Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
The prescribed text for the Common Module is:
Billy Elliot film by Stephen Daldry 2000
The prescribed text for Module A is:
Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah: A Soft Revolution drama by Alana Valentine 2010
The prescribed text for Module B is:
Feed prose fiction novel by M.T Anderson 2002
The prescribed texts for CoW are:
Dreamers Melissa Lucashenko AND How to Live Before You Die Steve Jobs
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as.
What is the context of the film Billy Elliot?
Set in Durham, England during the year long miner’s strike against the Thatcher government.
Identify two examples of symbolism from Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah: A Soft Revolution.
tubeworms, cooking, kitchen, hijab, who weekly
What genre is Feed?
Dystopian Literature
What is discursive writing?
Texts whose primary focus is to explore an idea or variety of topics. These texts involve the discussion of an idea(s) or opinion(s) without the direct intention of persuading the reader, listener or viewer to adopt any single point of view.
“As white as a ghost” is an example of…
Simile
Name the seven human experiences represented in Billy Elliot.
Grief and Loss, Communities in Crisis, Conflict, Family Dynamics, Love & Security, Anger, Homosexuality
Provide a quote from the set text that reflects the importance of cultural identity.
Student’s personal response.
Name the seven themes explored in the study of Feed.
The impact of technology, Consumerism, Language and communication, Identity, Man and the natural world, Relationships, Power
What is the purpose of Steve Job’s speech How to Live Before You Die?
To persuade an audience to chase their dreams and not fear failure.
What is a hyperbole?
A figure of speech in which a composer purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme.
What is a paradox in relation to human behaviour?
Behaviours which conflict with human motivations.
What are the two settings in the text and why are they significant?
University lab - education, change, power of women
Kitchen - cultural connections to cooking, belonging, women's domain
What is the significance of the epigraph by W.H Auden in the novel Feed?
The epigraph hints at the world of Feed's futuristic America. The epigraph also foreshadows the willful ignorance and frivolity of Titus and his friends as they ignore that their society is crumbling around them, the natural resources of their world and the will of the American populous completely consumed by the Feed.
What is the main technique (identify and define) explored in Lucashenko’s Dreamers?
Focalisation - the perspective/point of view that a narrative is written in.
“A butler spends his days in a beautiful mansion dressed in a tuxedo, but returns home to a closet-sized apartment in a rundown part of town” is an example of…
Juxtaposition
Identify a piece of evidence from the set text that helps to convey your understanding of the human experience. Share the evidence and discuss its meaning.
Student’s personal response.
How is the theme of stereotypes and prejudice prevalent in the study of this text?
The text aims to break stereotypes by presenting the different ways that Muslim people can connect with their cultural identity. It also aims to highlight the experiences of prejudice faced within and outside of Muslim culture.
Identify and explain an important quote from the set text.
Student's personal response.
What is the structure of a reflective writing response?
Intro
Body paragraphs (What? So what? Now what?)
Conclusion
What is anthropomorphism?
Giving human traits or attributes to animals, inanimate objects or other non-human things.