ENGLISH
YEAR 12
OUTCOME 2: CREATING AND PRESENTING
UNIT 2: 2012
CONFLICT
PRACTICE PROMPTS FOR TERM 3, including a reflection sheet that covers all three pieces)
1. ‘Without conflict no change or growth ever occurs’
(Creative/Imaginative: Monologue, Dialogue, Journal Entry, Letter, Short
Story, Fairy Tale, Fable, Diary Form, Script, Interview, Eulogy, Lyrics or
Poetry.)
2. ‘Only through conflict do we understand ourselves better’
(Expository text – choose from an Informative/Feature article for
Newspapers or one for a magazine)
Remember expository means expose, to explore
Example of topic sentences:
Conflict is an inevitable aspect of developing relationships with others because your ideas and values are made clearer to you when you have conflict with another person. (Must use TEEL to explore each point)
3. ‘The worst in people is exposed in response to conflict’
(Point of View-Persuasive: Editorial, Letter to the Editor, Speech)
You must establish your contention and provide logical arguments
Three Levels of conflict explored through the film Mao’s Last Dancer:
1.
The inner personal conflict
2.
The inter personal conflict
3.
The extra /intra personal conflict
Word Limits 500-700 per piece of writing

YEAR 12 ENGLISH
OUTCOME 2: CREATING AND PRESENTING
UNIT 2: 2012
CONFLICT
CONFLICT Nature of task. Draw on ideas and or arguments suggested by the Context
“Conflict” to create written texts for a specified audience and purpose; and discuss and analyse in writing your decisions about form, style, language features (metalanguage) and context. (30 marks)
Outcome Criteria
Students produce a piece of writing appropriate to their chosen form, audience, purpose and context.
(10 marks)
Students must demonstrate understanding of the ideas and/or arguments relevant to the
Context “Conflict” and base their ideas on the text used.
(10 marks)
VH H M L VL NS Comment
Use of appropriate metalanguage to discuss authorial choices in their written explanation, why these were made, including a discussion of text/s used. (Refers to the written explanation of their writing) (5 marks)
Highly expressive, fluent and coherent writing. (5 marks)

YEAR 12 ENGLISH
OUTCOME 2: CREATING AND PRESENTING
UNIT 2: 2012
CONFLICT
PRACTICE PROMPT NO. 1
Prompt: “Conflict exists on many levels”
Form: (Creative/Imaginative: Monologue, Dialogue, Journal Entry, Letter,
Short Story, Fairy Tale, Fable, Diary Form, Script, Interview, Eulogy, Lyrics or
Poetry.)
Word length: 500 – 700 words
Write a brief explanation on the following dot points for this S.A.C. and use this for the overall Reflection Page, which will be completed at the end of the three S.A.C. pieces.

Why you chose your character(s)

Why you chose different forms of language features (metalanguage)

Aspect of the text used as inspiration

Audience and purpose

Intended message

Other authorial choices made
The above points are from the criteria-marking sheet (criteria No. 3)

YEAR 12 ENGLISH
OUTCOME 2: CREATING AND PRESENTING
UNIT 2: 2012
CONFLICT
PRACTICE PROMPT NO.2
Prompt: “Only through conflict do we understand ourselves”
Form: Informative/Feature News/Magazine article
Word length: 500 – 700 words
Write a brief explanation on the following dot points for this S.A.C. and use this for the overall Reflection Page, which will be completed at the end of the three S.A.C. pieces.
What is your:

Source of ideas

Language choices

Audience and purpose

Intended message

Other authorial choices made
The above points are from the criteria-marking sheet (criteria No. 3)

YEAR 12 ENGLISH
OUTCOME 2: CREATING AND PRESENTING
UNIT 2: 2012
CONFLICT
PRACTICE PROMPT NO.3
Prompt: “Conflict exposes the worst in people”
Form: Point of View/Persuasive Text/Editorial/Letter to the Editor/Speech
Word length: 500 – 700 words
Write a brief explanation on the following dot points for this S.A.C. and use this for the overall Reflection Page, which will be completed at the end of the three S.A.C. pieces.
What is your:

Source of ideas

Language choices

Audience and purpose

Intended message

Other authorial choices made
The above points are from the criteria-marking sheet (criteria No. 3)