ENGLISH Level 2 & 3 (Year 12 & 13)

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WHERE YOU WILL DO ALL YOUR WORK?

Create one google doc and name it 'ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK - First name.Last name'

Share this doc with me at arianareweti@gmail.com

For every practice/exercise, you will complete your answer/work all in this one doc so we do not end up with too many google docs.

Your internal assessments should however be kept in separate documents.

You should name all of your internal google docs like so 'ENGLISH INTERNAL 2.4 - First name.Last name'

ENGLISH 2.4 & 3.4 - PORTFOLIO INTERNAL

For this internal you will produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas. For this internal you will write a number of different pieces. You will learn different styles of writing from formal to informal. The two pieces that you consider to be your best work will be submitted for marking for this internal.

Type of writing we will focus on:

Formal: opinion & letter writing (including cover letters)
Informal: poetry, biography, creative writing

https://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/whats-on/have-your-say-on-a-consultation/beach-bylaw-review/summary-of-the-bylaw-by-area/

ENGLISH 2.4 & 3.4 LETTER

Assessment Task:

Write a letter to the Kapiti Coast District Council about their current review of the Beach Bylaws. Once your draft is complete, please send to arianareweti@gmail.com. This is due at 12pm, March 25 2020.

https://covid19.govt.nz/latest-updates/

LETTER WRITING PRACTICE

Watch the press-release by our NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the link on the left. Write a formal letter to her discussing what you think about her new restrictions and what you think they should be doing to combat this coronavirus crisis. Your letter should be at least one page long. No deadline but it is expected you complete this within a day

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - Tenses

Follow the Ed Ted Talk link below. Watch the Ed Ted Talk clip/video and then answer the questions (click the Think tab in the link for the questions).

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-many-verb-tenses-are-there-in-english-anna-ananichuk#watch

2.4 : Year 12s

3.4: Year 13s

2.4 Writing - Lock in the Legend PDF.pdf

3.4 Writing - Lock in the Legend.pdf

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZeaDAzyQVHBCgXXqBDoOk4l3JeCDd2SKcc9bwedeGs/edit

ENGLISH 2.4 & 3.4 LEGEND

Assessment Task:

You will write a excerpt for a biography of a person you consider a legend.

You must complete an interview with your selected legend. Questions for the interview are in the link on the left here and also refer to the assessment task work book.
All tasks for this assessment are outlined in the work book
Once you have completed your interview, submit your answers and notes to arianareweti@gmail.com
Start writing your biography excerpt/essay and share with arianareweti@gmail.com on 12pm Friday 27th March.

WHAT TO EXPECT WITH NON-FICTION WRITING SUCH AS BIOGRAPHIES

Have a read of the table on the left which describes what you can expect with non-fiction writing such as your Biography excerpts. Consider the PURPOSE of your writing, what you would EXPECT when you read this sort of writing and what common LANGUAGE FEATURES you would find in this writing..

BIOGRAPHY WRITING PRACTICE

Write a biography excerpt about yourself after watching the video on 'how to write a biography'. Submit it to arianareweti@gmail.com once you complete. No deadline but it is expected you complete this within a day

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

My hero - Te Ata Po .pdf

HERO EXAMPLE FROM A STUDENT LAST YEAR

Here is an example of a piece by a student last year. These are focussed on who their hero is and why. Your piece is more like a biography and identifying one aspect about your person to talk about so there is a key difference. This can give you an idea about how to frame some of the way you write your biography however.

Poem test 1.pdf

POEM EXERCISE

Read the poem on the left hand side and answer the 6 questions.

Submit the answer to your 6 questions to arianareweti@gmail.com

No due date but it is expected that you can complete this during a 1hour class

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

Poem example above

What makes a poem? Follow the Ted Ed Talk link below and watch the clip/video. Answer the questions in the 'think tab'.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-poem-a-poem-melissa-kovacs

ENGLISH 2.4 & 3.4 POEM

Assessment task:

You will write a poem about the current COVID19 situation. The key thing is that your poem has an important message behind it. It must also have a number of language features (aim for 10 or more).

Task 1: Brain storm your poem topic and make sure you state why you are writing this poem. This MUST include what the message of your poem is going to be about (if, after you write your poem you change your mind about your message that is okay). Submit this brainstorm/plan to arianareweti@gmail.com by 12pm, 30 March 2020.
Task 2: Write your poem and submit first draft to arianareweti@gmail.com by 12pm, 8 April 2020.

THE PURPOSE OF POETRY

Have a read of the table on the left which describes what you can expect with poetry. Consider the PURPOSE of poetry, what you would EXPECT when you read poetry and what common LANGUAGE FEATURES you would find in poetry...

Watch the above clip for some tips on being a descriptive writer. The first tip is the most important - SENSORY DETAILS!

POEM WRITING EXERCISE

Pick 5 objects in your room or house and describe in detail each of those things. Think about the 5 senses - smell, hear, see, feel and taste.

