3ENG+Literature


 * __AS91472: Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence__**




 * __[|Sample exam papers and exemplars at NZQA]__**


 * __General Shakespeare Information__**



From [|Internet Shakespeare Editions] - produced by the University of Victoria, Canada:

This section of the __Internet__ Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of __books__, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the __page__ header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics.
 * There is a detailed [|biography] of his __life__ (and we actually know quite a lot about him).
 * There is a book about [|the stage] Shakespeare wrote for.
 * And __one__ that explores [|the society] of the __time__, showing how it differs from our own.
 * Further __books__ discuss the [|history and politics] of Elizabethan England,
 * And look at the way __people__ of the time thought and argued about [|religion] and the physical makeup of [|the universe].
 * You can learn about the kinds of [|plays] and [|literature] Shakespeare read,
 * See samples of [|paintings] of the time, and __listen__ to [|Renaissance music].
 * There is a book that shows how different parts of this __rich__ library of resources help you [|understand the plays] ,
 * And there is an extensive reference volume that gives [|chronologies], [|maps] , and [|bibliographies] for further reading.


 * Stratford-Upon-Avon:

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[|Shakespeare for Kids] - Fun stuff, including __online__ crossword puzzles [|Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet] [|Absolute Shakespeare] [|WebEnglish - Shakespeare] [|Shakespeare's Globe]Theatre [|Shakespeare.com] [|Bard Web - Shakesepeare Resource Center] [|Bardcast blog and podcasts] [|Folger Shakespeare Library] [|Open Source Shakespeare] - This site was built with four attributes in mind: **Power, Flexibility, Friendliness, and Openness ****<span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. **<span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> It won't replace the expensive, subscription-only sites at libraries or research institutions, but you can use the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**advanced search function**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">, read the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**plays**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">, and look up words in the <span style="background-color: #fef3de; color: #000099; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|**concordance**] <span style="background-color: #fef3de; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. [|Shakespeare's Sonnets] View Shakespeare's first 4 folios [|here] or [|here.]

Watch "In Search of Shakespeare" to learn about his life and times in Elizabethan England:


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[|Shakespeare's Words] [|Shakespeare Quizzes] - search the glossary for definitions of any of Shakespeare's words. [|Shakespeare Insult Generator] [|Shakespeare Insult Kit] media type="youtube" key="vdCjKH5IKJ8" height="219" width="392"

More great videos related to Shakespeare on Mr. Millen's YouTube Playlist: media type="youtube" key="videoseries?list=PL36E23D7F7A0C35B8" height="315" width="560"

__**King Lear**__

Class Resource:

[|WikiQuotes]- also useful to review the play by Acts [|King Lear SparkNotes] [|Shakespeare for Kids] [|Absolute Shakespeare] [|WebEnglish - Shakespeare] [|Shakespeare Insult Generator] [|Shakespeare Insult Kit]

Mr. Millen's YouTube playlist for King Lear:

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[|King Lear - class notes on themes] [|Class notes - Writing about King Lear on different levels]

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 * __AS91478 - Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence__**

Possible Tasks:

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Exemplars:

[|Internet Movie Database (IMDb)]

[|Goodreads]

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Colour Purple - Alice Walker One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Keysey Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque About a Boy - Nick Hornby Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger Lord of the Flies - William Golding Crime Story - Maurice Gee Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene In My Father's Den - Maurice Gee Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein 2001 - Arthur C. Clarke Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The Bone People - Keri Hulme Among the Cinders - Maurice Shadbolt || **__Recommended Reading List for Level 3 Short Texts__** __Short Stories__ Patrica Grace Witi Ihimaera Janet Frame Ernest Hemingway Dylan Thomas Katherine Mansfield Flannery O'Connor Franz Kafka Ray Bradbury Frank Sargeson CK Stead
 * **__Recommended Reading List for Level 3 Extended Texts__**:

__Poetry__ James K Baxter Emily Dickenson William Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Elizabeth Barrett Browning TS Eliot Rudyard Kipling Robert Burns William Wordsworth John Keats Samuel Taylor Coleridge ||