Study Plan

Essential Organising Question 1:
Why do people get into difficulties?

Plot, Setting and Relationships, The Role of Nature

  • The Pearl - the pearl and the scorpion
  • Dersu Uzala - the wilderness and the tiger
  • The Old Man and the Sea - The sea and the marlin

Essential Organising Question 2:
What aspects of human nature become evident in dealing with these difficulties?

Character Study

  • The Pearl- Kino and Juana
  • Dersu Uzala - Derzu and Arseniev
  • The Old Man and the Sea - Santiago and Manolin

Essential organising question 3
What makes the characters in the stories believable/authentic?

Literary Analysis

  • The Pearl - figurative language
  • Dersu Uzala - Visual narrative (film technique, screenplay)
  • The Old Man and the Sea - style and subtext

Narrative Forms - Point of View

  • How stories are told
  • The difference between fables, parables and fairy tales
  • Comparing original and modern versions of stories

 
Assignments

  • Writing: Personal, Analytical and Creative Responses
  • Research Task - A study of the authors and directors
  • Analysis - Identify and select examples of literary techniques from texts
  • Vocabulary - Meanings, spelling, root words, parts of speech
  • Discussion - Exchange of views and oral presentations
  • Reading: Reading/Listening to texts
  • Rehearsals: Setting up the dramatic presentation
  • Songs: Listening/Reading lyrics
  • Reading: Individual reading program during library lesson

Film Study
Cinematography
Screenplay
Direction
Editing
Acting
Music

Summative Tasks

Written: Major Essay Choose either EOQ1 or EOQ3 as the essay question with reference to the events and characters in each story

Dramatic Presentation: In responding to EOQ2, select and present scenes from the stories that highlight various aspects of human nature

Assessment Criteria
    Written Work:
  • Comprehension
  • Editing
  • Accuracy
  • Fluency
  • Thoughts and Ideas
  • Composition
  • Presentation
  
    Oral Expression:
  • Clarity
  • Accuracy
  • Fluency
  • Thoughts and Ideas
  • Interpretation
  • Presence
  • Cooperation

Extended Reading and Viewing

  • The Pearl - Film, dir: Emilio Fernández
  • The Old Man and the Sea - Film, dir: John Sturges
  • Silas Marner - George Eliot + Film BBC, dir: Giles Foster
  • Moby Dick - Herman Melville + Film, dir: John Huston
  • Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling + Film, dir: Victor Fleming
  • Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe + Film, dir: Luis Bunuel
  • Walkabout - Vance Marshall + Film, dir: Nicholas Roeg
  • Local Hero - Film, dir: Bill Forsyth
  • Whistle Down the Wind - Film, dir: Richard Attenborough
  • Educational Documentaries
    - About Ernest Hemingway
    - About John Steinbeck