ELDERSLIE PS – STAGE 3
ENGLISH CONCEPT STUDY:
APPROPRIATION
Taking an object or text from one context
and using it in another context.
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ENGLISH CONCEPT - APPROPRIATION
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Examples from
“The Key to Rondo”
Examples of Appropriation can
be found throughout this book.
The introduction of the music
box, and the suggestion that it
is odd amongst other items,
sets the scene for other events
in the text.
Students require knowledge of
nursery rhymes and fairy tales
to be able to identify examples
of Appropriation in this text.
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Examples from
“The Key to Rondo”
The text sets the reader up to
be actively looking for
examples of Appropriation.
ENGLISH CONCEPT - APPROPRIATION
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Examples from “The Key to Rondo”
ENGLISH CONCEPT - APPROPRIATION
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Examples from “The Key to Rondo”
ENGLISH CONCEPT - APPROPRIATION
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Examples from “Me and You” by Anthony Browne
This text appropriates the story
of Goldilocks into a modernised
plot.
The visual literacy presents the
student with the opportunity to
interpret images and make
inferences about the characters.