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2.5 Speaking Assessment

Below are the resources that you will need to work on your 2.5 speaking assessment.   The Task [google-drive-embed url=”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qS1ku6PkDqIXK2qFfsAzVDwuEvhKaOMzJaCY8KnMpyo/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Level 2 Speaking” icon=”https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document” width=”100%” height=”400″ style=”embed”]   The Instructional Video feat. Mrs. Plunkett [google-drive-embed url=”https://drive.google.com/a/mtaspiring.school.nz/file/d/1D5nsusjuOQsQSBu3kj8xdtu-2KplceAa/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Level 2 Speech Explaination.mp4″ …

Renee Plunkett on 18th September 2018

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2.4- The Film Task

[google-drive-embed url=”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMzpK6hdgdp2KJU-zwvrSAi-Y-svUGdPOZDWj_Wnk9I/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Level 2 Writing Portfolio Task 2- Film” icon=”https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document” width=”100%” height=”400″ style=”embed”]     We also brainstormed some approaches that you could take in terms of structure yesterday. Below is the photo from the board following our discussion. The …

Renee Plunkett on 14th August 2018

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2.4 Writing Portfolio- The Enlightenment Task

[google-drive-embed url=”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1egM_eNwc1YFsbOdASbaam_YZ5kXG59VVOiMX7ecovEc/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Level 2 Writing Portfolio Task 1″ icon=”https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document” width=”100%” height=”400″ style=”embed”]     John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” originally published in 1689  

Renee Plunkett on 8th June 2018

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Concepts and Influences in Frankenstein

Find out more about the concepts/ influences listed, considering in what ways they might be relevant to the story of Frankenstein. On your blog, write a short paragraph about each concept/influence and its relevance to …

By Renee Plunkett on 15th March 2018

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The Introduction in Frankenstein

Read the Introduction that is in the books at the back of the classroom. It is written by Mary Shelley for the 1831 edition of the novel. You will find it after the “Note on …

By Renee Plunkett on 14th March 2018

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“The Creation”

When Victor Frankenstein arrives home to Geneva, an unexpected guest is already there. As our interactions with Frankenstein’s creation continue to grow, it is important that we look at how Frankenstein thinks of his “project”.   …

By Renee Plunkett on 13th March 2018

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Frankenstein-Chapters 1-4

After reading the opening letters and first four chapters of Frankenstein by MAry Shelley, we are going to explore some of the contexts around the novel as well as delve deeper into the story and its language. …

By Renee Plunkett on 25th February 2018

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Frankenstein- Foreshadowing Chapter 2

After reading the opening two chapters of Frankenstein, we have spotted many instances of foreshadowing about the fate of our narrator and protagonist. Students will explore how the fate of Victor Frankenstein is foreshadowed below, …

By Renee Plunkett on 20th February 2018

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Frankenstein- PDF

By Renee Plunkett on 15th February 2018

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Tone and Mood

The next stage of our exploration of The Tell-Tale Heart is centered around how tone and mood are developed in the narrative.   Tone (in fiction) is the attitude of the narrator or viewpoint character toward story …

By Renee Plunkett on 11th February 2018

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The Gothic Protagonist

Following the reading of The Tell-Tale Heart, we will now explore how the narrator of that story meets the criteria for the gothic protagonist. Below are a set of descriptors that we discussed and debated in class.   …

By Renee Plunkett on 8th February 2018

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The Tell Tale Heart- Edgar Allan Poe

To kick start our study of the genre “gothic fiction”, we will be exploring the short story, “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. First published in 1843, the narrative is relayed by an …

By Renee Plunkett on 6th February 2018

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Course Outline

You could argue that the fatal flaw of many characters in literature that meet a less than pleasant ending is that they are unable to check their curiosity. They cannot help but go down into the basement when they hear the creaking below. Gothic fiction embodies curiosity and its consequences. Originating in a time referred to as “The Age of Enlightenment”, when people began to realise science could offer an alternative explanation to religion, gothic fiction explores the boundary between moral obligations and the need to experience understanding.

By Christopher on 4th February 2018

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