Unpack the question…

A critical and personal response?

Critical response?

• critical thinking = The ability to think using hypothesis and deduction as a way to question, interpret and draw conclusions (NSW Board of Studies)

• Critical response = analytical / diagnostic / detailed /

Explore and explain (in detail) the textual form (poems) + the language forms and features used by Wilfred Owen

The personal context (world) of the responder (you) compared to the personal context (world) of the composer (Owen) – through Module B lenses (from English syllabus – Close Study of Text))

Time and place (history) lens

Culture lens

Social lens

Personal context / response?

Historical (time AND place) “context”

• Shown by images and ideas of:– Language style– Fashion– Technology– Laws– Family structure– Women’s roles– Men’s roles– Education

institutions– “religious”

expectations

Cultural “context”…• Shown by:

• Language style• Gender roles• Food• Clothing• Music• Art• Architecture• Religion• Family structure• Laws

Social “context”• Shown by ideas and

images of:– rich : poor– Educated :un-educated– Profession : unemployed– Hobbies – interests – – “demographic” (NOT age-

group)– Language style– Leisure activities– Class division– Gender roles

Personal response?

• Explain the values / ideas / beliefs shown in the poems… in relation to the time and place (technology etc) and structure of society in 1914 – 1918

• Make points about the context by using:• rhetorical questions and comments about the

1. religious beliefs2. Gender divisions3. Structure of social classes4. Family values5. Discipline of laws and social expectations

• Comment on how (LFFs) Owen positions the responder to feel and react with:

1. Anger2. Despair3. Grief4. Contempt5. Cynical6. Sympathy7. Responsible for the suffering

Personal response?

Students engage with the text to respond imaginatively, affectively

and critically*. * from Module B – BOS syllabus rubric

• imaginatively, affectively = personally

• critically – analytically / in detail

More from the rubric

• This module requires students to engage in detailed analysis of a text… critical!

• It develops students’ understanding of how the ideas, forms and language of a text interact within the text and may affect those responding to it… personal!