INSTRUCTIONS Write an essay on at least ONE visual or oral text that you have studied, in response to ONE of the questions below.

QUESTIONS (Choose ONE)

1. Describe at least one important object in the text. Explain why that object was important, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

2. Describe one important moment in the text. Explain how that moment changed at least one important relationship or character, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

3. Describe at least one important technique used in the text. Explain how the technique created an emotional response in you, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

4. Describe the closing scene of the text. Explain how the closing scene helped you to understand at least one important aspect of the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

5. Describe at least one important place in the text. Explain how that place helped you to understand an important message in the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

6. Describe an important conflict in the text. Explain how the conflict helped you to understand an important message, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

7. Describe at least one important character in the text. Explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

8. Describe one key moment that helped to prepare you for another moment in the text. Explain how the first moment prepared you for the second, supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features.

I am going to answer essay question: 6

Gathering of Ideas: list you planning points here:

• P.K.
• The elephant
• When he went to school
• The chicken
• His mum
• Getting hung up

Organise your ideas here: What are your best ideas?

• P.K.
• Eelephant
• School
• medican man

Write an essay on ONE question above for ‘The Power of One’. Tie it all together with an introduction, SEXXXY paragraphs, and a conclusion, PLUS using the ‘GOLDEN’ elements for excellent writing including LINKING PARAGRAPHS, DESCRIPTIVE WORDS, ENABLING PHRASES and NEAT AND TIDY (which is actually making corrections for  punctuation, spelling and grammar!)

REMEMBER: You don’t have to do all of the SEXXXY paragraph. Do your best and try to Statement, Evidence, eXplanation of the EFFECT, and Your Link :) YOU”VE GOT THIS! Good luck!

Introduction

(a)Catch ‘em including text and author/director           (b)Thesis/Re-stating of essay question           (c)List of points                       Start writing here: In the power of one it started with P.K. living in the middle of nowhere, his mother and nanna wanted  to send him to a school, he got sent to a school that did not like english, he was english and they were afakans

Body

(a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect (b) Example/Evidence (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?     And remember to answer the essay question! (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?           (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?                                           1S the first day when p.k. Was at school the teacher was talking and they were talking about getting revenge on the english and pushing out the black south africans E   just like when geel peit got pushed to the ground by sgt. Boorman when the festival was on X1  some of the students at the school started picking on P.K. and started bullying and hurting X2 and then when he was in the highschool they let him go tot the collage, and then when he was just about to go the gards came in and said no hes not aloud to go X3 and while he was sitting in the room when the teacher was speaking the boy told him to turn around and the spat on him Y when geel peit had to eat the shit off the gards shoe

(a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect (b) Example/Evidence (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel? And remember to answer the essay question! (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?           (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?   2S when P.K. had a flash back on the elephant when he almsot got knocked out fighting duma E   this made us think about how to really concerntrat when you want to do something special X1  this made us feel like p.k. Was going to lose and blank out but then he got back and won it X2  the directors purpose of this was to make it look like he was going to get knocked out but then msde p.k. Come back to life X3  this works well with when p.k. Was angry at the guy at school and puched him into the flag pole Y this was a flashback of when P.K. was having an hapifany when the medican man was talking to him

(a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect (b) Example/Evidence (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?    And remember to answer the essay question! (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?           (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?   3S E X X X Y

(a) Statement of a film techniques/aspect (b) Example/Evidence (c) eXplanation of EFFECT on audience - what does it make us think or feel?   And remember to answer the essay question! (d) eXplanation of director’s PURPOSE                                    (e) eXplanation of COMBINED ASPECTS - how does it work with other aspects?           (f) Your link - with evidence - how does it connect somewhere else?   (Optional) 4S   E X X X Y

Conclusion

(a) Re-stating of the essay question (b) Re-stating of list of reasons (c) Punch line