures. By responding to a range of texts they further develop
skills and confidence using various literary devices, language concepts, modes and
media to formulate a considered response to texts.
Students study one prescribed text and a range of short texts that provide rich
opportunities to further explore representations of human experiences illuminated in
texts. They make increasingly informed judgements about how aspects of these
texts, for example context, purpose, structure, stylistic and grammatical features, and
form shape meaning. In addition, students select one related text and draw from
personal experience to make connections between themselves, the world of the text
and their wider world.