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Matrix Term 2

Feb - Apr

Understanding Poetry

Lesson 1: Poets, Poems, Personas

• Poetry as a mode, meaning in the form of aural and figurative techniques; the works of a contemporary Australian poet.
• Define and discuss poetry as a mode of communication; investigate how poets express meaning; analyse basic techniques and how they contribute.

Lesson 2: Poetic Form

• The concept of poetic and fixed form, the history of the sonnet (Petrarchan and Shakespearean) and Shelley’s “Ozymandias”.
• Analyse a Petrarchan sonnet, analysing form and features for meaning, critically assess poetry and its purpose, and write in a fixed sonnet form.

Lesson 3: Writing Analytically About Poetry

• Individual poems, fundamental requirements of analysis, and structuring analytical paragraphs.
• Substantiate critical ideas with evidence, analyse poetic technique for meaning, and plan an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 4: Deepening Skills of Interpretation

• Representation of complex emotions in poetry, comparative study, and thematically focussed analysis and exam questions.
• Assess the ways different poets represent the same things, articulate personal judgements on theme, and refine interpretive skills.

Lesson 5: Poet Case Study: Emily Dickinson

• Influential historical poetry, the rules of shorter response analysis and features of shorter/longer analyses.
• Analyse poetic style and creative choices, plan/compose short responses in response to stimuli; distinguish between short and long analyses.

Lesson 6: In-Class Writing Task: Long Response

• Emily Dickinson’s poetry in the context of longer analyses; structure longer responses.
• Plan a long response; unpack a question before starting to write; managed timed conditions while writing analytically.

Lesson 7: Performing Poetry: Spoken Word

• Principles and conventions of spoken word; contemporary spoken word poetry; how poets convey identity and experience.
• Analyse poetic techniques and their contribution to meaning; critically assess complex emotion in spoken word; write imaginatively about identity and experience.

Lesson 8: Performing Poetry: Rap

• The principles and conventions of rap as poetry; two contemporary rappers and their compositions; applying familiar. principles/understandings in new contexts
• Analyse rap for poetic value and meaning; compare and contrast two texts in long response form.

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback

Matrix Term 3

Apr - Jun

Studying Film

Lesson 1: Introduction to Film Studies

• The nature of film as audio-visual medium, categories and examples of film technique, and Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox.
• Identify various film techniques and their potential effects, and express opinions about film as a medium.

Lesson 2: The Director

• The role of the director, Wes Anderson, and Hollywood vs independent cinema.
• Identify shot types, analyse elements in frame, and discuss the director’s role.

Lesson 3: Framing and Cinematography

• The role of cinematography, shot composition, framing, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Assess the effect of techniques, articulate what’s in frame, and use TEE structure to discuss film.

Lesson 4: Writing About Film

• Structuring long responses, and using evidence when writing analytically about film.
• Engage and make judgements on an unseen sequence; write a peel paragraph to a set question with scaffolded assistance.

Lesson 5: Mise-en-Scène

• Mise-en-scène in analysis, colour, stop-motion, production design, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Assess the effects of colour on atmosphere; evaluate the role of mise-en-scène

Lesson 6: Editing

• Visual allusions, the process and importance of editing, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Discuss visual allusions, identify different editing styles, and evaluate the role of editing choices.

Lesson 7: Sound

• The role of sound in cinema, the importance of score, and sound production in Fantastic Mr. Fox.
• Distinguish between diegetic and non-diegetic sound, reflect on sound and silence in films, and evaluate the role of sound choices.

Lesson 8: Revising Your Knowledge

• The importance of cinema as culture an expression; processes for analysing unseen sequences under timed conditions
• Identify and discuss key themes, film techniques, and edit and refine written expression

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback

Matrix Term 4

Jul - Sep

Understanding Shakespeare (Tragedy)

Lesson 1: Introducing Shakespeare

• The plot of Macbeth, his character, and the opening scenes of the play.
• Connect language and ideas in the opening; annotate Shakespearean text for meaning.

Lesson 2: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• The consequences of prophecies, dramatic performance and understanding, and the character of Lady Macbeth.
• Analyse and interpret Shakespearean language; identify and analyse dramatic techniques.

Lesson 3: The Nature of Ambition

• The pros and cons of ambition; Macbeth’s struggle with ambition; The Divine Right of Kings and the Great Chain of Being.
• Empathising with Shakespeare’s characters, reading for understanding and analysis and composing an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 4: The Ambition of Lady Macbeth

• The pros and cons of ambition, Lady Macbeth’s struggles, and shifting points of view.
• Consider representation of Shakespeare in modern mediums, read for analysis, and compose an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 5: Murder and Regret

• Murder in Macbeth, and the role of performance and soliloquy.
• Collaborate to understand, build understanding into analysis, and use a variety of strategies to approach Shakespeare.

Lesson 6: Guilt and Tyranny

• Moral challenges in Macbeth, and the means to power and authority.
• Test interpretation by engaging with evidence, consider how different directors interpret Shakespeare, and compose critical analysis.

Lesson 7: Madness

• The motif of sleep, the role of madness, and key details from Act 5.
• Reflect on perspective and consider the importance of stage devices for depth.

Lesson 8: Writing Workshop

• Macbeth’s conclusion, essay structure and planning strategies.
• Contextualise the conclusion, plan an essay, and compose an essay scaffold.

