IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE ISLAND

The Imaginative Landscape
HOW TO USE THE TEXT IN YOUR WRITING

USE OF TEXT

 The texts are a way in to thought
 You must be flexible – you need to have two texts

prepared but it is better to use one in your answer
 There needs to be a clear relationship between

the answer and the text specified as the focus text
 The Context Response must not be a Text

Response answer

USE OF TEXT

It is important that you do more than just re-

tell the story of the focus text
The starting point must be the ideas, issues

and arguments from the focus text, not the plot USE OF TEXT

 Just moving the same story/material into another

geographic place or another time is not developing the ideas
 You are not expected to include quotes from the

focus text
 Supplementary material can be useful to

stimulate ideas but does not need to be referred to in the response

USE OF TEXT
 You are provided with a prompt. It is not a topic as in the

Text Response question
 The prompt is the springboard for ideas, but it cannot

be ignored while you write your own self-chosen response
The relationship between the focus text and the response

must be clear and apparent
You do not necessarily need to mention the focus text in

your actual response

THE PROMPT

‘The inner landscape and its relationship to the outer world is significant in people’s lives.’
(VCAA, 2010)

THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE
This Context is concerned with:
The physical landscape
A sense of place
Humans and their relationship with the

natural world
The features of the physical landscape - its beauty as well as its harshness
Connections with the landscape

THE IMAGINATIVE LANDSCAPE
The influences of the physical landscape on: Our internal landscape
Our emotional state
Our imagination
Our memories
Our sense of self
Our views of the world
Our senses

Links to the
‘Imaginative
Landscape’

Island – Alistair MacLeod

IDEAS, ISSUES & ARGUMENTS
The short stories in Island explore the ways that the