Touching the Void: the different types of survival- part one (intro to text and to notetaking while viewing)

Reason For Learning

To form a deeper knowledge through the introduction of core texts Touching the Void and Mao’s Last Dancer, and supplementary stories of survival

Learning Intention

To identify protagonists' struggle through discussion and note taking (while viewing) about their own will to survive, and the assistance of others, and compare with Mao's Last Dancer.

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    ACELA1572 Level 10

    Evaluate the impact on audiences of different choices in the representation of still and moving images

    ACELT1635 Level 9

    Explore and reflect on personal understanding of the world and significant human experience gained from interpreting various representations of life matters in texts

    ACELT1774 Level 10

    Analyse and evaluate text structures and language features of literary texts and make relevant thematic and intertextual connections with other texts