The different types of survival- part two. Comparing Touching the Void with Mao's Last Dancer.

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Briefly review your notes from the first section of the film that you watched in the previous bite. Highlight important aspects of survival that the film explores.

Ensure that you have sufficient quotes.

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Continue to watch the film and stop to take notes at points where examples of emotional, physical and social survival are shown.

 

When you have finished watching the film, highlight the examples you feel are most significant from your notes. Next time you are in class you can compare your notes with those completed in the group work tasks.

 

Write a paragraph on this topic:

What does the film say about the different types of survival?

Use your notes to help you.

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Make notes on how the survival challenges in Mao's Last Dancer compare with those of the climbers in Touching the Void.

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Discussion: review notes from previous lesson on how climbers survive and predict their survival challenges for the end of the film.

Ensure you are taking notes on examples of physical and psychological survival and have quotes that you may use in the essay.
 
When the film is finished- review notes and highlight the most significant examples of each type of survival.

Briefly discuss:

What does the film express about the nature of survival?

Compared to Joe, when would you have been tempted to give up?

What was his most useful strategy?

 

Briefly compare with Mao's Last Dancer.

What does Li have in common with Joe?

What is essentially different in both films regarding the experiences and challenges of the main protagonists?

 

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Break into groups of three or four and discuss each of your highlighted notes made under the three 'types of survival' headings.

You will be given a piece of A3 paper. Divide this up into three sections, one for each type of survival discussed. Take one point from the notes of each member of the group for each section and have your scribe write it out. Help each other to ensure the expression and sentence structure is perfect. Leave a space under each point.

Now go though each point and compare it to another survival story you have seen or heard about or another film/book/TV series where characters experience similar survival challenges.

One member of your group must now be chosen to stay at the table to explain your findings to others. The rest of the group must move to another group to hear their examples and comparisons and share their original groups' ideas. Groups will keep rotating until you have been to each table.

The A3 sheets will be put up at the back of the class so the 'stayers' have the opportunity to read the other groups' ideas.