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Discovery Related Texts - Suggestions
strawberriesarekewl:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on February 22, 2017, 11:30:08 am ---Hey! What is it specifically you are having trouble with? Selecting a good ORT? Finding techniques in the ORT? Finding links to Discovery and/or the prescribed text? Give us a feel of what stage you are at and we can try and give you some more specific help, because it sounds like you have the idea! ;D
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I've already selected an ORT and I am quite confused in deconstructing it (my english teacher doesnt want to spoonfeed me). It's a poem and I am not really having a clear idea of how to deconstruct it (mainly in terms of it's context) and linking it to my prescibed
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: strawberriesarekewl on February 22, 2017, 11:40:39 am ---I've already selected an ORT and I am quite confused in deconstructing it (my english teacher doesnt want to spoonfeed me). It's a poem and I am not really having a clear idea of how to deconstruct it (mainly in terms of it's context) and linking it to my prescibed
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Great, so I'd suggest you do a few sweeps of the poem to detect techniques first:
1st Sweep: Jot down the main themes of the poem
2nd Sweep: Sound devices, easy to find (alliteration, assonance)
3rd Sweep: Imagery
4th Sweep: Figurative Language (metaphors, similes, personification)
5th Sweep: Tone
6th Sweep: Syntax and language features
Then more as required - This will make sure you get all the techniques and themes. Then, start thinking about WHAT the composer is saying, and further, WHY they are saying it. What does that metaphor do, what does it say, and why do you think the composer wants to say that (given their context). Does the composer have a personal history of mental health issues? Then it would make sense that they use vivid imagery to describe a mental health issue in the poem, for example. That's the sort of link you are looking for :)
diesxel:
Hello I was just wondering if there were any recommended ORT's to that would fit well with the prescribed text The Tempest by Shakespeare?
Thanks!!
biancajuru:
--- Quote from: diesxel on February 24, 2017, 06:12:27 pm ---Hello I was just wondering if there were any recommended ORT's to that would fit well with the prescribed text The Tempest by Shakespeare?
Thanks!!
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Hey good relateds include:
- The Pearl by Steinbeck (novella)
- Big World by Winton (short story)
- The Great Beauty (foreign film)
- The National Picture by Geoff Parr (recontextualisation of Benjamin Dutterau͛s The Conciliation- artwork)
kiwiberry:
--- Quote from: diesxel on February 24, 2017, 06:12:27 pm ---Hello I was just wondering if there were any recommended ORT's to that would fit well with the prescribed text The Tempest by Shakespeare?
Thanks!!
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I used the short story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and I think it worked quite well! I know some others used the poem Father and Child by Gwen Harwood too :)
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