Here is an example of how you should write your 5 answers:

Object - pillow.

Normal sentence - my pillow

Descriptive Sentence - my soft rose coloured fluffy lavender scented pillow

No deadline but it is expected you complete this within a day

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

POETRY PRACTICE - Saving Private Ryan

1) Watch the short video clip on the left of a scene from the movie Saving Private Ryan.

2) In your online English book, write down what you SEE, what you HEAR, what you FEEL, what you SMELL (hypothetically), what you TASTE (hypothetically). You want to have AT LEAST 3 answers for each.

3) Have a play around with the words you come up with, use a thesaurus to find the BEST word to describe the feelings that have been evoked from watching the clip.

4) Create a poem from the words you used and make sure you use some language features (hint: metaphor, simile or personification would be good choices)

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - Satire

Read the stuff article attached here.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/119623810/sir-bob-loves-nothing-more-than-a-gracious-apology

Answer the following questions:

With reference to language features, what is the writer's tone this article? Identify language features to support your argument
What is the mood created for you as the reader as you read this article? Again, identify language features which give you that mood

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

Watch the trailer of the film we are studying

*PRO NOTE: This is also going to be the movie we study for our Oral and Visual External - killing two birds with one stone :)

ENGLISH 3.9 & 2.10 - MOVIE INTERNAL

Assessment task:

You will write an essay about 4 aspects from the movie and analyse which techniques were used by the director to portray those aspects

The movie we are going to be studying for the purposes of this internal is Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

While you are home PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE. You can watch it for free on the link below. You simply need an account so sign up or ask your parent if they have a login with TVNZ that you can use to watch this movie.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople

FIRST WATCH

During the first watch, relax and watch the movie without any note taking. Just enjoy it with some pop corn.

SECOND WATCH

During the second watch you want to start taking notes, identify the techniques/language features that are obvious to you and start to think about how those features are used to support the overall message of the film

TAIKA WAITITI AND RICKY BAKER INTERVIEW

Watch this clip of an interview with Taika Waititi and Julian Dennison who famously plays Ricky Baker in the movie Hunt for the Wilder People. This interviews gives us a glimpse of the director, his style, his personality. It's important for you to understand the director as it can help you with identifying his style of film and use of techniques

Who is the Director?

Taika Waititi is the director of our film - watch this brief clip created my a film student who researched Waititi and his style of film making/directing...

2020 Movie Study Massive Activity Grid

3.9 & 2.10 - MOVIE ACTIVITY GRID

You will create your own Movie Activity Grid. In this grid there are a number of exercises/activities for you to complete. Once you have completed an activity, make the colour of the box in your grid green.

The purpose of this activity grid is to strengthen your knowledge about the movie Hunt For the Wilder People. Each of the exercises requires you to impart some sort of knowledge about the movie and apply your own critical thinking to complete each activity of the grid.

It is expected that you complete 2 activities of the grid every week. If you do even more that is even better.

Complete all of the activities in the grid document on a separate page at the bottom.

Identify 4 key aspects/ideas from the movie Hunt for the Wilder People

Have a think about the key themes in this movie and what the message behind each of those themes are

SOME OF THE THEMES SEEN THROUGH THE MOVIE

FAMILY/STATE CARE

BELONGING

RELATIONSHIPS

TRUST

QUIZ TIME:

Click the link below to complete a questionnaire puzzle about the opening scene. As you watch the opening scene, the clip will stop and questions will pop up on the right side for you to answer:

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5eaba8609fbcab3ef8486cc5

ANALYSING A SCENE - THE OPENING SCENE

Questions to think about when analysing an opening scene

What does the opening scene establish?

What techniques are strongly being utilised in the opening scene?

ANALYSING A SCENE 1

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 3

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 4

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 5

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 6

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 7

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 8

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

ANALYSING A SCENE 9

Questions to think about when analysing a scene

Summarise what the main actions are?

What techniques are being used in this scene?

Watch characters body language and dialogue - what are they and what do they tell us?

Is there any symbolism in this scene?

Create a thesis paragraph about the scene explaining what the aspect/idea of the scene is and which techniques help you to see that aspect/idea

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - Exam Practice Question

Read the following extract from a fiction story. After you finish reading it, answer the questions below:

Why Not?

My brother asks me why I photograph the sky. He asks to see the picture, and I hand him my phone.

“Why?” he says, because when he looks back up at the horizon all he sees is a Tuesday morning. He doesn’t see how fast the sun has risen behind the clouds. He doesn’t see the way the cotton layers have peeled away to reveal spindles of light straining to brush the grass.

I’m so busy contemplating the sky that I almost forget his question. I glance at the sunrise on my phone before I put it back in my pocket. I’m not sure how to answer him.

I could say how this sunrise, this Tuesday morning, will never be seen again by any human being, ever. It’ll spiral up and fly away with each passing minute. Lost to the wind, unless someone sticks out a hand to catch it, clutches it tight so that even if it’s been torn and crumpled it can’t slip away.

