2. Description vs Reflection
Character Experience Description Reflection
Jo Speaking to Jess’ father
before the final
The physical environment where
he was (the footpath outside
Jess’ house, it was dark and a bit
cold, etc), who he talked to,
what he did or what he was told
to do
How he felt at the time, what he
learnt from the experience,
what he discovered he did not
know, what perceptions did he
have before placement, did the
experience confirm or challenge
it, what he plans to do about his
needs, skills he needs to
develop or acquire
3. Assessment Task Information
• The prompt will be given out on the day
• You are expected to write from the perspective of a character from
BILB
• You need to explore a situation that aroused strong emotion in the
character
• Your character needs to reflect on the experience as well as describe
it
4. Letter
• Needs appropriate formatting
• The recipient needs to be clear
• Must show knowledge of the recipient’s life (contextual knowledge)
• Should share a moment of learning or realisation with the recipient
• Provide some idea of a future action that will be taken
5. Journal
• Show a creative ordering of time (e.g. big gaps between entries, lots
of small entries close together) that will make your writing more
engaging to read
• Provide an insight into the emotional world of the character, reevaling
deeply personal information that may not be shared with other
people
• Should reveal a moment of learning or realisation
• Provide some idea of a future action that will be taken
6. Short Story or Descriptive Narrative
• Must create a believable world that is easy to visualise
• Should describe the action of the characters in an interesting way
• Use dialogue sparingly
• Maintain one perspective (e.g. Third Person Controlled
Consciousness)
• Must show some kind of realisation for one of the characters
