Ms. Dominico’s Year 12 VCE English Class

HERE is a GREAT study opportunity! Spend the following Friday lunch hours in the MMR to learn more about the context “Whose Reality?”.

The following Senior School English teachers will be presenting on their various specialities.

Yes, this is very good preparation for university next year. Come along, bring a note pad, learn a little or a lot.

BEST OF ALL: begin preparing for your exam which is 13 piddly school weeks away.

Friday Forums:

MMN:The limits of my language are the limits of my world. 27th June

ANU: Closing the net  Piscine Metaphor and the context. 18th July

JPD: Memories of the Beaumaris Badlands. 25th July

TBX: Something very cool. 1st August

The most-excellent mind-map we made in class last week (which Ed thankfully made into a Word file for us) can be uploaded here:

texts-we-have-studied-that-relate-to-whose-reality

I really like the ideas you came up with regarding how the context “Whose Reality?” can be broken into groups of types of realities (mulitple, emotional, constructed, cultural) and then linked by aspects of the texts we’ve studied and discussed so far.

Good job, everyone!

Here are a few further tips whilst you prepare for your SAC this week:

1) Make sure the Statement of Explanation identifies how you have connected your piece with ideas from the film.

2) Make sure your piece is focussed on the ideas in the prompt as they relate to the film.

3) Written Explanation is 2-3 paragraphs (200-300 words) — NOT in dot points.

4) I can help you with the practice prompts –but not the “real” prompts.

5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — capital letters

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Chapters:

1. Valentine’s Day (3:41)
2. Clementine (6:41)
3. Two Blue Ruins (2:54)

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‘What people remember shapes their understanding of themselves and their world.’

Statement of explanation
The expository essay “What people remember shapes their understanding of themselves and their world” aims to inform and explain the essence of memory in shaping human experience. It explores memory persistence, its mutability and our dependence on them to negotiate life. It declares man a flawed but enigmatic creature. The intended audience is an educated adult one and the complex vocabulary, while appropriate for such an audience, discusses core ideas clearly and accessibly for even a non-specialist readership. The essay aims for a level of language sophistication that such an audience would expect and appreciate in a serious magazine. In a detached and formal tone the composition draws on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind”, a parable on the futility of trying to escape the past. It concludes on an unexpected note as the “eternal sunshine’ is rejected as too bland and the central character’s choice to retain his memories are affirmed.

Essay:
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