12+Standard+English

Hi Everybody,

Welcome to Year 12 Standard English. Here are some useful links to help you with your HSC study:


 * Belonging Resource:**

[] View the film clip from //Molly and Mobarak// (2003) about how Hazara refugees are trying to be accepted and belong in the town of Young, and respond as a class to these questions:
 * Related Text:**
 * 1) How would it feel to be a migrant in a new land; possibly isolated by language, culture and prejudice?
 * 2) One of the Young residents at the local pub says ‘We don’t want them here.’ Is his attitude typical of Australians towards migrants?
 * 3) Is his attitude and that of others in the town sparked by prejudice or ignorance?

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 * New Boy Video:**



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 * Questions to help with techniques and how meaning is linked to Belonging:**


 * Creative Writing:**


 * Immigrant Chronicles**
 * Feliks Skrzynecki:**



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 * Related Texts:**

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 * Practice essay Area of Study:**

Useful links to belonging: []

the State Library of New South Wales website which has wonderful links to many useful sites: [] sample questions in area of study and some revision of aspects of belonging: []

Revision for HSC Section 3: [] Narrative for Board of Studies: http://stage6.pbworks.com/f/Creative+Writing+Tips.pdf

1SMH Study Guide for HSC 2012: []

Tom Brennan Essay questions: []

Sample band 5/6 essay for Tom Brennan model 3:

Character Dev Grid for Tom Brennan:

Related Text Link:

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Tom Brennan notes and study guide: []

Past HSC Questions about Into the World: []





Write an essay based on Mrs Tilcher's Class. How does the poem relate to the concept of transition and change"? Explain with reference to the poem. You can read the analysis to help you with your essay. (Notice typo in the title of the word doc!!!!)



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Sample band 5 essay for Area of Study: [] [|http://tutortales.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/practice-questions-for-area-of-study-belonging/#more-196]
 * Area of Study Belonging Revision:**

[] language techniques in Paper 1: [|http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8hkJDVvXmVoC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=language+techniques+hsc&source=bl&ots=zuG84bEzoY&sig=vipE8FZI2K60kpZ-Dr6NBYv6k0c&hl=en&ei=iYN9TKFcg969A9fpxbwC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=language%20techniques%20hsc&f=false] []
 * glossary of terms Paper1:**
 * Area of Study Creative starters:**

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 * Area of Study Skyrznecki's poetry: Remember that the concept is Belonging!**

Past Papers Paper 1 []
Paper 2 []

Feedback from the marking centre: [] Creative Writing online dictionary and thesaraus:


 * Revision tips:**

Creative writing help: []

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Skyrznecki's poems: A great link:

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Cosi:

Another useful link to help with your study of the play:

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Watch this extract from the film One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest:

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Related texts RLR: Run Lola Run: Cartoon on Post modernism

Some background information for Run Lola Run:
[] Read the above document and summarise what Post modernism means giving examples. What are the techniques referred to in the film that support this genre of film. List the examples given and explain how these techniques are used. You can make a document online but it must be emailed or printed and produced by the end of the lesson.

PPt to help analyse the :visual techniques:





Some blog reviews of RLR re motifs and editing techniques:



Run Lola Run docs:

What Dreams May Come Vision of Heaven:

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Hell Scene:

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Use the sheet with paragraph about these for related text if you cannot find another film or picture book. Some suggestions are Chicago, Moulin Rouge, any of Shaun Tan's picture books or even Rabbits. Remember the only link is the visuals. See you after the hols...

Run Lola Run related text:

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Text Types Interview Silverchair

scaffold interview:



Gone with the Wind: []

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