Breaking down the Rubric

This is a massive amount of information to absorb in one sitting and yet it is imperative that
you know and understand this rubric, especially when it comes to choosing your related texts.
So let's break it down.

1. Belonging is a perception.
Perceptions and ideas of belonging, or of not belonging, vary.

2. Perceptions are shaped within contexts:

a. personal
b. cultural
c. historical
d. social

3. A sense of belonging can emerge from connections with:

a. people
b. places
c. groups
d. communities
e. the larger world

4. How do texts explore belonging?

Texts explore many aspects of belonging.
a. Texts explore the potential of the individual to enrich a community or group
b. Texts explore the potential of the individual to challenge a community or
group

5. Texts reflect the way attitudes are modified over time.

6. Texts can represent:

a. choices not to belong
b. barriers which prevent belonging

7. Belonging is represented by, and perceptions of belonging are constructed through a

variety of:
a. language modes
b. forms
c. features
d. structures

8. In engaging with a text, the responder may experience and understand possibilities
presented by:
a. belonging to the text
b. exclusion from the text
c. belonging to the world the text represents
d. exclusion from the world the text represents

9. Engagement is influenced by the different ways perspectives are:

a. given voice in a text OR
b. absent from a text