English
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emma and clueless | king
lear | frontline
English is "a course or individual class in the study
of English language, literature, or composition" (Dictionary
- Yahoo! Reference).
The key to success in this subject, like many others,
is to not have to high an expectation. Analysis and writing
should get better as you read more material, and being
to assimilate a picture of what a text is about and what
it has to say to you.
I've posted up only the better examples of my work, and
the Area of Study notes have been excluded because "Change" is
no longer examined... although the topic of "Journeys" looks
suspiciously similar. However, you might like to take a
look at my Area
of Study Representation Task on "Looking for Alibrandi",
which may be relevant to Inner Journeys. I also don't have
any material for Year 11, because there are no set texts
that schools have to teach, and they can vary substantially.
HSC (Year 12) resources
Emma
and Clueless (Module A)
Additional Essay Questions:
[Fort Street Trial 2002]
“There is a difference between transformation and transplanting. For transformations
to occur there should be a reassessment of values, not just a new time and place.”
[Fort Street Assessment Task 2003]
When we look at the transformation of an original text, we reflect on the contexts,
meanings, values and attitudes of both texts, the original and the new. Discuss
how your response to each text has been influenced by your reading of the
other text.
[Fort Street Trial 2003]
The process of transformation can involve the adaptations of ideas and form
to contemporary situations and audiences. Compose an interview with Amy Heckerling
(Clueless) about BOTH of your prescribed texts. Your interview should focus
on the elements of the original that they chose to transform and give their
reasons for the transformation.
King
Lear (Module B)
Additional Essay Questions:
[Fort Street Assessment Task 2003]
Fort Street Press is publishing a book of critical interpretations of your
set text. You have been asked to write the introduction to this book, discussing
and evaluating TWO of the critical interpretations that will be published
in this book.
[Fort Street Trial 2003]
How can you explain that while you will read a text in a particular way, others
may see it differently? Answer this question by referring in detail to your
set text.
Frontline
(Module C)
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Add
Sex and Stir Notes
In this episode, we see the effects of blatant lies as well as manipulation
of the truth. Do you think these lies lead to greater disasters than
usual? If so, how? |
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Dark
Victory Link to Frontline
Discusses how Dark Victory, by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson,
supports the ideas expressed in Frontline. |
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Additional Essay Questions:
[Fort Street Trial 2003]
You are a journalist addressing the National Press Club on the nature of TRUTH.
Your purpose is to show how the events, personalities or situations in your
prescribed text have shaped your understanding of 'telling the truth'. You
must refer to at least TWO other texts of your own choosing in your speech.
[Fort Street Trial 2003 - Alternative Question]
'All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to
discover them.' — Galileo Galilei. Discuss this statement in relation
to your understanding of events, personalities or situations in your prescribed
text and at least TWO other texts of your own choosing.
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