Timing recommendation: 35 minutes Global context - Personal and cultural expression This task is assessed according to criteria B (Organizing), C (Producing text) and D (Using language). This task is worth 30 marks (B - 10 marks, C - 10 marks, D - 10 marks). You are applying to present a talk about the importance of art (all forms of art) at a youth conference. Create a proposal of the ideas you wish to present under the title, “The role of art in developing empathy for people and groups who l...

The hours before a rainstorm scent filled the area. Grimy yet refreshing. Murky thick clouds were spread in no orderly fashion contrary to the traditional glowy cotton-candy shaped ones. The sky was angry. The ground was no different. Desolate with yet an ominous feel that made the area feel eerie. A swift wind stirred and shifted the mouldering pieces of material that scattered around the sizable carousel which stood proud even with parts of it decaying. Emerald and crimson embellishments that ...

How does Fitzgerald use details of setting and imagery to establish a mood on the opening page of chapter 2? Fitzgerald uses details of the setting that use diction to establish an uncomfortable mood for the reader. The diction in the first part of the paragraph connotes uncomfortable, dark, and sad imagery. Examples could be "desolate areas", "grey cars", and "ash-grey men". Describing the area as desolate connotes a dismal and miserable area which helps picture the image that Nick sees. Descr...

Peter singer's choosing death essay talks about 85-year-old Gillian Bennett in his essay as an example to express his ideas and thoughts on euthanasia. He talks about how life is stimulating for the ordinary person and we look forwards to the next steps in life which Bennett would have as well if the circumstances were different. Gillian Bennett developed dementia which, deprives her of all the reasons she wished to continue her life. Singer thinks that this makes it hard to deny her wish to d...

I enjoyed the argument about how dress codes lead u to people victim-blaming and the spread of rape culture. Professional debates is using the words of the person you are against to your own benefit as it puts them in a position of struggle as they cannot counterpoint their own argument. Having a short period of time for the debate was difficult as I had more to say about my topic. Dhanvi used the other team's word for her benefit a lot which I thought was very good. I think I had good points p...

David & Mahroosh Scene heading: Ext. Island - Day Action: In the early hours of the day on an unknown island off the coast of India, Alo and his two brothers decide to explore the southern side of the island. The three of them stumbled upon the sun seeping through the dense trees. Alo (In a confused tone) What the hell is this? Adriel I don't know, let's take a closer look. Action: Alo leads Liwanu and Adriel towards a large white machine that was severely damaged. Alo What is this st...

Dialogue: Scotland - Early Morning Names: Cole (curly-haired), Arief (wavy-haired) 6 am in a vacant prairie with a walking path where two boys in their late teens stumbled. There are no animals or people around the surroundings that are silent except the endless bickering of the two boys. One boy with curly black hair, COLE, seemed to be rambling and the other with slightly wavy black hair, ARIEF, responded to some things. They seem to be walking towards a grey castle-type-looking house in the ...

Timing 35 mins: A gleaming ray of sunlight caught my eyes instinctively making me reach my tan arm to shield them. Tremendously irritated by the stupid choice of wearing sneakers on this day trip, I looked down at the many blisters I had attained. Every step I took gave a burning sensation of pain to my ankle. The likelihood of reaching the top of this stairway for me was very low, so I stood there trying to admire what I could see from the step I was at. Unstable pillars, broken walls of brick...

The movement of rubble against the hoof of a struggling donkey produced the only element of sound for miles. The still air, cloudy sky, and empty hills around the lone donkey were soundless. The absolute isolation of it being the only living creature in this environment surprisingly did not make him stand out. Instead, the varied brown shades of the animal alongside the dull and neutral colors of the load that it carried blended flawlessly in with the earthy shades of the monotonous hills. The d...

Drop-in Scene #5 - Finding out who murdered her brother. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest. Thump, thump, thump. After three whole months of searching, she would finally know who had murdered her brother. Every emotion that she felt on the dreadful day she found out her brother wasn’t only missing, but dead, returned. Grief, confusion, anger. She would finally have someone to blame, to hate with every fiber of her being, and to ask the question that consumed her thoughts the past ...

