The Preliminary English Stage 6 (Standard and Advanced) outcomes to be assessed for this task are:

1. A student demonstrates understanding of the relationship between composer, responder, text and context. (Standard only)

7. A student selects appropriate language forms and features, and structures (of texts) to explore and express ideas and values.

8. A student articulates and represents own ideas in critical, interpretive and imaginative texts.

11. A student draws upon the imagination to transform experience into text.

 
(Source: English Stage 6 Syllabus, NSW Board of Studies 1999/2007)

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