I could tell him about the way the houses wink at me in the orange light. About the sun-soaked grass, the tiny blades dancing in their sparkling dew dresses. I’d point at the bare tree branches stretching up to reach the sky. I’d tell him that this Tuesday morning is sitting in my pocket now, safe from time.

He’d probably laugh at me, tell me to stop worrying about taking photographs of everything. “Live in the moment.” And I’d laugh right back at him. When I’m old, when my face is tissue-paper tearing with every smile, I won’t have to grasp frantically at my memories as they fall away like sand in an hourglass. They’ll be safe, stored in gilded crystal frames on my desk instead of the fragile murk in my mind. Tuesday morning, the single moment of the sun being carried up over the hills by purple clouds, will be frozen forever. Memories slip away with time, I’d tell him. But photographs, they’re permanent.

But I don’t say any of that when I look back at him. Instead, I take out the photograph again, of the clouds rolling and tumbling across the sky. Sun like a halo over the hills, trees waltzing with each other to a sudden gust of wind. A few tiny pixels on my phone.

“Why?” my brother asks again.

“Well,” I say, not bothering to hide my smile, “why not?”

1) Identify as many language features as you can.

2) Analyse how the writer sees the personal value of taking a photograph and write an essay based answer.

In your answer you should include examples of techniques used in the text, and explain their effects.

(These might include, but are not limited to: dialogue, metaphor, rhetorical question)

No due date but it is expected you will complete in a day.

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

ENGLISH 3.8 & 2.9 - NOVEL & RESPONSES INTERNAL

Assessment task:

You will write a series of responses to different resources one of which includes your novel Chappy.

The main task is to produce developed responses to the ideas you find in the texts.

While you are home PLEASE READ CHAPPY and continue to FILL OUT THE READING LOG.

TASK 1: READ YOUR NOVEL

Ask yourself these questions as you read your novel.

What reaction did the text provoke in me? How did I identify with this text? What extra meaning did it have for me due to my personal experiences in life so far? What did this text help me understand about the world, society or human nature? How did the ideas in this text challenge my thinking when compared to other texts on the same topic or other experiences linked to this topic? As a reader, what did I think the writer/director did well? What did I think they could have improved? Why?

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TASK 2: TEXT ANALYSIS & RESPONSES

For this task you must complete the analysis table based on details from the book Chappy. Fill this in as you go. It is recommended you fill this table out AFTER you finish reading the book but if there are things that stand out to you immediately while reading, then by all means add it to the table. Do what works best for you

Open the link below. It is a template of the table you need to complete for TASK 2. Go to;

File and click Make a New copy
Name the document Novel Internal Text Analysis - Name

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GgxvvChfmslaB_suJWv2igAlDb7ohSZvimNgrmV5gk8/edit?usp=sharing

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE -LANGUAGE FEATURES IN MUSIC

Watch this clip to see examples of language features used in songs. Musicians cleverly use language to portray messages through their music. It's not just about listening to beats and lyrics, there are strong messages behind words

Tone test 4.pdf

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - TONE

Complete the worksheet questions from both sides

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - TONE 2

*Complete this task in your ENGLISH ONLINE BOOK doc

ENGLISH 2.5 & 3.5

TUTOR THE WORLD

You are going to create a video about a character, idea, theme or a movie technique from our movie study of Hunt for the Wilder People. You will need to record yourself for this assessment and present as if you were teaching others about your character or idea.

Firstly, you need to watch the movie in your own time. Watch it twice (a relaxed view and then a note-taking view). We will discuss further in class what a note-taking view is.
Once you've watched the movie, you must BRAINSTORM your kaupapa/character/idea/theme. Submit your brainstorm/plan to arianareweti@gmail.com by 12pm, 12 May 2020.
Watch the youtube clips attached of some video essays which will be used to give you some ideas about how to discuss your topics

Video essay about an idea example

Video essay about a technique example

Video essay examples about Hunt for the Wilder People

Watch these examples of a video essays about the movie Hunt For the Wilder People. These are great examples for you to do similarly for this internal. They've also helped to identify some techniques used in the film

UNFAMILIAR EXERCISE - Exam Practice Question

Grandpa's Gift

He could really handle money,

my father-in-law, he threw most of it away -

I'd never seen this before.

He fumbled in his pocket, it tumbled out,

note after crumpled note, he'd fill your hand -

what was his was yours;

and I saw to my delight,

he made me understand, the scraps of coloured paper

it truly merely was.

"Rich, eh?" I hear him say, and laugh,

"Not anymore!" Rich alright, that man, in another

currency, richest of all.

Read the above poem about Grandpa and answer the following two questions in your online book:

Explain how Grandpa's attitude to money tells you about the kind of person he is. Give evidence from the text to support your answer.
Explain the link between the title of the poem (Grandpa's Gift) and the meaning of the words 'another currency' (lines 11 - 12)

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