Author: Raya Lyall Title: Rocky Situation A young teenage boy is climbing a rocky hill. He is alone. He gets his hand stuck in a rock and is unable to move. No water, no food, and a hand stuck in a rock. The situation was bad enough when the sky begins to turn grey and drops begin to fall. How was he supposed to get out of this now? He remembered what his teacher had once said to him. "Stay calm" an echoey memory played in his head. So, he tried. He tried to slide out of the position. His hand...

Michele became aware of her special power when she flicked the switch to the broken basement light, out of habit, and the light went on. She trotted down the creaky steps not bothering to keep quiet. Shelves full of boxes that had writing on them stood there with layers of dust. Michele approached the box that read 'Christmas Decorations' on it picking it up from the shelf and placing it on the ground. It wasn't closed very well so she opened the flaps. ...

David & Mahroosh Scene heading: Ext. Island - Day Action: In the early hours of the day on an unknown island off the coast of India, Alo and his two brothers decide to explore the southern side of the island. The three of them stumbled upon the sun seeping through the dense trees. Alo (In a confused tone) What the hell is this? Adriel I don't know, let's take a closer look. Action: Alo leads Liwanu and Adriel towards a large white machine that was severely damaged. Alo What is this st...

Flaming Night(Story Fragment) I was in a dreamless sleep when I heard the voice. Something you should know about me is that I'm a very light sleeper and can hear noises around me during the night very easily. This night I heard small popping noises which I chose to ignore as staying in my bed covered up with my blanket which was the way I deal with sounds that scared me through the night, but this night it was that and a voice. I opened my eyes gradually to my sister frantically speaking words...

Prose Text Questions- Outline two ways in which Pilkington gives you a sense of perspective in the first 8 lines of the text? [2 marks] Pilkington gives us a sense of perspspective throght two tequiniques which are the use of descriptive language tied in with opinionated views and personal examples or comparisons. Identify two ways in which the author makes the description of the toad killings memorable. [2 marks] The author makes the toad killings memorable with the use of humour and a person...

The prose extract is taken from chapter 10, page 145 of Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. The film scene is from Ray Mears survival video from minutes 3:40-5:03. Both of these scenes were in the situation of being stranded in an unknown area. Simpson's was I in a snowy mountain environment while Mears was in a tropical island, so quite polar opposites. The sounds used in both situations also quite contrast to each other. Joe is in a difficult situation where it is very quiet except for the diege...

Comment on how emotion is conveyed through music? 01:31:10 - 01:34:00 This scene shows us the part of the story where Joe starts losing his mind from dehydration and fatigue. I belie sound played a huge element in sowing the audience the feelings and thoughts Joe went through at that time. Diegetic sounds like Joe's mad hysterical laughs, cryptic whispers to himself, whimpering and breathing portrayed to the audience his emotions of madness. Non-diagetic sounds such as weird suspenseful music,...

21:30 to 22:30 This scene portrays the first big incident in the story which is a turning point from everything positive that has happened until that point. The portrayal of this moment of Jow falling off the mountain and breaking his leg was scary, shocking, and frantic created empathy in the audience and these moods were created through close up shots of the pickaxe to create foreshadowing which tied into the tense music as well as the dialogue which was non-diegetic telling us what he wanted...

In chapter 1 page 21 of Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, the last paragraph of this passage describes the surroundings of Joe and Simon’s view as they sit down for a brew. The paragraph describes the vastness of their position on the mountain as well as the isolation of their surroundings and the tranquil feel of it all. We see this in phrases such as ‘huge sweep over two shoulders of rock’, ‘by far the highest mountain to be seen and dominated our view...glistening with ice and fresh snow’ and...

The topic that interested me over the summer has been climate change. This topic has hung around my mind for quite a while as we learned about it in almost every year of school as it has always been a problem that existed for people in my generation. My recent interest in it was more to do so with the terrifying changes that have become a lot more prominent over the summer. The talk of climate change has risen to a more dangerous level as it is not being dealt with by today's leaders. Events suc...