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=Visual Text - __One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest__ - Milos Forman=

A key scene - the fishing trip. Look for the use of visual and verbal techniques to set the mood in this scene.

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Some important notes on the text can be found at this site: [|Sparknotes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest] There are sections in here on themes, key quotes, the plot and characterisation that are all very useful.

Here are some examples of essays on visual or oral texts from previous years' exams.

[|Achieved visual or oral text essay]

[|Merit visual or oral text essay]

[|Excellence visual or oral text essay]

Visual or oral text Essay Questions -

[|2009 example] (note different sections for different types of texts)

[|2008 questions]

[|2007 questions]

[|2006 questions]

Please use these questions to have a go at a practice and email me (haig.tom@gmail.com) or drop in a copy to school.

=**Extended Text __An Inspector Calls__ - J.B. Priestly**=

This is the text that you will use in the exam for the extended text section of the exam.

Use [|this site] to help with your study of this text.

Here are some notes from the board as an overview of the text. ==

Characters in the play
These are our notes on five of the six main characters


 * Inspector Goole || Mr Birling ||
 * [[image:Inspector_Goole.jpg width="576" height="432"]] || [[image:Mr_Birling.jpg width="576" height="432"]] ||


 * Eric Birling || Sheila Birling ||
 * [[image:Eric_Birling.jpg]] || [[image:Sheila_Birling.jpg]] ||


 * Mrs (Sybil) Birling || Gerald Croft ||
 * [[image:Mrs_Birling.jpg width="576" height="432"]] || [[image:Gerald_Croft.jpg width="540" height="720"]] ||

Here are some more resources.

Essay Practice
And here is the opening paragraph that we wrote in response to the practice question:

"Analyse how ONE **main character or individual** changed to become **more (OR less) admirable." **

Here are some examples of essays on extended texts from previous years' exams.
[|Achieved extended text essay]

[|Merit extended text essay]

[|Excellence extended text essay]

Extended Text Essay Questions
[|2009 example] (note different sections for different types of texts)

[|2008 questions]

[|2007 questions]

[|2006 questions]

Please send me practice essays to haig.tom@gmail.com, or drop them into school.

Advertising
In this unit we will have the opportunity to research an aspect of advertising. We will gain understanding of the visual and verbal techniques advertisements use, and the significance and impact of these.

This is assessed according to an English Achievement Standard, AS90381 (English 2.8): __[|Investigate a language or literature topic and present information in written form]__. It is worth 3 Credits, which can count towards either the reading or writing credits required for University Entrance.

The final report is due on the 28th of August.

The report is assessed against the following criteria:

 Propose research question(s) and selectrelevant information from arange of referencedresources.
 * **Achievement**

Present accurate information and draw conclusions. || **Achievement with Merit**  Propose research question(s) and selectrelevant information from arange of referencedresources. Present and interpret accurate information coherently, drawing conclusions. || **Achievement with Excellence**  Propose research question(s) and select relevant information from arange of referencedresources. Present and interpret accurate and detailedinformation coherently,making qualitative judgements about the information and drawing conclusions with close links to the question(s). ||


 * Our advertising definition:**

//"Advertising is a paid visual or verbal message to entice or encourage a group of consumers to feel a certain way and change their behaviour as a result."//

The task sheet with the steps you will need to complete, an exemplar and a lot of ideas for your focus of study is available here.

Handouts and Information Sheets
Media Literacy- from //The Ad and the Ego// film







Links
Here is a fantastic, rather complex but very interesting site from Stanford University [|'The Language Of Advertising']

[|Here] are some more notes on how adertising works from another university course in media.

Here's a video about drug and alcohol advertising.

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