Category: Writing
2.4 Assessment Task – Unfamiliar Text Analysis
For your final assessment task for your 2.4 portfolio here is the task sheet and text.
World’s Fastest Indian Paragraph 3
‘The World’s Fastest Indian’ stars acclaimed actor Anthony Hopkins in the role of Burt Munro. Your task is to write a paragraph reviewing his performance in the film. Post this on your blog by the …
2.4 Writing Assessment 2
This assessment task will start in class on Thursday August 13th and will run for the following 8 periods. The assessment will be split into two parts. Part 1 you will receive feedback at the …
Scene Analysis – World’s Fastest Indian
After viewing the ‘record attempt’ scene from The World’s Fastest Indian write a paragraph in which you respond critically to the scene. Think about: Cinematography Sound (diegetic and non-diegetic) Acting Theme Use your notes to …
Film Initial Response
Answer the following questions using evidence from the text. Write a BRIEF plot review Discuss a character that stood out to you and why Analyse the setting of the text – was it effective? Discuss. …
The Language of Review
Task: Building a vocabulary ‘toolbox’ Read at least three film reviews. Find some examples here on film reviewer Roger Ebert’s site. As you read you will develop a vocabulary toolbox of typical words and phrases …
Film Reviewing
Reflect on and answer the questions below: Create a blog post. Copy the questions into it and write your answers underneath each question. How do you usually decide which films or videos you want to …
Film Reviews
We will be looking at written film reviews in preparation for our own film viewing. To start we are going to read some reviews to discover some features of film reviewers language. When reading the …
