Film Study: Minority Report
The system is perfect until it comes after you.
3.5 Propaganda Speech
Present a speech to the class using devices and techniques of propaganda to advance a strong view.
Linguistic Techniques of Propaganda
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell
Donald Trump Campaign Speech. 15 Logical Fallacies in 3 Minutes
A shared whiteboard where the class records examples of a range of logical fallacies
Nineteen Eighty Four – Preparing for “Feature Article” Assessment
Guidance supporting preparation of a critical review of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four that is supported by assessment by New Zealand’s NCEA framework. NCEA English 3.4 AS91475
Nineteen Eighty-Four: Exploring the Text
How does Nineteen Eighty-Four help us to define the genre “Dystpian Literary Fiction”?
The Death of Truth
These are the articles I read to the class about some of the historical antecedents to Nineteen Eighty-Four [google-drive-embed url=”https://drive.google.com/a/edutronic.net/file/d/1l_zuOpEAdjqoL2kbVqQwcdIlGp–oM06/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Death of truth: when propaganda and ‘alternative facts’ first gripped the world | Media | …
Literary Theories: Feminism
An introduction to feminist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what feminist literary critics do’
Literary Theories: Marxism
An introduction to Marxist criticism including a starting sample of ‘what Marxist literary critics do’