Semester 1
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Texts
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Assessment
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Assessment Type
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Weighting
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Week
1-5
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Course Introduction
Introduce novel Frankenstein Mary Shelley (focus on context & genre) - novel study to continue in term two*
Literary Theory -Gender/Race & Ethnicity/Social Class/ Power
Short Stories - Reading Stories (Mellor)
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TASK 1
Part A: In-class Essay - Application of theory to short story
Part B: Creative Interpretation (400 words) - Write a segment of a short story in the style of "The Whole Town's Sleeping" (Bradbury) or "A Jury of Her Peers" (Glaspell)
Week 5
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Written Production
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S1
25%
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Year
12.5%
(7.5%)
(5%)
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6-10
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Drama - Away (Gow)
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TASK 2
Oral Presentation - Application of contextual knowledge to reading.
Week 10
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Oral Production
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20%
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10%
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11-14
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Feature Film - Witness, Dark City, Chinatown,Bladerunner, The Full Monty, Fight Club, Gattaca etc.
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TASK 3
In-class Essay - Analysis of codes/conventions and application of theory
Week 14
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Response/Investigation
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25%
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12.5%
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*Continue study of novel - Frankenstein
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Exam Revision
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Semester One Examination
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TASK 4
Examination
Weeks 17/18
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30%
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10%
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19-20
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*Resume study of novel - Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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(S1 total: 1
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Semester 2
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Texts
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Assessment
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Assessment Type
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Weighting
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Week
1
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Novel - Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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TASK 5
In-class Essay - Gendered. Post-colonial, Marxist, psychoanalytical reading of novel. Critical examination of historical context of text/writer. Analysis of narrative techniques.
Week 1
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Response/Investigation
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Year (cont.)
12.5%
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2-5
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Expository Text Reader - Junk Male (Webb), Manhood (Biddulph), Claiming A Continent (Day), Brotherboys (Gorman) plus additional current feature articles
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TASK 6
Part A: Feature Article - Notions of Australian masculinity, war, etc. Application of expository techniques.
Part B: In-class Essay - Analysis of article in terms of context, reader positioning, codes/conventions, values/attitudes etc.
Week 5
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Written Production
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12.5%
(7.5%)
(5%)
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6-8
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Documentary Film - Bra Boys, Murderball , Letters to Ali , Spellbound etc
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TASK 7
Oral Analysis of Documentary film plus related still images -Conventions & codes, values/attitudes, ideologies, versions of truth, audience positioning etc
Weeks 8/9
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Oral Production
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10%
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9
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Exam Revision
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0
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Semester Two Examination
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TASK 8
Mock WACE
Week 10
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20%
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Term Four
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WACE Examination
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(Year total: 100%)
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