RELATEd Texts
This section is designed to get you thinking about what you have learned about discovery from your set texts so that you can choose a good related text. The pages are organised according to the themes you may have studied in class - some related texts are in more than one place because they fit different themes.
Before you go looking for a related text, make sure you know what your set text teaches you about discovery. Look for a personal response, not just the same one everyone in your class leaned from the teacher!
Sample Theses:
Sample Theses:
- Discovery is the experience of (re)discovering something for the first time.
- Something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed changes meaning when it is rediscovered.
- a sudden discovery can provoke a life-changing experience.
- Discovery can emerge from a process of careful planning evoked by
- Curiosity about the world leads to wonderful discoveries.
- Discoveries can lead to intensely meaningful emotional, creative, intellectual, physical & spiritual experiences.
- Discoveries can also be confronting and provocative.
- Discoveries can cause us to question our valuesand think about the world in a new way
- Discoveries can enable us to speculate about future possibilities.
- Discoveries can change our values and ideas about the world.
- Discoveries can enable us to speculate about future possibilities.
- Discoveries and discovering can change our perceptions of ourselves and others.
- An individual’s discoveries and their process of discovering can vary according to personal, cultural, historical and social contexts and values.
- Discoveries can be far-reaching and transformative for the individual and for broader society.
- Discoveries may be questioned or challenged when viewed from different perspectives and their value may be reassessed over time.
- The consequences of particular discoveries can be different for different people.
This worksheet [http://www.slideshare.net/vivianamattiello/related-text-grid-for-area-of-study-discoveryis a useful way of summarising your ideas about each possible related text you read/view.
Some random websites recommending texts are:
School Library Journal [http://www.slj.com/2014/11/teens-ya/bibliotherapy-for-teens-helpful-tips-and-recommended-fiction/] has a wonderful article about books as therapy with a reading list about all sorts of issues which would be excellent for self-discovery.
http://www.pinterest.com/bronnie44556/discovery-hsc-area-of-study-from-2015/
http://www.hscdiscovery.com.au/#!area-of-study/c1oyp
http://www.pinterest.com/lollibrarian/belonging-hsc-english/
Some random websites recommending texts are:
- aghsdiscovery [http://aghsdiscovery.weebly.com] ie: THIS SITE! - Hover over the "related texts" in the list for links to different types of texts. Most of these texts are anotated - telling you what about they are about and listing some techniques to start you analysing them. It's constantly being added to, so check back regularly.
- Trinity Grammar [http://trinity.nsw.libguides.com/c.php?g=5557&p=23932] has an awesome library guide divided into headings like "redisoccovery" "self discovery" and "unexpected discovery"http://misscp.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/1/2/31129815/ideas_for_related_texts_for_aos_discovery.pdf
- St Scholastica's library [http://scholasticalibrary.wordpress.com/discovery/related-texts-for-discovery/]
- http://www.pinterest.com/sjrcexchange/discovery-hsc-area-of-study-from-20
School Library Journal [http://www.slj.com/2014/11/teens-ya/bibliotherapy-for-teens-helpful-tips-and-recommended-fiction/] has a wonderful article about books as therapy with a reading list about all sorts of issues which would be excellent for self-discovery.
http://www.pinterest.com/bronnie44556/discovery-hsc-area-of-study-from-2015/
http://www.hscdiscovery.com.au/#!area-of-study/c1oyp
http://www.pinterest.com/lollibrarian/belonging-hsc-english/
Writing about related texts
Anna McHugh [http://discoveryhsc.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/techniques-for-discovery-finding-em-in.html] has some tips for finding "techniques" in your related texts
You need to be able to write about your related texts with the same level of detailed analysis as your set text.
Here are The Cohen Curricula's sample paragraphs based on a related text. [https://thecohencurricula.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/related-text-sample-paragraphs-for-discovery/]
Anna McHugh [http://discoveryhsc.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/techniques-for-discovery-finding-em-in.html] has some tips for finding "techniques" in your related texts
You need to be able to write about your related texts with the same level of detailed analysis as your set text.
Here are The Cohen Curricula's sample paragraphs based on a related text. [https://thecohencurricula.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/related-text-sample-paragraphs-for-discovery/]