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A text for senior English students for the WA TEE English course. Intertextuality is a topic in the Year 12 TEE English course in WA. It is a compulsory topic which is currently 50% of the assessable work that students are required to complete by the end of the year.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS:

 Currently there is no text which actually supplies students with the information they need to undertake Year 11 English in WA. Much of the material which is used is out-of-date in terms of contemporary understandings. The book is based on the following principles: Critical literacy Examples of text construction which encourage readers to respond in particular ways Examples of the work they are being asked to produce A contemporary approach to the study of English Student friendly language Simple explanations of theoretical concepts An emphasis on the importance of intertextuality Reminder cards providing summaries of key learning points Case studies: stimulating and engaging examples of required text types, these include passages for study and analysis relation to the chapter Sample analysis Student work samples Each chapter starts with an opening illustration, which is intended to illustrate or draw attention to the main ideas in the chapter Each chapter starts with A Task and ends with guidelines for completing the task Each unit provides a brief introduction on the text/topic to be examined, e.g. Autobiography Reminder cards , summaries of key information. These pop up randomly throughout the chapter Activities, students centred exercises. In passing boxes, refers to information mentioned in passing to illustrate or qualify body text

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Autobiography: shaping experiences Characterisation Journalism, news and current affairs: constructing reality Intertextuality & genre Representation Visual language Non-fiction: historical representations Television Drama Point of view Rhetoric Satire Writing Essays Study and exam techniques

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

 Rod Quin is currently the Head of Department (English) at Balcatta Senior High in WA. He has written various Media textbooks for students and teachers. He currently has had two very successful textbooks published with Longman: Senior English Now Book 1 & 2. Hugh Rayner is currently on leave from the Education Department of WA and this is his first book.