HOW TO WRITE WELL IN OUTCOME 2: CONTEXT

Identity and Belonging

Freedom Writers

THE BIG PICTURE

CONTEXT

Identity and Belonging

PROMPT – YOUR STARTING POINTWhat am I trying to say through the prompt?

WRITING- HOW AM I GOING TO EXPRESSYOUR IDEAS? PURPOSE? FORM? AUDIENCE? LANGUAGE? TONE/VOICE?

IDEAS- THE CONTEXT, TEXT AND EXTERNAL SOURCES

THE WRITING PROCESS

By now, you have a clear idea of the style of writing you will be using

this year based on your feedback so far.

Identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer and work on these

elements

See yourself as an author - this time YOU are creating a text with

your own views and values to share with an audience.

Keep a log of notes throughout the year (start now!) on ideas you

develop about Identity and Belonging• Newspaper clippings/articles from the internet/news stories on TV• Observations• Conversations• Other texts you have read/viewed (TV shows, films, poems, plays, songs,

novels etc)

THE THINKING PROCESS

Essay topics are not the same as Context prompts

Strong writers show a greater conceptual

understanding of the prompt, text and context (thinking)

Use the prompt as a springboard for your ideas and

include the prompt in your thinking

Show a controlled use of language and evidence of

deep thinking about the prompt

USING THE TEXT

Use the text as a vehicle for your thinking rather than the focus of

your writing- it should not read as a text response essay.

However, ideas from the film should feature throughout the writing.

What does the text have to say about Identity and

Belonging?

Identify elements, experiences, events, people, relationships and

situations in the film which reveal ideas about Identity and

Belonging.

WRITING TO ENGAGE

Show evidence of planning and proofreading

Don’t retell the plot

Practice writing in a variety of approaches

Write with sophistication

If choosing to write personally (diary entry in your

own voice)- make sure the writing is substantial and

not superficial

WRITING TO ENGAGE

Use definitions, philosophical underpinnings, real

life examples, literary examples to explore the prompt

Introductions should be fairly substantial. Think

about the order of your topic sentences and where

the writing is headed.

Find essential ideas about the context expressed in

the text and use them as a basis for your writing

WRITING TO ENGAGE

Write a piece with a compelling VOICE and

purpose -> have a message in your writing you

want to convey to your reader

Read the following introduction from a

feature article and explain how this piece has • a sense of voice and purpose• A compelling tone• An engaging style

“Female shopping desire is a complex beast. And yet extraordinarily resilient. Regardless of most things, women will find a way and a reason (or 12) to shop. It's our sport. Our therapy. Our entertainment. We shop when we're lonely, bored, depressed, angry, elated and worried. We shop when we're rich and when we're poor. We shop in sickness and in health, 'til debt do us part from our credit cards. And then we find one of those stores with "no interest for three years" and we shop some more. We shop for clothes, cosmetics, books, food, gadgets, vitamins, furniture and smelly candles. We shop for others. We shop alone and in groups. We shop with our dogs and for them. We shop to celebrate, to treat ourselves, to console ourselves and to cheer ourselves up. We shop for new underwear when we're single and we shop for homewares when we're loved up. We shop to mark other new life-stages too: new jobs, new babies, new homes. We shop when we gain weight and when we lose it. We shop to go on holidays and then we shop again when we get there. Generally, women just like buying stuff. Quick, grab a pen and write that down because it really is an astonishing and original revelation. You're welcome.” – Mia Freedman

Not engaging with the prompt, no links to the key ideas in the

prompt

No sense of the Context

Simply retelling the plot

Writing in a text response style – writing all about the text

Updating the time or changing names of characters in the text in a

creative piece but otherwise identical storylines

Creative responses which do not represent the context

Lacking finesse and skills in creative writing

Lacking control, sophistication, accuracy and structure

COMMON PROBLEMS