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback

Module 2

Understanding Poetry

Lesson 1: Poets, Poems, Personas

• Poetry as a mode, meaning in the form of aural and figurative techniques; the works of a contemporary Australian poet.
• Define and discuss poetry as a mode of communication; investigate how poets express meaning; analyse basic techniques and how they contribute.

Lesson 2: Poetic Form

• The concept of poetic and fixed form, the history of the sonnet (Petrarchan and Shakespearean) and Shelley’s “Ozymandias”.
• Analyse a Petrarchan sonnet, analysing form and features for meaning, critically assess poetry and its purpose, and write in a fixed sonnet form.

Lesson 3: Writing Analytically About Poetry

• Individual poems, fundamental requirements of analysis, and structuring analytical paragraphs.
• Substantiate critical ideas with evidence, analyse poetic technique for meaning, and plan an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 4: Deepening Skills of Interpretation

• Representation of complex emotions in poetry, comparative study, and thematically focussed analysis and exam questions.
• Assess the ways different poets represent the same things, articulate personal judgements on theme, and refine interpretive skills.

Lesson 5: Poet Case Study: Emily Dickinson

• Influential historical poetry, the rules of shorter response analysis and features of shorter/longer analyses.
• Analyse poetic style and creative choices, plan/compose short responses in response to stimuli; distinguish between short and long analyses.

Lesson 6: In-Class Writing Task: Long Response

• Emily Dickinson’s poetry in the context of longer analyses; structure longer responses.
• Plan a long response; unpack a question before starting to write; managed timed conditions while writing analytically.

Lesson 7: Performing Poetry: Spoken Word

• Principles and conventions of spoken word; contemporary spoken word poetry; how poets convey identity and experience.
• Analyse poetic techniques and their contribution to meaning; critically assess complex emotion in spoken word; write imaginatively about identity and experience.

Lesson 8: Performing Poetry: Rap

• The principles and conventions of rap as poetry; two contemporary rappers and their compositions; applying familiar. principles/understandings in new contexts
• Analyse rap for poetic value and meaning; compare and contrast two texts in long response form.

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback

Module 3

Understanding Film

Lesson 1: Introduction to Film Studies

• The nature of film as audio-visual medium, categories and examples of film technique, and Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox.
• Identify various film techniques and their potential effects, and express opinions about film as a medium.

Lesson 2: The Director

• The role of the director, Wes Anderson, and Hollywood vs independent cinema.
• Identify shot types, analyse elements in frame, and discuss the director’s role.

Lesson 3: Framing and Cinematography

• The role of cinematography, shot composition, framing, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Assess the effect of techniques, articulate what’s in frame, and use TEE structure to discuss film.

Lesson 4: Writing About Film

• Structuring long responses, and using evidence when writing analytically about film.
• Engage and make judgements on an unseen sequence; write a peel paragraph to a set question with scaffolded assistance.

Lesson 5: Mise-en-Scène

• Mise-en-scène in analysis, colour, stop-motion, production design, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Assess the effects of colour on atmosphere; evaluate the role of mise-en-scène

Lesson 6: Editing

• Visual allusions, the process and importance of editing, and Wes Anderson’s style.
• Discuss visual allusions, identify different editing styles, and evaluate the role of editing choices.

Lesson 7: Sound

• The role of sound in cinema, the importance of score, and sound production in Fantastic Mr. Fox.
• Distinguish between diegetic and non-diegetic sound, reflect on sound and silence in films, and evaluate the role of sound choices.

Lesson 8: Revising Your Knowledge

• The importance of cinema as culture an expression; processes for analysing unseen sequences under timed conditions
• Identify and discuss key themes, film techniques, and edit and refine written expression

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback

Module 4

Understanding Shakespeare (Tragedy)

Lesson 1: Introducing Shakespeare

• The plot of Macbeth, his character, and the opening scenes of the play.
• Connect language and ideas in the opening; annotate Shakespearean text for meaning.

Lesson 2: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

• The consequences of prophecies, dramatic performance and understanding, and the character of Lady Macbeth.
• Analyse and interpret Shakespearean language; identify and analyse dramatic techniques.

Lesson 3: The Nature of Ambition

• The pros and cons of ambition; Macbeth’s struggle with ambition; The Divine Right of Kings and the Great Chain of Being.
• Empathising with Shakespeare’s characters, reading for understanding and analysis and composing an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 4: The Ambition of Lady Macbeth

• The pros and cons of ambition, Lady Macbeth’s struggles, and shifting points of view.
• Consider representation of Shakespeare in modern mediums, read for analysis, and compose an analytical paragraph.

Lesson 5: Murder and Regret

• Murder in Macbeth, and the role of performance and soliloquy.
• Collaborate to understand, build understanding into analysis, and use a variety of strategies to approach Shakespeare.

Lesson 6: Guilt and Tyranny

• Moral challenges in Macbeth, and the means to power and authority.
• Test interpretation by engaging with evidence, consider how different directors interpret Shakespeare, and compose critical analysis.

Lesson 7: Madness

• The motif of sleep, the role of madness, and key details from Act 5.
• Reflect on perspective and consider the importance of stage devices for depth.

Lesson 8: Writing Workshop

• Macbeth’s conclusion, essay structure and planning strategies.
• Contextualise the conclusion, plan an essay, and compose an essay scaffold.

Lesson 9: Topic Test and Marking & Feedback