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Writing a Reflection
NESA Definition of a Reflection The thought process by which students develop an understanding and appreciation of their own learning. This process draws on both cognitive and affective experience.
WHAT TO WRITE
Address the focus of the module : exploring the ways in which aspects and concerns of texts from the past have been brought forward, borrowed from and/or appropriated into more recent culture… how and why cultural values are maintained and changed. Your reflection is explaining why and how you have engaged in this process of exploring aspects of J+H; borrowing, bringing forward, appropriating, maintaining and changing.
There are three key aspects to your reflection required from your assessment task notification.
**1. To reflect on the choices you have made in your story
- To consider how you have engaged your audience
- To articulate how you have achieved your purpose**
These choices include:
i) The selection you have chosen for your story from the options ➢ Manifestation: A reimagining of the story in a different setting / context / era ➢ Manifestation: An appropriation that retells the story from a new / alternative perspective ➢ Manifestation: An appropriation that purposefully alters key elements of the existing story – Eg ending, key plot points, characterisation ➢ An original narrative (linked thematically to Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) set in the Victorian era, which reflects contextual culture and values
ii) Key ideas you have explored within your text, and their inspiration, manifestation, similarity and difference from those expressed in The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
iii) Structure and Form
iv) Textual Features including: ➢ Characterisation ➢ Setting ➢ Figurative Devices
Reflection template:
Paragraph 1: INTRODUCTION
Reflect on Purpose – Identify your purpose.
What key ideas or themes were you exploring that were inspired by or manifested from Jekyll + Hyde? Aim for a big concept with multiple ideas incorporated within. Why did you respond in this way to the original text of Jekyll + Hyde? How did you aim for your audience to respond/think/feel?
Sentence starters:
In my text (name text)… I aimed to comment on...
The intention of my short story was to encourage my reader to…
The universal experience of ….. inspired my purpose…
BODY: 2 - 3 paragraphs, depending how you organise your reflection on your choices
Reflect on stylistic/language choices AND textual Influence from Jekyll + Hyde:
For these paragraphs, analyse at least three techniques used in your writing.
Note: You do not need to use the language techniques as Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde. If you do use similar techniques, such as a layered structure, then analyse this choice. If instead, you intend to draw a comparison between the ideas and/or characters featured in Jekyll and Hyde and your own story, then you are analysing just your own writing techniques. However, if you use symbolism, you could always improve the sophistication of your reflection by comparing Stevenson’s symbolism (of doors, windows, mirrors, names etc) to your own choices. There is no ‘right way’ to approach this task.
You need to:
Critically evaluate and reflect on how Jekyll + Hyde influenced and inspired your writing choice. Include:
a. The key idea or language feature from the novella that you have manifested in your own imaginative piece b. The way this represents the composer’s message and achieving their purpose
Then reflect on how you illustrated this idea or utilised this same technique in your writing. Include from your own story:
