SC: M/C Practice: 2005 Paper

The paper from today's lesson can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the page at the following link.

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/schoolcertificate/sc_english.html

Representing Known Lives: Princess Diana

Go to http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Windsor/Diana.html and copy the two page document into your own word file. Make sure the margins in your word file are large enough to place annotations.

We'll then annotate the biography together in order to look at how knowing the subject of a biography can impact on their expectations of a text.

Boggle: Fun With Words

http://www.fun-with-words.com/boggle.html

What is the longest word you can create? You can use any of the letters present and in any order you wish. As a comment below post your longest word and use it in a sentence.

Representing Lives: David Helfgott

Different text forms can be used to represent an individual’s life through the selection of particular aspects for particular contexts. This can be seen in three representations of the life of Australian concert pianist, David Helfgott. David Helfgott has had his life represented in a range of text forms, but three examples may be useful for consideration.

Example One

http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000385/David-Helfgott.html

Example Two

http://www.ask.com/wiki/David_Helfgott

Example Three

Shine: Trailer (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTt4Ar6pzO4&feature=related



Question

Who is David Helfgott?

Answer this question INDIVIDUALLY as a comment below. DO NOT plagiarise or paraphrase other people's work. Your response needs to be written using the proper functions and conventions of the English language and should be between 200-300 WORDS in length.