Writing about Visual Arts in Stage 6
A Stage 6 resource for students to develop skills and understanding about the Visual Arts HSC examination structure and how to develop responses.
The purpose of this student learning guide is to help students write insightful, concise and well-informed section I responses for the Visual Arts HSC written examination. By reading the information and completing the activities, students will learn how to apply their knowledge and understanding of the Visual Arts Syllabus to answer each question in section I of the examination.
- Overview (PPTX 9.8 MB)
- Preparing to write a response (PPTX 6.4 MB)
- Breaking down the question (PPTX 5.8 MB)
- Planning your response (PPTX 5.3 MB)
- Deconstructing a modelled response (PPTX 5.2 MB)
- Introductory sentence(s) (PPTX 5.2 MB)
- Scaffold the body of your response (PPTX 5.2 MB)
- Concluding sentence(s) (PPTX 5.4 MB)
- Review and edit responses (PPTX 5.3 MB)
- Further advice for developing section 1 responses (PPTX 5.2 MB)
- Advice for teachers (PPTX 6.3 MB)
Supporting documents
- Review and edit responses (DOCX 89.7 KB)
- Responses to questions 1 and 3 (DOCX 83.2 KB)
- Table 1 – KCI example – example response for question 2 (DOCX 85.2 KB)
- Table 16 – PEEL and KCI scaffold (DOCX 86.3 KB)
- Table 18 – question 1 PEEL paragraph incorporating KCI (DOCX 81.7 KB)
- Table 19 – question 3 PEEL paragraph incorporating KCI (DOCX 81.6 KB)
Level up your skills in section 2
The purpose of this student learning guide is to help students construct a well-informed, extended response for section II.
By completing the activities and integrating their case study knowledge, students will be better prepared to answer a section II question.
- Overview (PPTX 2.4 MB)
- Breaking down the question (PPTX 1.2 MB)
- Visual arts word bank (PPTX 1.4 MB)
- Planning your response (PPTX 1.2 MB)
- Writing an introductory paragraph (PPTX 1 MB)
- Writing the body of an extended response (PPTX 1.6 MB)
- Writing conclusions (PPTX 1 MB)
- Improving language skills (PPTX 1.2 MB)
- Completing your own extended response (PPTX 1 MB)
- Further advice for developing responses (PPTX 1 MB)
- Advice for teachers (PPTX 2.3 MB)
Syllabus
Please note:
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Visual Arts Stage 6 Syllabus (2016) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2021.