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====//Your chapter notes are available in Firstclass - I won't be putting them all up here. If you are missing paper copies print them at school. //====


 * A powerpoint on characterisation - how characters are revealed and developed by the author.[[file:Characterisation – how Grace reveals her characters in.ppt]]


 * The four documents that you made about the major characters.


 * [[file:Character notes on Tu.docx]] || [[file:Character notes on Rangi.docx]] ||
 * [[file:Character notes on Pita.docx]] || [[file:Character notes on Jess.docx]] ||
 * Some assorted quotes that you have used for the mind-maps: [[file:Tu quotes.docx]]
 * The task and some notes about the letters that frame the body of the novel[[file:The letters.pptx]]


 * The essay questions for this section of the exam for the last four years:[[file:Exam essays 2007-2009.docx]]


 * The powerpoint on how I would approach an essay question on Tu. [[file:How I’d approach an essay question on Tu.pptx]] This deconstructs the question and shows how you could go about planning an essay answer on this novel.
 * Finally - some general advice on how to approach novel questions:[[file:general tips for novel analysis.docx]]

And some links - this is another level 2 class's notes - handy :-)

Here are some exemplars [|excellence] [|merit] and [|achieved]

[|Here's]an academic (i.e. university style) essay on Tu and the Maori at war.

[|This]is a review from the NZ Herald.

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And, just in case you want to get some more historical background (to get those Excellence essays really flowing!) [|Here's]the official site of the 28th Maori Battalion.

Right - 'march, march, march to victory!'

Analyse Visual or Oral Text - __One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest__, by Milos Forman


There is a huge amount of content about the film available online, I'll just give you a few links here. This is the trailer - you can watch pretty much the whole thing on youtube should you feel the need.

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The powerpoint presentations you made are in our class First Class page - access them there or send them home to yourself.

Here are some the notes from in class and a few other bits and bobs.
 * Guide to the music[[file:Soundtrack.doc]]
 * Symbols in the film[[file:Symbols.doc]]
 * Structure of the plot of the film[[file:revision structure cuckoo.doc]]
 * Minor characters [[file:revision sheet - minor characters.docx]]
 * A number of quotes[[file:One Flew over the Cuckoo- quotes table.doc]]
 * The very comprehensive and useful powerpoint on lighting and colour[[file:maureen power.ppt]]
 * A glossary of terms related to lighting[[file:Lighting Glossary.doc]]
 * A very useful glossary of general film language[[file:FILM LANGUAGE etc.doc]]
 * The powerpoint we used for discussion of ideas in the film[[file:Purpose and ideas in the film.pptx]]

//The key links for the exam are these ones...//

Exam papers: [|2009], [|2008] [|2007] And exemplars: [|Excellence] [|Merit] [|Achievement]

And I'll be putting up more links for the film soon.

Analyse Unfamilar Text
//Coming soon!//