Baz Luhrman's Strictly Ballroom
MSStage 6 English (ESL) Unit of work
Created by:
Pooja Verma ESL Teacher, Kogarah High School, 2009
Pooja Verma, ESL Teacher, Kogarah HS 2009
Introduction
This unit provides activities for teachers to explore with students the ways in which the concept of Australian Vision is considered and expressed through the prescribed text, Baz Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom. This unit includes activities to help students understand, examine and analyze how composer uses techniques to convey Australian Vision in the prescribed text. Further it also demonstrates an approach to studying the text where students:
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View and understand the ideas expressed in the film Think about the way the film explores aspects of Australian Visions Deconstruct …show more content…
It follows a very clear dramatic structure. Usually it starts with the orientation where the scene is set, characters are introduced and the scene is established. The tension then rises steadily as a series of small conflicts build to a climax. This is the point where the conflict within a character or between characters is most intense. After this event the tension levels decreases as some sort of decision is reached resulting in a resolution. Plot activity Graph the dramatic structure of Strictly …show more content…
Scot dances alone in the studios when Fran approaches Scott and asks to be his new partner. He accepts after she calls him a ‘gutless wonder’ Les Kendall and Shirley Hastings hold try outs to find Scott a new partner while Fran and Scott practice together in secret.
Scott goes after Fran, and meets a suspicious Rico
Scott dances with Fran and the audience loves their dancing.
Barry Fife tells Scott that Doug ruined his own dancing career because of his crazy new steps. Scott believes Barry and agrees to dance with Liz at the Pan-Pacifics.
Scott tells Shirley that he is going to dance with Fran. Shirley reacts angrily and slaps him.
Ya Ya invites Scott and Fran to show them how they can dance. Everyone laughs at Scott and Fran’s ballroom dancing version of the Paso Doble.
Everyone joins in the dance finale together to the song Love is in the Air.
Doug tells the truth about what happened in 1967Shirley dumped him to dance with Les instead. Scott leaves Liz on stage and runs after Fran. Fran and Scott’s dance ends, to massive cheering from the
Created by:
Pooja Verma ESL Teacher, Kogarah High School, 2009
Pooja Verma, ESL Teacher, Kogarah HS 2009
Introduction
This unit provides activities for teachers to explore with students the ways in which the concept of Australian Vision is considered and expressed through the prescribed text, Baz Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom. This unit includes activities to help students understand, examine and analyze how composer uses techniques to convey Australian Vision in the prescribed text. Further it also demonstrates an approach to studying the text where students:
• • • •
View and understand the ideas expressed in the film Think about the way the film explores aspects of Australian Visions Deconstruct …show more content…
It follows a very clear dramatic structure. Usually it starts with the orientation where the scene is set, characters are introduced and the scene is established. The tension then rises steadily as a series of small conflicts build to a climax. This is the point where the conflict within a character or between characters is most intense. After this event the tension levels decreases as some sort of decision is reached resulting in a resolution. Plot activity Graph the dramatic structure of Strictly …show more content…
Scot dances alone in the studios when Fran approaches Scott and asks to be his new partner. He accepts after she calls him a ‘gutless wonder’ Les Kendall and Shirley Hastings hold try outs to find Scott a new partner while Fran and Scott practice together in secret.
Scott goes after Fran, and meets a suspicious Rico
Scott dances with Fran and the audience loves their dancing.
Barry Fife tells Scott that Doug ruined his own dancing career because of his crazy new steps. Scott believes Barry and agrees to dance with Liz at the Pan-Pacifics.
Scott tells Shirley that he is going to dance with Fran. Shirley reacts angrily and slaps him.
Ya Ya invites Scott and Fran to show them how they can dance. Everyone laughs at Scott and Fran’s ballroom dancing version of the Paso Doble.
Everyone joins in the dance finale together to the song Love is in the Air.
Doug tells the truth about what happened in 1967Shirley dumped him to dance with Les instead. Scott leaves Liz on stage and runs after Fran. Fran and Scott’s dance ends, to massive cheering from the