Description
Picnic at Hanging Rock (dir. Peter Weir) – The Student Activity Book is designed for students studying this film. It is the perfect complement to a unit on the text, helping students progressively develop their analytical and essay-writing skills.
This workbook scaffolds students’ analysis of Weir’s film by identifying four central themes that recur throughout the text and exploring how each of the following elements represents these ideas:
- Major characters
- Minor characters
- Key scenes
- Cinematography
- Symbols and motifs
- The soundtrack and sound effects
This workbook includes:
- an introduction to the central ideas in the film
- summaries and analytical activities for a range of key elements as they appear throughout the text
- extended essay-writing activities
- a list of essay topics
This workbook is designed to be written in and actively interacted with by students. It may not be photocopied or reproduced.
ISBN: 978-0-6455181-8-4
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