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Week
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Text/s
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Assessment
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Term 1
1-4
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Feature Article/Reports: Focus on conventions and construction of "truth".
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Task 1: In-class analysis of unseen feature article.
Week 4
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5-9
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Documentary film: Paper Clips, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Supersize Me, McLibel. Codes and conventions. Manipulation of truth
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Task 2: Oral presentation (3 minutes) analysing the use of techniques to present a particular version of truth.
Week 9
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Term 2
1-4
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Begin Schindler's List and The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank.
Continue The Diary of Anne Frank. Research Nazi Germany & WWII. Techniques of autobiography. Use The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as intertextual reference.
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5/6
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Semester One Examinations/SWL
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Task 3: In class essay. Application of research to text. Use of contextual information in understanding text.
Week 5
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7-10
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Short Story. Techniques of fiction narrative. Conventions of short story. Representations of gender, race, social class
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Task 4: In-class prepared comprehension/style analysis of short story.
Week 10
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Term 4
1-5
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Feature Film. Codes and conventions of feature film. Representations of gender (masculinity) in film. The Full Monty, Brassed Off, Fight Club
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. Representations of masculinity. Conventions of fiction narrative. Use feature film as intertextual reference.
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Task 5: In-class essay.
Week 5
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6-10
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Semester Two Examinations/SWL
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Task 6: Oral presentation. Intertextual analysis of novel and film.
Week 10
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