HSC English

A great piece of related material for Physical Journey – the one we looked at in class on the last day of school:

http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/module/1425/

Sorry for the delay in putting up the link!

Hope the study is going well

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Yes, there will be a class held on the holidays – on the Thursday of the second week:

Thursday 9th October: 12noon – 3pm

I will post more details soon about what we’ll be covering, but at this stage I am hoping to run a writing workshop – i.e. I will give you questions, papers etc. and you will bring in practice pieces of writing for review and marking.

Stay tuned!

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Yay!  I got my password issues fixed and can log back into the blog!

Here is an easy, click-able link to our Journeys creative writing Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#u133293.b183523.i975111

If you still can’t see the page, send me an email at kelli.mcgraw [AT] gmail [DOT] com and I’ll Share the page with you that way.

PLEASE don’t be slack on this just because we don’t have anymore classes – post a few comments on the Voicethread over the ext week or two, and read othewr people’s ideas as well

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Here is a link to a slideshow I made using screen shots from Bladerunner.

http://www.slideshare.net/kellimcgraw/bladerunner-screenshot-analysis-presentation

Take a look and see how I’ve uploaded the slides (that I made with Powerpoint) onto Slideshare – Slideshare is a FREE online slidesharing site, and you should make yourself an account if you would like to share any slides with each other (maybe ones you have done for assignments that may be of use in this revision period?)

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When responsing to questions for the Module B: Critical Study of King Lear, remember to use the following checklist:

• R = Reading (your own, including an assessment of the play’s textual integrity)
• E = Evidence (from the text; close analysis of both textual features, such as quotes demonstrating effective use of language for characterisation, imagery etc., and the textual form, being that it is a drama, and a tragedy)
• C = Context (the significance of the play in Shakespeare’s own time, and it’s continued significance in contemporary society; also if you explore a production, such as Brook’s, the significance of the play to his context)
• C = Critical Readings (what have other people thought about this play.  Does this compare or contrast with your own interpretation?  Do they offer an insight into the play that you found useful, or that you would like to offer evidence to disagree with?)
• A = Always refer back to the question!
• P = Productions (you may find it relevant to refer to the way in which the play has been interpreted in a particular production, such as Brook’s 1970 film – these can in fact be thought about as an extra ‘critical reading’)

Your response doesn’t have to be written in that order.  However your response should include each element of this list in some way, and should be based on a thesis statement that offers your own reading as an answer to the exam question.

Write this checklist at the top of your exam page to make sure you don’t miss anything!

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“The ultimate tragedy in KL is the expereincing as ‘enemy’ the entire female sex”

Please post a comment with your thoughts AND TEXTUAL REFERENCES (i.e. quotes from the play, or observations about language or form).

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Please post a comment with your thoughts AND TEXTUAL REFERENCES (i.e. quotes from the play, or observations about language or form).

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In King Lear good does not vanquish evil – evil destroys itself.

Please post a comment with your thoughts AND TEXTUAL REFERENCES (i.e. quotes from the play, or observations about language or form).

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Please post a comment with your thoughts AND TEXTUAL REFERENCES (i.e. quotes from the play, or observations about language or form).

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Gentlemen – please post comments with the information you gathered in class on Wednesday and Thursday on what males (in all three categories: teen/young adult; adult; elderly) think about and notice in every day life.

Try to make a distinction between what males typically (and perhaps stereotypically!) think about, and what they think about that may be a bit unexpected.

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