Rubric Readiness
Remember what?
Common mod:
Past the Shallows
Past the Shallows
Mod B:
The Truman Show
The Truman Show
Mod A:
Asian poetry
Asian poetry
Mod C:
The Craft of Writing
The Craft of Writing
100
Name all the modules you have studied throughout the HSC course.
(*Hint* You've seen these written out a GAZILLION times on handouts and PPT presentations throughout the year.)
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
Module A: Language, Identity & Culture
Module B: Close study of Literature
Module C: The Craft of Writing
100
What are the names of the three brothers and their father?
Harry, Miles, Joe, Steve
100
Identify TWO recurring motifs in the novel.
Unpredictable image of the ocean; shark-tooth necklace; Harry's nausea (link between nausea and trauma); repressed emotions.
100
List 3 distinctive qualities of the film!
Answers could include:
Hybrid cinematography
Metafictional hyper-reality, using mise en abyme and other techniques to highlight ideas of manipulation and surveillance.
Allegorical legacy
100
Consider the poem Mother by Vuong Pham.
The poem is a recollection of the past, piecing together history and parental origins as the poet tries to see his mother’s past through her eyes. It is seen through the perspective of the poet as a child and as an adult.
It highlights the importance of _________ and __________ memory in building a sense of identity and connection to culture.
It highlights the importance of individual and collective memory in building a sense of identity and connection to culture.
100
In Steve Job's persuasive speech, he wanted his audience to ....?
Name the TWO main topics he ecouraged.
1. Do what you love
2. See opportunity and setbacks
3. Follow intuition
200
Explain TWO purposes of Module C: The Craft of Writing.
Answers from the rubric could include:
- to strengthen and extend their knowledge, skills and confidence as writers
- to learn to write for a range of authentic audiences and purposes to convey ideas with power and increasing precision
- to study prescribed texts to use as models and stimulus for the development of their own ideas and written expression
- to examine how writers of complex texts use language creatively and imaginatively for a range of purposes, to describe the world around them, evoke emotion, shape a perspective or to share a vision
- to learn to appreciate, analyse and assess the importance and power of language
- to reflect on the complex and recursive process of writing to further develop their ability to apply their knowledge of textual forms and features in their own sustained and cohesive compositions
- to generate and explore ideas through discussion and speculations.
- to engage in the stages of drafting and revising
- to experiment with a range of language forms and features (for example imagery, rhetoric, voice, characterisation, point of view, dialogue and tone)
- to develop editing skills, learning to apply the conventions of syntax, spelling, punctuation and grammar appropriately and effectively for publication
- to work independently and collaboratively to reflect, refine and strengthen their own skills in producing crafted, imaginative, discursive, persuasive and informative texts
200
(a) What is featured in the image below?
(b) What is the name of the island in 'Past the Shallows' where it is found?
(a) This is abalone. The men in the Curren family are abalone fisherman, braving the frigid ocean to dive for this rare commodity.
(b) Past the Shallows takes place on Bruny Island just off the coast of Tasmania, an Australian state that supplies 25% of the world’s abalone harvest.
200
Identify the MOST obvious technique in the following quote and explain its effect on meaning:
"[Miles] climbed onto the rails, was ready to jump, but Dad grabbed him up—held him like stone."
SIMILE
Parrett underscores the crushing strength with which Dad holds Miles down by comparing Dad's grip to stone. Conveys the power imbalance between the two and metaphorically emphasises the emotional disconnect between father and son.
200
What is the American Dream and how is it shown in The Truman Show?
Home, stable job, family, materialistic.
Through the setting etc
200
What is the name of the technique where words are mispronounced?
Provide a quote to support
Malaproprism
200
What fictional genre does Ray Bradbury's, 'The Pedestrian' short story, fall under?
Dystopian fiction
300
Complete the cloze passage below from the Common Module rubric:
Students explore how texts may give insight into the a_______s, pa_______ and in_____________ in human behaviour and motivations.
Students explore how texts may give insight into the ANOMALIES, PARADOXES and INCONSISTENCIES in human behaviour and motivations.
300
List three asian countries/cultures mentioned, referred to or implied in your suite of asian poetry.
You MUST link to the correct poet!
Phillipines - Merlinda Bobis
Malaysia - Maureen Ten
Vietnam - Vuong Pham
Chinese/Malalyan - Miriam Wei Wei Lo
China - Vuong Pham
Indonesia - Jaya Savige
300
Identify TWO key structural features of the novel.
Cyclical/circular narrative structure; non-linear structure; flashbacks; multiple character perspectives; use of language changes to reflect childishness/maturity.
300
What is Dramatic Irony?
Where the audience knows something the characters don't know.
300
List 3 dialects / languages in the poem This is where is begins
Bikol
Pilipino
English
300
After writing a creative piece, there are many questions you might ask yourself during the editing process to check the quality of your work. What are THREE of these questions?
