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Stage 1 English
Semester 1, 2016

SACE No:

Topic:
After viewing the film, Ever After, directed by Andy Tennant, answer one of the following
questions. Your answer should be a maximum of 1000 words (or multimodal equivalent).
1. In an essay, discuss how your understanding of the film Ever After has
been enhanced by the Brothers Grimms fairytale Cinderella.
2. Tennant uses intertextual references throughout the text, Ever After, by
referring to the fairytale Cinderella, the artwork Mona Lisa, Thomas
Moores Utopia, and Leonardo da Vinci and the Brothers Grimm as
characters. In an essay, discuss how your understanding of the ideas in
Ever After is enhanced by these intertextual references.
3. Create your own short story that develops one of the themes in Ever
After. It may be fictional or based on your experiences. In an
accompanying writers statement, explain how the text you have
created has been influenced by your knowledge of Ever After. Themes
that could be explored include:
a. Love
b. Rags to riches
c. Family
d. Good overcomes evil
e. Utopian society
f. Social inequality
4. Choose a minor character from Ever After and create a short
story/poem/comic/podcast in which they are the main character. In an
accompanying writers statement explain how the elements of your
story (eg. Plot, characters and/or language features) have been
influenced by your knowledge of Ever After.
5. Negotiation with your teacher.

Assessment Design Criteria

Knowledge &
Understanding
Intertextual Study: task 4
Weighting: 30%

Knowledge and understanding of ideas and perspectives

Assessment: Written text of up to 1000 words
explored in texts.
(including writers statement for creative tasks),
.
oral presentation
of 6 minsstylistic
or multimodal
equivalent
Knowledge and understanding
of language features,
features, and conventions Draft
to make
meaning.
Due: Friday Week 6
Due
date:
Friday
Week
8 are
Knowledge and understanding of ways
in which
texts
created for a range of purposes and audiences.
Analysis of the relationship between purpose, audience, and
context, and how they shape meaning.

Analysis

Analysis of how language features, stylistic features, and

conventions are interpreted by readers.
Analysis of intertextual connections.
Precision, fluency, and coherence of writing and speaking.

Application

Grade

Use of appropriate language features, stylistic features, and

conventions for a range of audiences and purposes.
Use of evidence from texts to support conclusions, with textual
references incorporated in responses.

Overall Assessment Result

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