and/or Torres Strait Islander Draw a representing the rise and fall of action. Label the People/s graph with events. Indicate the stages in the structure of the film’s examine the contexts of storyline: orientation, rising action/complications, climax(es), resolution or denouement. composing and responding, The film focuses on Billy at the age of 11, but refers to earlier for example personal, social, events and gives us a glimpse of later events. Draw a time line of cultural, historical and his as represented in the film. On the time line indicate any workplace contexts, and ‘life’ life-changing events. Explain why, in your opinion, these events assess their effects on are life-changing. meaning in and through particular texts develop creative, informed and sustained interpretations of texts supported by close textual analysis (ACELR062) EN12-3 analyses and uses language Contextual understanding forms, features and structures of texts and justifies their Students research the context of Billy Elliot by completing some or all of Hit Man’, news story by ‘The appropriateness for purpose, the following activities: Andrew Pulver, The audience and context and explains Students find information the director, Stephen Daldry. Note Guardian (Australian effects on meaning that he was well known as a theatre director before he made Billy edition), 4 October 2000: Students: Elliot, his first film. Students consider whether his theatrical engage with complex texts experience might have influenced his style as a filmmaker? Billy Elliot” is made ‘”Real Students think about: university chancellor’, news through their language forms, When was Billy Elliot released? story by Sean Coughlan, features and structures to When was it set? BBC News, 26 June 2012: understand and appreciate Why might Stephen Daldry have set the film in an earlier time? the power of language to Are there any clues in The Guardian article, published not long shape meaning after the film’s release, or in the Theater Talk interview? Daldry on Billy understand and use ‘Stephen Students conduct research into the coal miners’ strike in Britain. Elliot’, Theater Talk language appropriately and When did it occur? Why were the miners striking? How did the interview (10 January 2009), effectively for particular Margaret Thatcher-led government deal with the strikes? Why published on YouTube, 13 purposes, for example was this an important time in British history? July 2015: making connections,
and/or Torres Strait Islander People/s examine the contexts of composing and responding, for example personal, social, cultural, historical and workplace contexts, and assess their effects on meaning in and through particular texts develop creative, informed and sustained interpretations of texts supported by close textual analysis (ACELR062) Draw a representing the rise and fall of action. Label the graph with events. Indicate the stages in the structure of the film’s storyline: orientation, rising action/complications, climax(es), resolution or denouement. The film focuses on Billy at the age of 11, but refers to earlier events and gives us a glimpse of later events. Draw a time line of his ‘life’ as represented in the film. On the time line indicate any life-changing events. Explain why, in your opinion, these events are life-changing. EN12-3 analyses and uses language forms, features and structures of texts and justifies their appropriateness for purpose, audience and context and explains effects on meaning Students: engage with complex texts through their language forms, features and structures to understand and appreciate the power of language to shape meaning understand and use language appropriately and effectively for particular purposes, for example making connections, Contextual understanding Students research the context of Billy Elliot by completing some or all of the following activities: Students find information the director, Stephen Daldry. Note that he was well known as a theatre director before he made Billy Elliot, his first film. Students consider whether his theatrical experience might have influenced his style as a filmmaker? Students think about: When was Billy Elliot released? When was it set? Why might Stephen Daldry have set the film in an earlier time? Are there any clues in The Guardian article, published not long after the film’s release, or in the Theater Talk interview? Students conduct research into the coal miners’ strike in Britain. When did it occur? Why were the miners striking? How did the Margaret Thatcher-led government deal with the strikes? Why was this an important time in British history? ‘The Hit Man’, news story by Andrew Pulver, The Guardian (Australian edition), 4 October 2000: ‘”Real Billy Elliot” is made university chancellor’, news story by Sean Coughlan, BBC News, 26 June 2012: ‘Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot’, Theater Talk interview (10 January 2009), published on YouTube, 13 July 2015:
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