Answers may include:
- Have you successfully achieved your artistic purpose?
- Have you used language forms and features to create meaning?
- Have you used symbolism, imagery, rhetoric, voice, characterisation, point of view, dialogue and tone to establish your purpose?
- Have you used simple and complex sentences to create meaning throughout your response?
- Is the meaning within your sentences clear?
- Have you proofed your spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- Have you received feedback from your peers and your teacher?
400
Complete the cloze passage below from the Module B rubric:
Students explore and analyse the particular id___ and cha____________s of the text and understand the ways in which these ch_____________s establish its di_________ qualities.
By analysing the i_________ between the ideas, forms and language within the text, students appreciate how these elements may affect those r______________ to it.
Students explore and analyse the particular IDEAS and CHARACTERISTICS of the text and understand the ways in which these CHARACTERISTICS establish its DISTINCTIVE qualities.
By analysing the interplay between the ideas, forms and language within the text, students appreciate how these elements may affect those responding to it.
400
List your 6 prescribed poems!
Include poet names.
1. ‘This is Where it Begins’ by Merlinda Bobis
2. ‘Home’ by Miriam Wei Wei Lo
3. ‘New Accents’ by Ouyang Yu
4. ‘Mother’ by Vuong Pham
5. ‘Circular Breathing’ by Jaya Savige
6. ‘Translucent Jade’ by Maureen Ten (Ten Ch’in Ü)
400
Identify and describe the effect of the TWO figurative devices used in this interaction between Miles and Joe, after the death of Harry on the fishing vessel:
'You came back,' he said.
Joe nodded. He looked down at his hands and let go of the bed. Miles knew they were shaking.
'The wind was too strong,' he said. 'I couldn't get through the strait. I couldn't leave.'
And Miles knew it was lucky Joe hadn't been lost out there, too. He was lucky.
PATHETIC FALLACY/SYMBOLISM: The wind being 'too strong' to allow Joe's boat to pass through the strait and leave Bruny Island is symbolic of nature (i.e. a 'higher power' like fate) interfering in Joe's journey in order to bring him back to where he was needed most. The aggression and resisting force of the wind functions as pathetic fallacy echoes the brutality of his father's dominance and aggression during the incident on the fishing boat, which was happening at the same time Joe was attempting to leave (plot line unity). In the same way, the wind could also represent the strength of Joe's conviction to stay and support his brothers.
METAPHOR: The reference to Joe being lucky to have not been "lost out there" too, goes beyond the literal interpretation of his possible death, and signifies the potential loss of his identity/purpose and connection to his brothers if he left.
400
Do something! Scene 5.
Scene 5 - list 3 abstract nouns which capture the ideas explored and highlighted within this scene.
Answers can include:
Relationships
Privacy
Hypereality
manipulation
control
reality
400
Language
Name the poem that includes the following techniques
Allusions to fairy tales are a recurring idea
Anaphora
Repetition
Multiple dialects
Imagery
Descriptive language
"This is where it begins"
400
In his speech, Jobs stated :
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
Identify two techniques used here.
- Repetition
- Truncated/succinct
- Metaphor
500
Complete the cloze passage below from the Module A rubric:
Through their responding and composing students deepen their understanding of how language can be used to af____, ig____, re____, ch_______ or dis____ prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals and cultural groups.
Through their responding and composing students deepen their understanding of how language can be used to AFFIRM, IGNORE, REVEAL, CHALLENGE or DISRUPT prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals and cultural groups.
500
Name the director AND the screenwriter of The Truman Show!
Director - Peter Weir
Screenwriter - Andrew Niccol
500
Describe THREE examples of either anomalies, paradoxes or inconsistencies evident throughout the novel.
- Dad’s constant anger and abuse, despite the warmth and comfort we often associate with familial relationships
- Miles being torn between the childhood innocence he misses and the adult reality he is forced into
- Aunty Jean’s desire to help the boys while simultaneously being harsh and somewhat irritating
- The ocean—a metaphor for the human experience in general—being both beautiful, calm and healing and extremely violent, unpredictable and volatile
- The other members of the town being able to recognise the family’s toxicity yet being unable or unwilling to help in any major capacity
- The past and the present constantly melding and intruding on each other
500
1.Define mise en abyme
2.Describe how The Truman Show uses this to highlight the similiarities between the audience and the movie, causing us to critically consider our own relationship with the media and communication
Answers may include:
Placing a copy of an image within himself
Examples might include:
Show within a show format, or similar
500
1. Name the poet who wrote the poem 'Translucent Jade'
2. Provide one quote and technique from this poem (it cannot be the title)
Maureen Ten
500
Write a short opening to a creative piece inspired by this line:
"I can't believe we're finally here....."
Nice writing