Growing+Up+Asian+in+Australia

Exploring Identity and Belonging: Growing Up Asian in Australia



Resource Handbook: The following document has been compiled to assist you in the development of your context pieces, as well as developing an insight into a selection of stories from the text __Growing up Asian in Australia__. It contains information regarding the requirements for writing a context piece and some suggestions regarding the construction of your pieces of writing. It also contains summaries of the stories within Alice Pung's collection to support your exploration of the concept: Exploring Identity and Belonging.

"True Blue" metacognition

**CREATING AND PRESENTING** = = In Area of Study Two: Creating and Presenting, you will be developing a piece or a number of pieces of writing in response to a prompt. This prompt will relate to the ideas and themes of //I'm Not Scared//, which is the theme of conflict.

Before you being writing, you need to keep in mind:
 * The purpose behind your response to the prompt
 * The mode/type of response
 * The form you will choose to write in
 * The type of language you will use
 * The audience for whom you are writing for

Mode
When you have chosen a prompt to respond to, you have an option to write in one of three modes: imaginative, expository , or persuasive. A mode establishes the style of writing you will undertake when completing the outcome.

Form (types of writing)
Within these three modes you choose a form. A form is the actual type of piece you will write. Examples of forms include:
 * Narrative
 * A series of poems
 * Newspaper column
 * Reflection - personal or imagined
 * A speech
 * A letter to the editor
 * An opinion piece
 * and much more (examples will be listed under the page for each mode)

**Commentary**
After you have completed your piece, you will then write a commentary. A commentary explains what you wrote, how you wrote it, and why you wrote it. It will clearly explain
 * The purpose/prompt
 * Form
 * Language
 * Audience
 * and Mode.

The commentary should be approximately 150 - 200 words. You may find it useful to write it first to have a full idea of where you are going with your creative piece.

= Imaginative Piece  =

An imaginative piece is where you create a story, purely from imagination, or by using real life situations or fragments of them. **Imaginative forms**
 * narrative
 * songs
 * letters
 * a scene from a play
 * journal entries
 * series of vignettes
 * interview
 * poetry
 * radio script

Structure of imaginative narrative

 * Orientation

Orientation ||= Introduces the reader to where and when the story is set, who the characters are and what is happening. ||
 * Complication 1

Complication 2

Complication 3 ||=. Complications are events that cause problems for the characters. They keep the plot moving and interesting, making the reader want to continue. || plot reach a natural state or twisted conclusion. . || . ||
 * Climax ||= The high point in the story, where all the complications of the
 * Resolution ||= What is going to happen immediately after the climax to the story.