Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied visual or

oral text(s), supported by evidence

4 CreditsChristine Wells

Learning Outcomes

Gathering Processing

Identify and describe key aspects of

the text such as characterisation,

setting, themes, and visual and

verbal features.

Explain where key aspects are

demonstrated in the text.

Compare and contrast characters.

success criteria

Gathering Processing Applying

Demonstrate

engagement with the

film through viewing

and reading relevant

information.

Demonstrate

understanding of key

aspects through

discussion and written

answers.

🔸Analyse key aspects

of the text and

demonstrate

understanding by

producing written

essays.

🔸Create a digital

portfolio of study

notes.

3 Act structure

1. Create a flow chart to show the progression of the

narrative. Include exposition, climax & resolution.

2. For each section, write a brief description from the

film.

3. Include a visual/verbal feature to represent each

section.

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Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Suggested app:

Pureflow

close reading

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Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

What is

happening?Character(s)

involved

Visual/verbal

feature

Director’s

intention

Choose 3 characters and complete

a chart for each one.

Character

adjectivesVisual/verbal feature

What does the viewer

learn?

describing words or

phrasescostume & makeup

About the character or

their motivations

camera work, sound

and lighting

About human behaviour

in general

dialogueAbout the world around

us

Getting to know the characters

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Thinking

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Characters & Challenges

Any information about the characters is important to the film.

Characters develop and change during the film as they face challenges and conflict. Write a blog post to discuss the following:

1. Choose 1 character and describe a challenge in their life.

2. Explain how they coped with it (aim for 3 ways).

3. List 6 visual/verbal techniques which support your ideas.

4. What do we learn about the type of person she/he is?

5. Explain what the director wants us to learn from this character and how they dealt with their challenges/conflict.

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Thinking

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Compare and Contrast

1. Work in pairs to create a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between 2 characters. Aim for 5 of each.

2. Choose 1 similarity and one difference and discuss what may have caused this similarity or difference.

Character 1 Character 2

similarities

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Participating and

contributing

change in a character

Thinking

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Participating and

contributing

1. Describe the

character at the

beginning of the

film.

2. Include

visual/verbal

features to

support your

description.

1. Identify and describe the

event or person that

influenced a change in the

character.

2. Explain how the character

changed.

3. Include visual/verbal features.

1. Explain the outcome

of this change. What

did the character

learn from this?

2. What does the

director want us as

viewers to learn from

this change?

3. Include visual/verbal

features.

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Relationship development

Thinking

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

1. Identify an

important

relationship in

the film.

2. Describe this

relationship –

are they

friends, related,

enemies?

3. Identify any

visual/verbal

features that

support your

description.

1. Identify and

describe the

changes in this

relationship.

Does the balance

of power

change?

2. Describe a major

conflict in their

relationship.

3. Does one person

help the other in

some way? What

is the outcome?

4. Include

visual/verbal

features.

1. Describe the

relationship at the

end of the film. Do

the characters

respect one

another? Why/why

not?

2. Explain what the

director want us as

viewers to learn

from this

relationship.

3. Can this be linked to

human nature or the

world in general?

4. Include visual/verbal

techniques.

Essay Topics

Choose ONE of the following questions and write at least 400 words.

1. Analyse how the beginning AND ending of a text show an important change in a character or individual in a text you have studied.

2. Analyse how a character or individual is influenced to make decisions in a text you have studied.

3. Analyse how the growth of a relationship affects the climax in a text you have studied.

Thinking

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Publish on Wordpress

Setting

• Setting may include reference to time, place, historical or social

context, or atmosphere.

1. Work in pairs to identify the 3 main settings in the text.

2. Choose 1 and create a brainstorm of adjectives to describe it.

3. Locate 3 visual/verbal features and images from the film that link to

3 of your adjectives.

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Suggested app:

PicCollage

Setting & Effect

1. Explain the effect that the setting has on the life of the

protagonist.

2. Imagine how the setting would affect you. Write a blog post

to describe how you would react to the setting.

3. Explain what you think the director wants us to learn about

the protagonist by placing him in this setting.

Thinking

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Participating and

contributing

atmosphere

Create a short presentation to:

1. Describe the atmosphere in the film.

2. List 3 ways that the atmosphere is developed –

think about lighting, sound and colour.

3. Explain how the atmosphere helps the viewer to

understand the film.

Thinking

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Suggested apps:

Educreations

Prezi

iMovie

Themes

A theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story. The

message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes

often explore timeless and universal ideas and are almost

always implied rather than stated explicitly.

1. In pairs, brainstorm a list of possible themes.

2. For each theme, locate a YouTube clip for the relevant

section of the film where the theme is shown.

3. Post on your blog with an explanation of how this clip

demonstrates the theme.

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Theme and meaning

1. Choose one theme and discuss the meaning of your theme. What

does it mean exactly?

2. Explain how this theme may be seen in today’s world.

3. What does the director want us to understand about this theme?

4. Identify any social issues that may be related to this theme. For

example, health issues; power and violence related issues.

Thinking

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Theme & characters

1. In pairs, choose 2 themes and list the characters that are

linked to each theme.

2. Explain why you linked each character to the theme.

3. Include a visual/verbal feature for each.

4. Explain what you think the director wants us to learn about

these characters by using this theme.Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Theme in action

In pairs, choose one of the following activities to complete:

1. Choose a part of the film that shows one of the themes in action and create a short cartoon to show what happens. Include dialogue from the film.

2. Create a collage of visual/verbal features from the film that are linked to the themes.

3. Create a poster portraying the themes. Split your poster into sections, each section will be for each theme. Include characters & dialogue in the relevant section.

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and symbols

Managing self

Participating and contributing

Suggested apps:

Comic creator

Pic Collage

Symbols

A symbol is a person, place, or thing comes to represent an abstract idea or

concept -- it is anything that stands for something beyond itself.

1. Create a Pinterest board for symbols.

2. Choose 3 and explain what each one’s significance is, where it is seen in

the text and which theme and character it is linked to.

3. Explain why the director included each symbol. What does he want the

viewer to learn or think about?

Thinking

Relating to others

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Participating and

contributing

Suggested app:

Pinterest

Essay Topics

1. Analyse how symbols are used to develop an idea in the text you

have studied.

2. Analyse how successful a text you have studied has been in

influencing you to think differently about an issue.

3. Analyse how important techniques are used to engage our emotions

in a text you have studied.

4. Analyse how atmosphere is established and maintained in a text you

have studied.

Thinking

Using language, text and

symbols

Managing self

Assessment schedule

Achievement

• Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence.

Achievement with Merit

• Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s) convincingly, supported by evidence.

Achievement with Excellence

• Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s) perceptively, supported by evidence.

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