This is week one of your Feature Article writing assessment. You will work independently on these articles during your English periods this week.
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Weekly Plan – Term Two, Week Four
This week we develop your individual plans for your Feature Article. We define Dystopia and look at resonance between Nineteen Eighty-Four and our world today.
Weekly Plan – Term Two, Week Three
This week we continue our analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four. We will discover Feminist Literary Theory and I’ll introduce you to the outline for your Feature Article.
Weekly Plan – Term Two, Week Two
This week we continue our analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four. We will expand our exploration of Marxist Literary Theory and you’ll be asked to work with another student to develop a presentation looking into an aspect of the context of the novel.
Weekly Plan – Term Two, Week One
This week we begin our analysis of Nineteen Eighty-Four in Earnest. We explore the historical contexts of the novel, you will be introduced to Marxist Literary Theory and we will examine opportunities for further reading.
Holiday Learning
Your focus over the holiday break should be on completing your reading of our core text, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Friday 27 March – Analysis in the Hangout
Today we’ll meet together in the class hangout for the last period of this term. The main focus will be examining your written analysis – and planning for our Easter reading.
Thursday 26 March: Read, Write, Reflect
After yesterday’s excellent conference, we’re all in a good place to move forward. Here’s today’s plan.
Wednesday 25 March: Calm in the Storm
This is the first of our daily lesson outlines, now that we’re all working remotely. Today let’s take things quietly with a quick checkin online and then some time to read independently.
Task: Select a Quotation and expand on its effect.
In spite of being the author of the quotation "Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane." Orwell's writing is rich with grammatical complexity and textured imagery. After I provided and explained an exemplar of how to approach the use of a quotation -...