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1. RELATED
TEXTS – AoS
“Students draw their chosen texts
from a variety of sources, in a
range of genres and media.”
R Relevant to Discovery
E Explore texts of your own
choosing
L Love it!
A All three courses need
them (ESL/STD/ADV)
T Told to do it
E Explore representation
D Discriminator
Making wise choices
 Different textual form to your
prescribed text?
 Has the author/text been
nominated or won awards?
 What are the reviews like?
 Is a sophisticated text?
 Avoided cliché texts
(overdone, superficial AoS
treatment, on prescriptions
list)?
 Can write clearly and
confidently about the
representation of discovery
and how it is conveyed?
RELATED
TEXTS – AoS
“Students draw their chosen texts
from a variety of sources, in a
range of genres and media.”
R Relevant to Discovery
E Explore texts of your own
choosing
L Love it!
A All three courses need
them (ESL/STD/ADV)
T Told to do it
E Explore representation
D Discriminator
Making wise choices
 Different textual form to your
prescribed text?
 Has the author/text been
nominated or won awards?
 What are the reviews like?
 Is a sophisticated text?
 Avoided cliché texts
(overdone, superficial AoS
treatment, on prescriptions
list)?
 Can write confidently about
the representation of
discovery and how it is
conveyed (what and how)?
RELATED
TEXTS – AoS
“Students draw their chosen texts
from a variety of sources, in a
range of genres and media.”
R Relevant to Discovery
E Explore texts of your own
choosing
L Love it!
A All three courses need
them (ESL/STD/ADV)
T Told to do it
E Explore representation
D Discriminator
Making wise choices
 Different textual form to your
prescribed text?
 Has the author/text been
nominated or won awards?
 What are the reviews like?
 Is a sophisticated text?
 Avoided cliché texts
(overdone, superficial AoS
treatment, on prescriptions
list)?
 Can write confidently about
the representation of
discovery and how it is
conveyed (what and how)?
RELATED
TEXTS – AoS
“Students draw their chosen texts
from a variety of sources, in a
range of genres and media.”
R Relevant to Discovery
E Explore texts of your own
choosing
L Love it!
A All three courses need
them (ESL/STD/ADV)
T Told to do it
E Explore representation
D Discriminator
Making wise choices
 Different textual form to your
prescribed text?
 Has the author/text been
nominated or won awards?
 What are the reviews like?
 Is a sophisticated text?
 Avoided cliché texts
(overdone, superficial AoS
treatment, on prescriptions
list)?
 Can write confidently about
the representation of
discovery and how it is
conveyed (what and how)?
RELATED
TEXTS – AoS
“Students draw their chosen texts
from a variety of sources, in a
range of genres and media.”
R Relevant to Discovery
E Explore texts of your own
choosing
L Love it!
A All three courses need
them (ESL/STD/ADV)
T Told to do it
E Explore representation
D Discriminator
Making wise choices
 Different textual form to your
prescribed text?
 Has the author/text been
nominated or won awards?
 What are the reviews like?
 Is a sophisticated text?
 Avoided cliché texts
(overdone, superficial AoS

2. treatment, on prescriptions
list)?
 Can write confidently about
the representation of
discovery and how it is
conveyed (what and how)?
REPRESENTATIONS
OF DISCOVERY
Some ways Discovery
might be represented in a
text include:
 Discovery of place/new
worlds
 Discovery of self (values,
identity)
 Discovery of secrets, solving
puzzles or mysteries,
concealment, secrecy,
deception, withholding
information to prevent
discovery
 Discovery in relationships
 First time discovery or
rediscovery
 Revelation or awakening
 Discovery in terms of how
The Reader is positioned
with respect to the
text/narrative/characters
 Discovery in terms of the
structure and physical
presentation of the text
Discovery can also be:
 Sudden, unexpected or
planned
 Confronting and provocative
 Transformative for the
individual and wider society
AoS
REPRESENTATIONS
OF DISCOVERY
Some ways Discovery
might be represented in a
text include:
 Discovery of place/new
worlds
 Discovery of self (values,
identity)
 Discovery of secrets, solving
puzzles or mysteries,
concealment, secrecy,
deception, withholding
information to prevent
discovery
 Discovery in relationships
 First time discovery or
rediscovery
 Revelation or awakening
 Discovery in terms of how
The Reader is positioned
with respect to the
text/narrative/characters
 Discovery in terms of the
structure and physical
presentation of the text
Discovery can also be:
 Sudden, unexpected or
planned
 Confronting and provocative
 Transformative for the
individual and wider society
AoS
REPRESENTATIONS
OF DISCOVERY
Some ways Discovery
might be represented in a
text include:
 Discovery of place/new
worlds
 Discovery of self (values,
identity)
 Discovery of secrets, solving
puzzles or mysteries,
concealment, secrecy,
deception, withholding
information to prevent
discovery
 Discovery in relationships
 First time discovery or
rediscovery
 Revelation or awakening
 Discovery in terms of how
The Reader is positioned
with respect to the
text/narrative/characters
 Discovery in terms of the
structure and physical
presentation of the text
Discovery can also be:
 Sudden, unexpected or
planned
 Confronting and provocative
 Transformative for the
individual and wider society
AoS
REPRESENTATIONS
OF DISCOVERY
Some ways Discovery
might be represented in a
text include:
 Discovery of place/new
worlds
 Discovery of self (values,
identity)
 Discovery of secrets, solving
puzzles or mysteries,
concealment, secrecy,
deception, withholding
information to prevent
discovery
 Discovery in relationships
 First time discovery or
rediscovery
 Revelation or awakening
 Discovery in terms of how
The Reader is positioned
with respect to the
text/narrative/characters
 Discovery in terms of the
structure and physical
presentation of the text
Discovery can also be:
 Sudden, unexpected or
planned
 Confronting and provocative
 Transformative for the
individual and wider society
AoS
REPRESENTATIONS
OF DISCOVERY
Some ways Discovery
might be represented in a
text include:
 Discovery of place/new
worlds
 Discovery of self (values,
identity)
 Discovery of secrets, solving
puzzles or mysteries,
concealment, secrecy,
deception, withholding
information to prevent
discovery
 Discovery in relationships
 First time discovery or
rediscovery
 Revelation or awakening
 Discovery in terms of how
The Reader is positioned
with respect to the
text/narrative/characters
 Discovery in terms of the
structure and physical
presentation of the text
Discovery can also be:
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3.  Sudden, unexpected or
planned
 Confronting and provocative
 Transformative for the
individual and wider society
AoS
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