3ENG+Literature+2012

Welcome to the Level 3 English module for 2012.




 * __AS 90721: Respond Critically to Written Text(s) Studied - External__**

Credits: 3

[|Sample exam questions and essays on NZQA]


 * __Short Stories__**



"When Seamus Wants a Drink" - Heinrich Bohl

Class notes - incomplete but may fill in gaps for students if you've missed some classes:
 * __Angela's Ashes__**

[|Angela's Ashes - Spark Notes] [|Angela's Ashes - eNotes.com] [|"A City Descending into Ashes"] - An article about Frank McCourt's Limerick written by Gerard Hannan [|Angela's Ashes essay exemplar] media type="youtube" key="Rbq66J5pl14" height="304" width="371" ||
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Here are some things Frank McCourt may have listened to on the radio in the 1940s (Chapter 12). Imagine his world - prior to internet, Youtube, television and very little radio. For a boy who loved the lyrical quality of words, hearing these sounds was delightful and even "other-worldly".
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Credits: 4
 * __AS 90720: Produce an extended piece of writing in a selected style__**

Due Date: Draft on Friday 16 May 2012, Final on Thursday 5 April 2012.

Assessment Task:


 * __Unit Standard 8834: Investigate a theme across a range of selected texts and evaluate the outcomes of the investigation__**

Credits: 6

Due Date: Week 1, Term 4 2012

Unit Standard document:

Assessment Resource:

Here are some links to get you started on choosing a theme for your Reading Log Research: [|12 Most Common Themes in Literature] [|Themes in Literature (buzzle.com)]

Possible Thematic Combinations:

Surviving Difficult Circumstances Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt Tu - Patricia Grace The Life of Pi - Yann Martel And Still I Rise - Maya Angelou Once Were Warriors The Edge Fast Car - Tracey Chapman Let it Be - The Beatles || **Theme:** Growing Up/Coming of Age The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones Stand by Me Coach Carter Wild World - Cat Stevens Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan || Individual vs Society Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The Destructors - Graham Greene Ozymandias - Percy Shelley V for Vendetta Braveheart Handlebars - The Flobots Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen || **Theme:** Alternative Realities/Societies Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut Jr 1984 - George Orwell The Lottery - Shirley Jackson The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood Donnie Darko The Matrix Who Wants to Live Forever? - Queen The Wall - Pink Floyd ||
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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 ||
 * **__Recommended Reading List for Level 3 Extended Texts__**: