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steph@nie
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My trial one was
Changing the form of one text into a different form provides rich insights. Do you agree?
and the other assessment one I had was
In comparing your two texts you will have become aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associate with each text. To what extent has this point of view been your experience in the study of Transformations?
Changing the form of one text into a different form provides rich insights. Do you agree?
and the other assessment one I had was
In comparing your two texts you will have become aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associate with each text. To what extent has this point of view been your experience in the study of Transformations?
skittished
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very intresting stepahnie..
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Question 1 – Elective 1: Transformations (20 marks)
‘The contemporary text’s composer has carefully decided how the values, form and features of the original text should be adapted to suit the new text’s context and purpose.’
Why do you think the contemporary text has emerged as it has?
Answer this question in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
The prescribed texts are:
· Prose Fiction and Film – Jane Austen, Emma and
Amy Heckerling, Clueless
· Shakespeare and Drama – William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom
Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
· Poetry and Film – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale and
Sam Raimi, A Simple Plan
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Question 1 - Elective 1: Transformations
In this elective you have studied two texts composed at different times. Evaluate the relative importance of differences or similarities between the texts, and the ways in which these differences or similarities reflect values in the texts.
In your answer you should give equal time to both texts.
The prescribed texts are:
Prose Fiction and Film - Jane Austen, Emma
and
Amy Heckerling, Clueless
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Catholic Trial 2003
In transformating an old text into a new one, a composer selects what to include and what to exclude.
How and why have these choices been made in the texts you have studied?
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BOS HSC 2003
You have studied two texts composed at different times.
When you compared these texts and their contexts, how was your understanding of each text developed and reshaped?
Answer with reference to your study of Transformations.
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CatholicTrial2002
'Transformed texts illuminate and illustrate ideas that may not be explored in the original text'.
To what extent has the new text you have studied achieved this?
Answer this question with reference to both the prescribed texts you studied.
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BOS HSC 2002
In comparing your TWO texts you will have cecome aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associated with each text.
To what extent has this point of view been your experience in your study of 'Transformations' OR 'In the Wild?
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“Reading a text from the past presents us with a problem. If we read it from a modern viewpoint we often find that the text can no longer speak to us in the twenty-first century. If we try to make ourselves into a reader of the past we turn the text into a fake antique.”
How do you respond to this statement? Illustrate your point of view by referring to your responses to the transformations that occur in the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
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Is the contemporary transformation you have studied anything more than a shadow of the classic text on which it was based?
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“In transformations texts cross-pollinate with one another to produce an exciting new text.”
Write a proposal to an international Arts Council for funding the transformation of one of the texts you have studied in this Elective.
In your proposal:
· Outline the nature of the transformation.
· Give reasons for the transformation.
· Refer to the relevance of the “exciting new text” for the audience that will respond to the transformation.
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Catholic Trial 2001
'Recreations of an existing text provide not only a new text but also a new reading of a prior text.'
Write a review of the more recent of your texts for a weekend broadsheet, exploring its relationship with the original text.
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Independent Trial 2001
'The way a contemporary composer transforms an older text inevitably reflects the way that values in society have change over time.'
Discuss this statement in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
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BOC HSC 2001
How has the composer of the contemporary text used the earlier text to say something new?
Answer this question in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
‘The contemporary text’s composer has carefully decided how the values, form and features of the original text should be adapted to suit the new text’s context and purpose.’
Why do you think the contemporary text has emerged as it has?
Answer this question in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
The prescribed texts are:
· Prose Fiction and Film – Jane Austen, Emma and
Amy Heckerling, Clueless
· Shakespeare and Drama – William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom
Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
· Poetry and Film – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale and
Sam Raimi, A Simple Plan
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Question 1 - Elective 1: Transformations
In this elective you have studied two texts composed at different times. Evaluate the relative importance of differences or similarities between the texts, and the ways in which these differences or similarities reflect values in the texts.
In your answer you should give equal time to both texts.
The prescribed texts are:
Prose Fiction and Film - Jane Austen, Emma
and
Amy Heckerling, Clueless
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Catholic Trial 2003
In transformating an old text into a new one, a composer selects what to include and what to exclude.
How and why have these choices been made in the texts you have studied?
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BOS HSC 2003
You have studied two texts composed at different times.
When you compared these texts and their contexts, how was your understanding of each text developed and reshaped?
Answer with reference to your study of Transformations.
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CatholicTrial2002
'Transformed texts illuminate and illustrate ideas that may not be explored in the original text'.
To what extent has the new text you have studied achieved this?
Answer this question with reference to both the prescribed texts you studied.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOS HSC 2002
In comparing your TWO texts you will have cecome aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associated with each text.
To what extent has this point of view been your experience in your study of 'Transformations' OR 'In the Wild?
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“Reading a text from the past presents us with a problem. If we read it from a modern viewpoint we often find that the text can no longer speak to us in the twenty-first century. If we try to make ourselves into a reader of the past we turn the text into a fake antique.”
How do you respond to this statement? Illustrate your point of view by referring to your responses to the transformations that occur in the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Is the contemporary transformation you have studied anything more than a shadow of the classic text on which it was based?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“In transformations texts cross-pollinate with one another to produce an exciting new text.”
Write a proposal to an international Arts Council for funding the transformation of one of the texts you have studied in this Elective.
In your proposal:
· Outline the nature of the transformation.
· Give reasons for the transformation.
· Refer to the relevance of the “exciting new text” for the audience that will respond to the transformation.
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Catholic Trial 2001
'Recreations of an existing text provide not only a new text but also a new reading of a prior text.'
Write a review of the more recent of your texts for a weekend broadsheet, exploring its relationship with the original text.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Independent Trial 2001
'The way a contemporary composer transforms an older text inevitably reflects the way that values in society have change over time.'
Discuss this statement in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
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BOC HSC 2001
How has the composer of the contemporary text used the earlier text to say something new?
Answer this question in relation to the TWO prescribed texts you have studied.
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so what themes and stuff do we actually have to address when answering the questions?? does anyone have a plan of an essay on emma and clueless that i could base my essay on??