Year 12 - Making Wider World Links

Making Wider World Links

1. When was this article published?

The article was published on July 29th, 2019 (wow)

2. What are the areas/people most affected?

North Africa, Medirterranean, and the Middle East. 

3. List 4 statistics and/or facts which stand out from this article. Order them from most significant to least.

• “U.N figures suggest that even before Thursday, some 423 migrants had been killed this year attempting to reach the Italian peninsula.”
• “No words are equal to Thursday’s news that some 150 migrants perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya.”
• “Around 140 others managed to survive and were rescued by fishermen and members of the Libyan Coast Nations.”
• “More than 70 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes as of 2018 - half of them children - which is more than double the number from 20 years ago.”

(wow)

4. How does this article relate to Children of Men?

Because the article is all about the refugee crisis around the world, just like how in Children of Men they have a huge refugee crisis because all the countries were torn apart.

5. Thinking about this article specifically, explain why is it worthwhile to study the film Children of Men.

Because the content of this article relates very heavily to many of the themes in children of men. Children of Men depicts an extreme version of the current refugee crisis, but also not too far off, because there is a problem in places like America where children and other refugees are being kept in cages. 

Year 12 - English - Unfamiliar Texts

Unfamiliar Texts

• Analyse the language features (break down the sentences, stanzas and structure and identify the language features used.)

• Identify the main ideas (look for the main ideas in the text, compare the ideas to the question, find the ones that are the easiest to answer in context with the questions.)

• Keep the paragraph structure simple and clear (keep the paragraph structure short and simple, introduction, 2-3 paragraphs, conclusion.)

• Answer the question(s) clear (create a statement/theory based on the big idea you have chosen from the text and then answering the question based on the thesis, also using answer structures like SEXXY)

• Explaining the language features (explaining the effect that the language feature(s) have on the audience)

AIKKE

Year 12 English - The Lifestyle Creed

The Lifestyle Creed

What does the word "creed" mean. Where else do we see this word being used?
Creed means: "A system of religious beliefs; a faith."
I see the word "creed" being used in other media, like movies and video games.

Look up any words you don’t know in this poem and then write an original sentence using the word to show that you understand its meaning.
Oleocanthal: A compound found in virgin olive oil. It is the compound responsible for the burning sensation in the back of our throat when you consume olive
Cruciferuos: Relating to or denoting plants of the cabbage.
Annals of Neurology: The Annals of Neurology is a medical journal covering neurology that was published in 2017.
Amyloid plaques: An amyloid plaque is a cell that destroys connections between cells, commonly found in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimers.


Look up the Catholic Nicene Creed. What is it? Look up the words. Compare them to this poem. How are they similar? How are they different?
The Catholic Nicene Creed is a Catholic prayer. The Lifestyle Creed is a re-written version of the Nicene Creed, but with words that relate to the religion replaced with foods that is related to healthy eating. (e.g, "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of all that is seen and unseen" is replaced with "We believe in brain boosters, vegetables, the Almighty, Makers of low cognitive decline of all that is seen and unseen.")

Why does the author use cut up bits of text? What effect does it have?
The author used different fonts and cut up texts in the poem because she made a collage of the Nicene Creed prayer with her adjustments over where words related to Catholic belief. In relation with the poem, The Lifestyle Creeed is also saying that God is the key to healthy living.

Why does the author use two different font styles? Compare the way they look. Why did the author do this? What do each of the font styles represent?
The author of the poem used two different font styles in her poem because she wanted the poem to look good, and to flow well. The first font looks like it is used when a word relates to the overall theme of healthy eating (e.g, brain boosters, low cognitive, olive oil, enzymes, etc.) which also are the words that have replaced the ones related to religious belief in the Nicene Creed.

Why do you think the author has juxtaposed the Nicene Creed with words such as “brain boosters”, “antioxidants”, and “good cholesterol”? What meaning is she trying to convey? Is this effective? What effect does it have on the reader?
I think that she has replaced religious words with food and chemicals that are healthy for you because the Nicene Creed talks about how God is good for a healthy lifestyle. The Lifestyle Creed simply conveys the same message but replaces words with religious background with healthy food items. This can also be conveyed as that the author of the Lifestyle Creed is saying that believing in a healthy diet is, in a similiar sense, believing in a religion.

What is the overall purpose of the poem?
I think that the overall purpose of the poem The Lifestyle Creed is to convey the message that the key to a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle is God and a healthy diet consisting of food and chemicals that are good for cognitive and brain functions.

What is the overall tone of the poem? I think that there is an overall positive tone in the poem The Lifestyle Creed. I think this because the poem discusses how to achieve a healthy lifestyle by believing in a healthy and nutritious lifestyle. The Lifestyle Creed borrows many of it's features and themes from the Catholic Nicene Creed, which discusses how to achieve a healthly lifestyle by believing in religion, and then linking the two themes together in a positive way.

What ideas do the last two lines suggest?
I think that the two lines at the end allude that following a healthy lifestyle will lead to a healthier future with better cholesterol.

Do I like the poem? Why/Why not?
It's eh.

Year 12 English - Children of Men

Children of Men Discussion Questions

• Appoint a group leader. The leader is responsible for keeping the group on task and completing the activity in the allotted time.

• Appoint a group scribe. The scribe is responsible for recording the group’s answers and sharing the Doc to the rest of the group.

• Discuss the following questions in your group.

Post the shared work on your blogs (everyone needs to post something).

1. What message does this film relay about immigration and xenophobia
   The government in Britain feel that immigrants are terrorists, because they are coming from ruined countries. They want to protect their country from the immigrants as Britain is the only stable country in the world after global corruption.
2. What effect does Cuarón’s use of long takes have in the scenes where this filming technique is used?
   These long shots show baron land, presenting to the audience how ruined and deserted the world really is.
   
3. How plausible is the future world depicted in Children of Men?
   The world probably won’t go infertile unless a new disease breaks out causing this. But there is a possibility of something else occuring which can cause global corruption, like war.
   
4. How has the lack of children changed society?
   The lack of children in society has caused worldwide depression. It has taken the joy out of the world, and it has made people go crazy out of fear of the world ending as soon there will be no people left on Earth.
   
5. What role does religion play in the film?
   Religion wasn’t very prominent in the film. Although it is not very projected in the film, but in the real world it plays a large role. The film hints at some sort of religion as the devil is mention in a few scenes but it doesn’t have a heavy presence.
   
6. Luke is consistently portrayed as the "bad guy" throughout the film. Is he sincerely a bad person? Why or why not?
   Luke isn’t a bad guy, he is just trying to help get the world back to how it was before infertility and corruption. He wants to create an uprising, and so he is doing it in a way that he thinks is suitable.
   
7. How was a totalitarian government able to emerge in the wake of the infertility crisis in Britain?They were able to control immigration because everyone is scared of the end of the world, and therefore they will believe anything the government says. The government calls immigrants terrorists, and so citizens believe they are immigrants too.
   
8. How does Kee develop over the course of the film?
   Kee becomes braver as the film progresses. Her mother instincts kick in, as all she starts to worry about is her baby and her safety. She becomes more trusting of Theo and relies on him compared to when they first met and she was very standoffish towards him. She was more reserved at the start of the film because she didn’t know a lot about pregnancy and so she was afraid.
   
9. How does Theo develop over the course of the film?
   At the start of the film he isn't very compassionate or motivated as he had nothing to live for, as he has lost his parents, his wife and his son. Meeting Kee gave him hope, hope that the world might go back to the way it was. Meeting Kee and helping her get to safety reignites his activist mindset. Seeing two of his loved ones be taken away from him made him want to accomplish his quest with Kee and do it for them.