In Units 3 & 4, Area of Study 2: Creating and Presenting, students are invited to explore, within a chosen Context, the interconnection between reading and writing. The Oxford VCE English Context Guides offer in-depth coverage of all four Contexts, and will support students as they study this component of the course. They help students to develop their understanding and use of metalanguage and provide sample responses with accompanying written explanations. A range of practice SAC tasks is also included. Each title in the context guide series includes all texts examinable in 2011.

The Imaginative Landscape 2011 offers in-depth coverage of the Context for Area of Study 2: Creating and Presenting. This flexible resource will engage students while helping them to achieve success in Outcome 2 and the end-of-year examination.

Students will develop their understanding and use of metalanguage, and sample responses with accompanying written explanations and a range of practice SAC tasks are provided.

The Imaginative Landscape 2011 explores the following texts:

• The Poetry of Robert Frost
• Island
• Tirra Lirra By the River
• One Night the Moon ***NEW

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Susan Leslie taught VCE English for ten years and assessed VCE English exams for a number of years. She has recently been developing the Oxford VCE English series and other projects for Oxford University Press.

Michael Horne is Head of English at Ave Maria College in Essendon. He has a number of years experience teaching VCE English and Literature. Michael has presented at VATE conferences for Area of Study 2 – Creating and Presenting.