Area of study Belonging and not belonging…
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
• demonstrate understanding of the concept of belonging in
the context of your study
• analyse, explain and assess the ways belonging is represented in a variety of texts
• organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose
and context
Be-long-ing n.
Acceptance as a natural member or part: "I
felt a sense of belonging"; happiness felt in
a secure relationship; "with his classmates
he felt a sense of belonging".
A personal item that one owns; a
possession. Often used in the plural.
• demonstrate understanding of the
concept of belonging in the context
of your study (ie: the syllabus rubric)
“in the context of your study”?
What does this actually mean?
Are you sure you know what the context of your study
actually is?
This presentation will show you the context of your
study – in terms of the HSC syllabus rubric and
outcomes for Area of Study…
Where to start?
• Don’t waste your time on aspects of the text that are not
relevant to the context of the area of study
• You should look for evidence from each of your texts which fit
into the following categories (or contexts) of belonging and
not belonging
• Your summary / research / analysis of a text is as simple as
1, 2, 3!
1 = locate
2 = select
3 = organise
“BELONGING AND NOT BELONGING”
• You will “explore and analyse” (not just read) Swallow The Air to find all the
different ways that “BELONGING AND NOT BELONGING” is shown in:
• THE CHARACTERS – who belongs? Who is alienated?
• THE EVENTS – which events show what it is that influences whether or
not an individual belongs ?
• THE SETTING – how does the setting(s) effect who belongs and who
doesn’t belongl? Does the setting prevent an individual from being
accepted?
• THE OPINIONS OF THE COMPOSER - about those who belong and those
who are who are alientates?
• THE RESPONSES FROM THE RESPONDER – how do you (and others) in
different times and places feel about the perceptions of “belonging and
not belonging” shown in the set text?
*Perception = insight – view – opinion – attitude – awareness
locate
1.Get some post-it notes
2.Copy each of the “thesis statements”
(from the rubric) – as listed in this
presentation onto separate post-it notes
3.As you read / explore your text… locate
the best-matched quote in your text to
your post-its
4.“post” each post-it note on the
evidence you have located
locate
1. Get some post-it notes
2. Copy each of the main ideas about “BELONGING AND NOT
BELONGING” onto separate post-it notes
• The characters – who BELONGS? Who
doesn’t BELONG?
• The events – which show BELONGING over
NOT BELONGING?
• The setting – how does the setting(s) cause
the powerful groups to stay IN CONTROL and
stop certain individuals from being included?
Does the setting keep an individual alientated?
• The opinions of the composer - about those
iwho belong and those who are alienated?
• The responses from the responder – how do
you (and others) in different times and places
feel about the perceptions of BELONGING AND
NOT BELONGING shown in the set text?
locate
1. As you study / explore your text… locate the best-matched
quotation (in your text) to fit your different post-its
2. “post” each post-it note on the evidence you have located – in
the text itself.
Your prescribed text and
texts-of-your-ownchoosing should be filled
with post it notes!
SELECT
Swallow The Air explores
the possibility of the
individual to improve a
community or group
…………………………………
…………………………………
………………………………”
Belonging is a perception*. What ideas about belonging can be
perceived in Swallow The Air?
*Perception = insight – view – opinion – attitude – awareness
Possible answers =
1. Belonging to a place is fundamental to an individual’s sense of belonging
2. When an individual is forced to leave the place and society in which
he/she belongs – he/she will be more resistant (or unable) to belong to a
new place and society
3. Individuals who do not share a group’s connection with a particular place
will feel a sense of alienation from that group.
4. One of the most powerful barriers facing an individual’s ability to belong
is language
Swallow The Air shows different perceptions about
belonging in - within the following contexts of:
the text (characters / society), the composer and… you!
• Personal context – identity / being / individuality /
appearance / hobbies
• Cultural context – customs / leisure activities / work
ethic
• Historical context – time and place / political era /
war:peace / pre:post colonial
• Social context – rich:poor / educated:uneducated /
social status / manners / language style / leisure
activities / appearance
Swallow The Air shows different attitudes about a
sense of belonging emerging from connections with:
• People –
• Places –
• Groups –
• Communities –
• The larger world –
Swallow The Air explores the possibility of the
individual to improve a community or group
Swallow The Air explores the potential of the
individual to challenge and oppose a community or
group?
Swallow The Air reflects the way an
individual’s (and a group’s) attitudes
about the “world” and belonging are
modified over time.
Different narrative voices reveal different
perspectives about belonging to different
places over a period of time.
Swallow The Air represents:
• choices not to belong
• barriers which prevent belonging
(willingness / need)
Swallow The Air shows that views of
belonging can be created through a variety
of:
language modes – written verse
Forms – autobiographical novel
Features – metaphors / imagery / etc…
Structures – chapters / narrative voice
(you) the responder may experience and
understand the ideas about belonging by:
• belonging to Swallow The Air
• exclusion from Swallow The Air
• belonging to the world Swallow The Air
represents
• exclusion from the world Swallow The Air
represents
Individual response to Swallow The Air is
prejudiced by the different ways viewpoints
about belonging are:
given voice in a text OR
absent from a text
The absence of a man
in this photo suggests
that men do “not
belong” in this place
and this group
(females).