Y10 Independent Reading
Drawing connections between two (or more) texts…
Part 1: Intertextuality Matrix – support for analysis and drawing connections
Name of text & author or creator: / Mode/form/ genre / Context(where, why, when) / Characters / Themes / Tone or mood / Linguistic/
visual/audio features / Connects with what other texts?
1 - Your Independent Reading Novel
2 - A possible connected text
3- A possible connected text
Mode/form/genre examples: horror film; 19th Century novel; TV crime show script; steam-punk graphic novel; free verse; war poetry; sonnet; newspaper editorial; coming-of-age novel; mockumentary; gothic short story…
Context (contemporary Iran; feudal Europe; 1940s Australian country town; post-apocalyptic world; Adelaide in an unidentified robotic future…
Character examples: Eric, soldier on deathbed after mortar attack; Julianna, a troubled 18 year-old travelling alone through Australia; Wei, talented artist imprisoned for speaking out against government…
Theme examples: regret and loss; family ties; resilience; domestic violence; jealousy, redemption…
Linguistic/visual/audio features examples: stream-of- consciousness; colloquial Australian dialogue; sparse prose; strong imagery; first person point of view, hand-held camera; monochromatic, juxtapositioning; montage, extreme long shot; voice over; soundtrack…
Part 2:Intertextuality Matrix – Establishing key connections and departures / Selected text A:
Name of text and bibliographic details / Selected text B:
Name of text and bibliographic details / Selected text C:
Name of text and bibliographic details
Key similarities – What makes this text like the other one or two I have chosen? How does one reinforce or extend the ideas/form/techniques of the text(s)?
Where is the evidence of this connection across the texts? / Evidence (quotations, scene, image) / Evidence (quotations, scene, image) / Evidence (quotations, scene, image)
Key differences – How are these texts different from each other? What contradictions exist? How do these differences help me understand the distinctive ideas/form/techniques of the text(s)?
Where is the evidence of this disconnection or contradictions across the texts? / Evidence (quotations, scene, image) / Evidence (quotations, scene, image) / Evidence (quotations, scene, image)
How might I use aspects of this text to create a new text? What are the ideas/forms/techniques that I might use, and how would this build on the original text to create something worthwhile?
Provide a brief example of the language you would use, or describe a visual image or scene you could use as a starting point for your new text. What would you call it? / Sample language, image or scene & title / Sample language, image or scene & title / Sample language, image or scene & title
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