Filmic technique and filmic elements worksheet – teacher’s version

Literacy display

This is a graphic display of words and phrases associated with the rap text Noah & Saskia. A literacy display could be used for spelling, inspiration, and memory jogging, when students are discussing the text, and working on emails and writing tasks. Teacher and students write the words on cardboard as they discover them during the rap. Words are displayed for reference during the unit. Definitions could be attached.

A literacy display is a strong visual resource. It can take any form that works for the text and the class. A literacy tree is a tried and proven shape. Here, a large trunk with long branches is drawn and posted on a wall. Large displays engage students. The words are stapled up as leaves loosely aligned to the branches. For Noah & Saskia, consider using a computer as the base graphic, with the words posted around the screen. e.g.

Character map: one

A graphic of characters could be helpful for students’ understanding of relationships in the series. Teachers could distribute this as a complete guide or an incomplete cloze type task.

Saskia

Theresa (chicken shop owner) Debbie (mother) Renee (best friend) Benny (guitar tutor) Ernesto (co worker)

Noah

Bryce (father) Lena (mother) Phil (older brother) Clive (best friend) Bevan (family terrier / the comic’s dog)

Character map: two

A graphic representation of Noah and Saskia and their identities.

Noah (live action character in a real setting)	Saskia(live action character in a real setting)
Max Hammer (Noah’s avatar, an animated cyber identity)	Indy ( Saskia’s avatar, an animated cyber identity)
Max Hammer (live action character; what Saskia	Indy (live action character: what Noah imagines Saskia/Indy looks like)

Credits

Thanks to Carol Thomas from the School Libraries and Information Literacy unit for developing the material for this rap. Thanks to Lee Burton from the ACTF for joining us and responding to student queries, and to Kerry Underhill and Prue Greene, Senior Curriculum Advisers, English 7–12.

Additional resources provided by the School Libraries and Information Literacy unit.

This rap is a joint project of the School Libraries and Information Literacy and English Units, Curriculum K-12 Directorate.