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APPENDIX A
TEMPLATE: RELATED TEXT ANALYSIS
Name of text:___________________
Composer:_____________________
Type of text:____________________(e.g. picture book, poem, article...)

What is the text about?

Identify links to belonging

What elements of this text explore the concept of belonging?

Consider the composer's purpose/intention:

Why do you think the composer wrote/made this text?

Who is the target audience for the text?

Identify the mood of the text:

(e.g. peaceful, anxious, cynical, hopeful, confused etc...)

Identify forms and features relevant to the concept of belonging

Form and structure: argument, narrative, interview....

Literary techniques: register, alliteration, similes, contrast, repetition, metaphors...
Visual techniques: colour, layout, reading paths/ vectors, modality, camera angles,
intercutting, colour, sound, music....

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Form/ Feature '

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belonging?'- -

What are the characters1/ persona's / composer's perceptions of their belonging?

What are the characters' / persona's/ composer's experiences and notions of: a)
identity?

b) relationships?

c) acceptance?

d) understanding?

Are there characters who enrich or challenge the group? Explain how they do this.

Are attitudes to belonging modified overtime?

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Do any characters make choices not to belong?

Are there any barriers preventing belonging?

How is this text similar or different to'?

Once you have gathered the information above, you may find it helpful to use
the following format to synthesise your ideas and information.
Related Text Analysis: Belonging
In the

.."by

belonging is explored through the techniques of

and

. The text is about

It explores belonging through

Context: ; l ^ J
(what's -~"\ '
happening),^ '_

Quotation/
What you see

Technique \-

Effect '- - What it shows

about '- q " "r
belonging

Adapted from Mayes, Eve, Teaching notes, Peter

Skrzynecki AREA OF STUDY: BELONGING ADVANCED, STANDARD &
ESL (ETA) 2008

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Do any characters make choices not to belong?

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any barriers preventing
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How is this text similar

or different
Quotation
Form/
Featureto The Crucible'?
Effect ^

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How it represents
belonging? .

Once you have gathered the information above, you may find it helpful to use the
following format to synthesise your ideas and information.
Related Text Analysis: Belonging
in the

"

," by

belonging is explored through the techniques of

and

, The text is about

What are the characters'/ persona's / composer's perceptions of their belonging?

it explores belonging through
Context
Quotation/
What it shows
Technique ~Effect. What are
/ persona's/
composer's experiences and notions
(what's
" the characters'
What you
see
about of: a)': '
happening)
belonging :
identity? ,

b) relationships?

c) acceptance?

d) understanding?

Adapted from Mayes, Eve, Teaching notes, Peter Skrzyneckl

AREA OF STUDY: BELONGING ADVANCED, STANDARD & ESL (ETA) 2008

Are there characters who enrich or challenge the group? Explain how they do this.

Are attitudes to belonging modified overtime?

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