The film Easy A is intertextually linked to classic short novel The Scarlet Letter. Scarlet Letter This is a famous short novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. It is about Puritans in early USA colonies who ostracise a women because she had an affair. It’s about morality and nosy neighbours and religiousness and it’s…
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Introductions and Conclusions
The Basics An introduction gives the reader enough information so they can follow what you are going to say. A GRADE INTRODUCTIONS and Conclusions This website has a very good outline of the steps involved in better introductions and conclusions, with an example: https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/introductions-conclusions
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Go here for general Indigenous Geography / Caring for Country resources.
Flowers for Algernon vs. HOMЯ
For Intertextuality help click here. HOMЯ Season 12, Episode 9. The references we noticed in the episode: Other References and Trivia from this episode: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/HOM%D0%AF/References and https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/HOM%D0%AF/References and the most comprehensive list: http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/BABF22.txt The kissing at the beach scene From Here to Eternity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iTCDWQXYlY) is frequently referenced in movies and tv. There was a controversy…
Intertextuality
If you come across a really good resource, please let me know! MOST IMPORTANT LINKS: TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tropes Genius.com: best for looking up the intertextual references in music. https://genius.com/ What is Intertextuality? This Year 12 SACE teacher explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b9I3WoEHBo, as well as talking about Appropriation, Allusions and Parody. Types of Intertextuality There are two…
Cold War Resources
Overview Cold War overview: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history Crash Course Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI Mapping the Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0bpyPE3hY and a much shorter one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWALXrWeDQA Ideologies Communism/ Socialism, Capitalism, Fascism etc Understand Socialism, Communism, Fascism, & Nazism in 15 Minutes (Part I): https://youtu.be/6OqKbv5khms Legacy Space Race Space Race Timeline: https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/space-race-timeline Photographing Earth: https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/history-of-earth-photographed-from-space-pale-blue-dot Age of Terror September 11 Overview…
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Online Language Checkers
Hemingway App http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ I recommend Hemingway Editor for finding run on sentences or improving readability and clarity: REWORDIFY https://rewordify.com/ Rewordify is good for reading difficult texts. Use it to show up hard words. You can also use it to improve your readability and clarity. GRAMMARLY https://grammarly.com/ The free version of Grammarly will check Spelling, Grammar…
Common Spelling Errors
Homophones HOMOPHONES: homo (same) + phones (sound) = words with same sound, different meaning. For an explanation of the 20 most common homophone mistakes made, go here: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/top-20-most-commonly-confused-homophones.html Don’t be that guy The simple homophone errors you shouldn’t be making: The Trickier Ones Even Ms Roberts gets these ones wrong from time to time.
Ms Roberts' Lesson Stuff 