13EP+SHD+2012



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Watch the clip below for instructions to (and a demonstration of) 'The Taonga Task'.  media type="youtube" key="jXFAnApwBlI" height="315" width="560" align="center"

You'll also need the Top Tip Template for one of your first English tasks .Save your own version so you can add, and keep, the top tips shared in class. What credits are available in this course? Are they internally or externally (exams!) assessed? When are each of the internal assessments due? READ ON: Save a copy of this document for a digital version of the symbolism handout used in class in week 2.

CHILDREN OF MEN

Our first text study takes place in Term One and is the study of the film __Children of Men__ directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Below is the Psalm we will be analysing in the first lesson of this film study.

**//"Lord, thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction: again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past …so teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom”.//**

**//The Bible. Psalm 90 (91).//** A handout on the themes delivered by the director, Alfonso Cuaron A handout for taking notes, as evidence for a log entry, as you watch Children of Men Looking for a specific quote? How about a copy of the ENTIRE screenplay, word for word?

**Assessment Task 8834: Investigate a Theme** Over the course of the year we will be working on a 'research' assessment, begining in Term 1 and finishing in Term 3. This task is one of the most important assessments in English this year as it involves many of the texts we study in class, combines a variety of peices of written work and is worth the most credits!



The student instructions, exemplars and due dates for written work toward these credits can be found in this document. Save your own copy for future use - we will also be working through the information contained within this document during class time.  The student instructions and planning template for putting together your final written report can be found in this document. Exemplar reports (A Grade) can be read here: Templates for drafting a Log Entry/Text Response - save your own copy to use as a guide to writing your log entries. This first template has the details of date, text type, title and director already filled in for the text __Children of Men__. This 2nd template has details of date, text type, title and author already filled in for the text __Flowers for Algernon__. This 3rd template has details of date, text type, title and director filled in for the text __Life is Beautiful__. This 4th template is ready to be filled in for an oral text (song lyrics of your choice). This 5th template has details of date, text type, title and author filled in for the text __The Adoration of Jenna Fox__. This 6th template has details of date, text type, title and author filled in for the text __Miss Brill__.

This 7th template is ready to be filled in for a short text (poem or song lyrics of your choice). This 8th and final template has details of date, text type, title and authors filled in for the text __ Hissa Hilal, Saudi Woman, Blasts Muslim Clerics On Live TV __

__SAY IT ON TEXTS__: The 2012 13EP Seminar Assessment The student instruction sheet for this assessment: Top Tips for Seminar Presentations The Dos and Donts of PowerPoint

Meeting Kurt <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">In this assessment task you will write a short story that focuses on the narrator’s perspective of an event, idea or other character. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">You will <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">all in keeping with the narrator’s ‘voice’. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">The thoughts, feelings, and reactions of the character will become evident in the story.The narrator’s initial perspective may change. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Your target audience are your peers, English teacher, and readers of a collection of senior students’ creative writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">You will be assessed on your ability to
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">select language features and syntax
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">craft your tone
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">craft your style
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">develop and sustain the narrator’s perspective
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">craft your writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">structure the story clearly and effectively
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">use writing conventions accurately

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Below are the documents we will be using to prepare for this assessment task in class. Open and save copies for your own use. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">__Flowers for Algernon__ by Daniel Keyes

Save this document for a copy of the entire story <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1957px; width: 1px;">

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">__Life is Beautiful__ directed by Roberto Benigni // Roberto Benigni, is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television. Benigni is best known outside Italy for his 1997 tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful. The film is about an Italian Jewish man and his son, interned at a Nazi concentration camp during the second World War. Benigni's father had spent three years in a concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen, and Life is Beautiful is based in part on his father's experiences. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards. At the 1999 ceremony Benigni received the award for Best Actor, the score won Best Original Dramatic Score, and the film was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which Benigni accepted as the film's director. Viktor Frankl, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust and a founder of a prominent school of psychotherapy, observed that when people couldn’t see a future for themselves, they lost hope and gave up. He wrote, ‘With this loss of belief in the future,’ people ‘also lost [their] spiritual hold.’ In other words, without a hopeful vision, there was nothing left to live for. Life is Beautiful Quotes 1 Life is Beautiful Quotes 2 Life is Beautiful Entire Script

<span style="color: #450080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield Bio Notes Online copy of Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield

Save your own copy of this document for the complete short story, __Miss Brill__

Note taking sheet for close reading __Miss Brill__, looking at her fantasy world, vs her reality.

Notes created by the class, to answer the question "What does Miss Brill hope for?", with supporting evidence from the text.

//** Hope is the Thing with Feathers **// <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“ <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Hope” is the thing wi th feathers - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">That perches in the soul - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And sings the tune without the words - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And never stops - at all -

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And sore must be the storm - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">That could abash the little Bird <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">That kept so many warm -

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">I’ve heard it in the chillest land - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">And on the strangest Sea - <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Yet - never - in Extremity, <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It asked a crumb - of me.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Click on the links below to explore, and select from, poems that explore the concept of HOPE (remember, you can also select from other sources, but these sites may get you started...).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hope Poems 1 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hope Poems 2 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hope Poems 3



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